List of events
Events from the year 1936 in the United States .
Incumbents [ edit ] Federal government [ edit ] January–March [ edit ] March 1: Hoover Dam completed. January 4 – Billboard hit parade .
January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio , for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company .
February 17 – The first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom
March – German American Bund formed in Buffalo, New York , in support of Nazi Germany to succeed the Friends of New Germany , with German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn elected as its first leader.
March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
March 5 – The 8th Academy Awards , hosted by Frank Capra , are presented at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , with Frank Lloyd 's Mutiny on the Bounty Academy Award for Outstanding Production . The film receives the most nominations with eight, while John Ford 's The Informer Best Director for Ford.
March 17–18 – Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 ("St. Patrick's Day Flood"): Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , suffers the worst flooding in its history.
March 26 – The longest game in the history of the National Hockey League is played. The Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings are scoreless until 16½ minutes into the sixth overtime when Mud Bruneteau ends it at 2:25 am. April–June [ edit ] March: "Migrant Mother", an iconic photo taken by Dorothea Lange July–September [ edit ] October–December [ edit ] October 6 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants (baseball) , 4 games to 2, to win their 5th World Series Title.
October 11 – Earl Bascom , rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and builds Mississippi 's first permanent rodeo arena at Columbia, Mississippi .
October 19 – H.R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal The New York Times
October 29 – The historic Uptown Theater opens in Washington, D.C.
November 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1936 : Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Republican Governor of Kansas Alf Landon .
November 12 – In California , the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
November 23 – Life Henry Luce .
November 25 – The Abraham Lincoln Brigade sails from New York City on its way to the Spanish Civil War .
December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City .
December 29 – The United Auto Workers begins the Flint Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan . Undated [ edit ] Ongoing [ edit ] January [ edit ] Roger Miller Alan Alda February [ edit ] Burt Reynolds Jim Brown February 1 – Azie Taylor Morton , 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003 )February 3
February 4
February 6 – J. Howard Marshall III , American businessmanFebruary 8 – Larry Verne , American singer, songwriter (d. 2013 )February 11 – Burt Reynolds , American actor, director and producer (d. 2018 )February 14 – Andrew Prine , American actor (d. 2022 )February 16 – Carl Icahn , American businessman, investor and philanthropistFebruary 17 – Jim Brown , African American football player and actor (d. 2023 )February 19 – Sam Myers , American musician, songwriter (d. 2006 )February 20 – Larry Hovis , American actor (d. 2003 )February 21 – Barbara Jordan , African-American lawyer, politician and Civil Rights campaigner (d. 1996 )February 22
February 27 – Roger Mahony , American cardinalFebruary 29 – Alex Rocco , American actor (d. 2015 )Marion Barry Antonin Scalia March 3 – Peter G. Davis , American opera and classical music critic (d. 2021 )March 5 – Dean Stockwell , American actor (d. 2021 )March 6 – Marion Barry , African-American politician and civil rights activist (d. 2014 )March 7 – Loren Acton , American astronautMarch 8
March 9
March 11 – Antonin Scalia , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1986 to 2016 (d. 2016 )March 12 – William Foege , American physician, epidemiologistMarch 15
March 16 – Raymond Damadian , Armenian-American MRI practitioner (d, 2022 )March 17
March 22 – Edith Grossman , American translator (d. 2023 )March 24 – Don Covay , American singer, songwriter (d. 2015 )March 26 – Harry Kalas , American sportscaster (d. 2009 )March 28 – Bill Gaither , American singer and songwriterMarch 31
Charles Napier Glen Campbell Roy Orbison April 3
April 9
April 10
April 12 – Charles Napier , American actor (d. 2011 )April 14
April 18
April 19
April 20 – Pat Roberts , American politicianApril 21
Bob Cleary , American ice hockey player (d. 2015 )James Dobson , American child psychologist, conservative evangelical political activistApril 22 – Glen Campbell , American musician and actor (d. 2017 )April 23 – Roy Orbison , American singer, songwriter (d. 1988 )April 24
April 26 – Doug Sax , American mastering engineer (d. 2015 )April 28 – Charles Hill , American diplomat and academic (d. 2021 )April 29 – Lane Smith , American actor (d. 2005 )April 30
Bobby Darin Dennis Hopper Louis Gossett Jr. May 1 – Jerry Mander , American author and activist (d. 2023 )May 2
May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin , African-American singer (d. 2014 )May 8 – Clyde Bellecourt , Native American rights organiser (d. 2022 )May 9
