What Happened In June 1936 In History

Historical Events for June, 1936

• 7th » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
• 10th » The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
• 11th » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• 15th » First flight of the Vickers-Armstrongs e.g Vickers Vickers Wellington named Wellington bomber.
• 26th » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• 28th » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1936

• 1st » André Bourbeau, Canadian politician
• 1st » Joe Doyle, Irish politician (d. 2009)
• 1st » Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian-Serbian actor (d. 2010)
• 1st » Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator
• 2nd » Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth, English bishop
• 2nd » Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker
• 2nd » Jean Nelissen, Dutch journalist (d. 2010)
• 3rd » Jim Gentile, American baseball player and manager
• 3rd » Larry McMurtry, American author and screenwriter
• 3rd » Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player
• 4th » Nutan, Indian actress and singer (d. 1991)
• 4th » Bruce Dern, American actor
• 4th » Oleg Fedoseyev, Russian triple jumper (d. 2001)
• 6th » A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician
• 6th » D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 6th » Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (The Four Tops) (d. 2008)
• 8th » James Darren, American actor, singer, and director
• 8th » Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 9th » Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 9th » George Radda, Hungarian chemist
• 10th » Alex DeCroce, American politician (d. 2012)
• 11th » Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
• 13th » Michel Jazy, French runner
• 13th » Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (d. 2010)
• 14th » Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
• 14th » Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish author
• 15th » Claude Brasseur, French actor
• 15th » William Levada, American cardinal
• 16th » Ann Carter, American actress (d. 2014)
• 17th » Vern Harper, Canadian tribal leader and activist
• 17th » Ken Loach, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 18th » Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
• 18th » Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
• 18th » Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname
• 19th » Marisa Galvany, American soprano
• 19th » Shirley Goodman, American singer (Shirley & Company) (d. 2005)
• 20th » Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
• 20th » Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter
• 21st » Joseph Gosnell, Canadian tribal leader
• 22nd » Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Highwaymen (country supergroup) named The Highwaymen)
• 22nd » Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer
• 23rd » Richard Bach, American author
• 23rd » Costas Simitis, Greek politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece
• 25th » B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia
• 25th » Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and author
• 26th » Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, Scottish politician
• 26th » Edith Pearlman, American author
• 26th » Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal
• 26th » Nancy Willard, American author and poet
• 27th » Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
• 28th » Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (d. 2012)
• 28th » Chuck Howley, American football player
• 29th » Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
• 29th » David Rudkin, English playwright and screenwriter
• 30th » Assia Djebar, Algerian author and director
• 30th » Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer
• 30th » Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 30th » Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Famous Deaths for June 1936

• 6th » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (b. 1895)
• 7th » Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
• 11th » Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
• 14th » G. K. Chesterton, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 14th » Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 17th » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) or Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 18th » Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
• 22nd » Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
• 28th » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist (d. 1870)
• 29th » János Szlepecz, Slovene priest (b. 1872)

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