May 11 – Carla Bley , American jazz musician (d. 2023 )May 12
May 14
May 15
May 16 – Philippe de Montebello , American museum directorMay 17 – Dennis Hopper , American actor and director (d. 2010 )May 22
May 23 – Charles Kimbrough , American actor (d. 2023 )May 24 – Harold Budd , American avant-garde composer and poet (d. 2020 )May 25 – Tom T. Hall , American country singer-songwriter (d. 2021 )May 27 – Louis Gossett Jr. , African-American actor (d. 2024 )May 29 – Arlene McQuade , American actress (d. 2014 )Bruce Dern Kris Kristofferson June 3 – Larry McMurtry , American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (d. 2021 )June 4 – Bruce Dern , American screen actorJune 6
June 8
June 11 – Jud Strunk , American singer and comedian (d. 1981 )June 12 – Marcus Belgrave , American jazz trumpeter (d. 2015 )June 14 – Renaldo Benson , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2005 )June 15 – William Levada , American cardinal (d. 2019 )June 19 – Shirley Goodman , American R&B singer (d. 2005 )June 20 – Billy Guy , American singer (d. 2002 )June 22 – Kris Kristofferson , American actor and singer-songwriterJune 24 – Robert Downey Sr. , American film actor and director (d. 2021 )June 26 – Hal Greer , African-American professional basketball player (d. 2018 )June 27 – Lucille Clifton , American poet, writer and educator (d. 2010 )June 28
June 29 – Harmon Killebrew , American baseball player (d. 2011 )June 30 – Nancy Dussault , American actress and singerShirley Knight Larry Cohen Elizabeth Dole Buddy Guy July 1
July 4 – Dick Hyde , American trombonist (d. 2019 )July 5 – Shirley Knight , American actress (d. 2020 )July 7 – Joseph Renzulli , American educational psychologistJuly 9
July 10
July 11 – Joe Bussard , American record collector (d. 2022 )July 12 – Frank Ryan , American football player and mathematician (d. 2024 )July 13 – Albert Ayler , African-American saxophonist, singer and composer (d. 1970 )July 14
July 15
July 16 – Buddy Merrill , American musicianJuly 18 – Jerry Richardson , American businessman and football club owner (d. 2023 )July 19 – Connie Kurtz , American LGBT rights activist (d. 2018 )July 20
July 23
July 24
July 27 – J. Robert Hooper , American politician (d. 2008 )July 29 – Elizabeth Dole , American politicianJuly 30 – Buddy Guy , African-American blues singer and guitaristRobert Redford Wilt Chamberlain John McCain August 1 – Bradford Bishop , American fugitiveAugust 7 – Richard L. Tierney , American poet, novelist (d. 2022 )August 8
August 11 – Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player (d. 2015 )August 12 – John Poindexter , American Naval officer, US Chief of StaffAugust 16 – Anita Gillette , American actressAugust 17
August 18 – Robert Redford , American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropistAugust 20 – Sam Melville , American actor (d. 1989 )August 21 – Wilt Chamberlain , African-American basketball player (d. 1999 )August 22
August 23
August 24
August 26 – Benedict Anderson , American academic (d. 2015 )August 27 – Joel Kovel , American scholar and author (d. 2018 )August 28 – Don Denkinger , American professional baseball playerAugust 29 – John McCain , American politician, U.S. Senator (R -Az. ) (d. 2018 )August 31 – Richard J. Ferris , American business executive (d. 2022 )September [ edit ] Buddy Holly Jim Henson September 3 – John Olver , American politicianSeptember 5
September 7 – Buddy Holly , American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll (d. 1959 )September 11 – Charles Dierkop , American actor (d. 2024 )September 14
September 17 – Gerald Guralnik , American physicist (d. 2014 )September 19 – Al Oerter , American Olympic athlete (d. 2007 )September 21 – Dickey Lee , American singer and songwriterSeptember 22 – Art Metrano , American actor and comedian (d. 2021 )September 24 – Jim Henson , American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (The Muppets 1990 )September 25 – Ken Forsse , American inventor, producer and creator of Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014 )September 27 – Don Cornelius , African-American television personality and host of Soul Train 2012 )[6] September 30 – Jim Sasser , American politicianOctober [ edit ] Charlie Daniels Michael Landon October 1 – Edward Villella , American danseur and choreographerOctober 3 – Steve Reich , American composerOctober 7 – Frank Otto , American educator (d. 2017 )October 8 – Joe M. Haynes , American politician (d. 2018 )October 11
October 13 – Cliff Gorman , American actor (d. 2002 )October 14 – Carrie Nye , American actress (d. 2006 )October 17 – Dave Hobson , American politicianOctober 19
October 20 – Joanna Simon , American mezzo-soprano and journalist (d. 2022 )October 22 – Bobby Seale , African-American political activistOctober 24 – David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011 )October 26 – Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019 )October 28 – Charlie Daniels , American country musician and singer-songwriter (d. 2020 )October 30 – Merri Dee , American television journalist and philanthropist (d. 2022 )October 31 – Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer and writer (d. 1991 )November [ edit ] Dick Cavett November 2 – Rose Bird , American judge (d. 1999 )November 3 – Clifford Curry , American singer (d. 2016 )November 4 – C. K. Williams , American poet (d. 2015 )November 5 – Billy Sherrill , American record producer, arranger and songwriter (d. 2015 )November 9
November 11 – Susan Kohner , American actressNovember 14
November 19 – Dick Cavett , American talk show host, television personalityNovember 20 – Don DeLillo , American authorNovember 23 – Steve Landesberg , American actor, director (d. 2010 )November 24 – Frank Caprio , American judgeNovember 27 – Glynn Lunney , American aerospace engineer (d. 2021 )November 28 – Gary Hart , American politician, diplomat, and lawyerDecember [ edit ] David Carradine Héctor Elizondo Mary Tyler Moore December 1 – Joel Breman , American epidemiologist (d. 2024 )[7] December 4 – Larry Davis , African-American blues musician (d. 1994 )December 5
December 6
December 7 – Martha Layne Collins , American businesswoman and politicianDecember 8 – David Carradine , American actor, director and martial artist (d. 2009 )December 11 – Tom Fuccello , American actor (d. 1993 )December 12 – Reggie Young , American musician (d. 2019 )December 13 – J. C. Martin , American professional baseball playerDecember 14 – Robert A. Parker , American physicist and astronomerDecember 15 – Donald Goines , American novelist (d. 1974 )December 17 – Rollie Sheldon , American professional baseball playerDecember 20 – Judy Henske , American singer-songwriter (d. 2022 )[8] December 21 – Barbara Roberts , American politicianDecember 22
December 23
December 24 – Dirck Halstead , American photojournalist (d. 2022 )[9] December 28 – Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, film producer, director and screenwriterDecember 29
January 1 – Harry B. Smith , songwriter, librettist and composer (born 1860 )
January 6 – Louise Bryant , journalist (born 1885 )
January 9 – John Gilbert , silent film actor (born 1897 )
January 15 – George Landenberger , U.S. Navy Captain and 23rd Governor of American Samoa (born 1879 )
January 16 – Albert Fish , serial killer (executed; born 1870 )
February 3 – Elia Goode Byington , newspaper proprietor, editor, and manager (born 1858 )
February 8 – Charles Curtis , 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (born 1860)
February 9 – John Cutting Berry , physician and missionary (born 1847 )
February 19 – Billy Mitchell , U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (born 1879)
March 4 – Charles F. Watkins , physician (born 1872 )
March 6 – Rubin Goldmark , pianist, composer and teacher (born 1872 )
March 11 – Ferdinand Lee Barnett , African American journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1852 )
March 18 – W. Herbert Dunton , Western painter (born 1878 )
April 3 – Richard Hauptmann , carpenter convicted of murder (born 1899 in Germany ; executed)
April 13 – Howard Thurston , stage magician (born 1869 )
April 22 – Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel , pioneer dentist (born 1866 )[11]
May 20 – Elmer Fowler Stone , first United States Coast Guard aviator (born 1887 )
May 29 – Norman Chaney , actor (born 1914 )
June 11 – Robert E. Howard , pulp fiction and fantasy writer and poet (suicide; born 1906 )
June 27 – Mike Bernard , ragtime musician (born 1881 )
July 8 – Thomas Meighan , actor (b. 1879 )
July 21 – Earle Ovington , aviator, flew first experimental airmail (born 1879 )
August 8 – Mourning Dove , Native American writer (born 1884 )
September 14 – Irving Thalberg , film producer, pneumonia, (born 1899 )
September 26 – Harriet Monroe , literary editor, scholar and critic and patron of the arts (born 1860)
October 3 – John Heisman , American football coach (born 1869)
October 8
October 13 – John H. Hill , African American lawyer and educator (born 1852)
October 20 – Anne Sullivan , teacher of Helen Keller (born 1866 )
November 2 – Nathaniel P. Conrey , politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (born 1860 )
November 6 – Henry Bourne Joy , business leader (born 1864 )
November 22 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen , financier (born 1879)
December 8 – Katherine Metzel Debs, wife of American Socialist Eugene V. Debs (born 1867)
December 11 – Myron Grimshaw , baseball player (born 1875 )
December 24 – Irene Fenwick , stage and silent film actress (anorexia; born 1887 ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ "Milestones of the U.S. Archival Profession and the National Archives, 1800-2011" . U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016 .^ "New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .^ Former Gonzaga Director of Basketball operations, EWU coach Jerry Krause dies at 87 ^ Bob Albright, former state House member who represented north Alabama, dead at 87 ^ "Michael Thomas, Writer and Bête Noire of the Moneyed Class, Dies at 85" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-18 .^ McKinley Jr., James C. (February 1, 2012), "Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ Creator, Is Dead" , The New York Times
^ In Memoriam: 2020 President Joel Breman ^ Judy Henske, Influential ‘60s Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 85 ^ US photographer Dirck Halstead dies at 85 ^ "Mary Tyler Moore obituary" . the Guardian . 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021 .^ Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel
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