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List of events
Events from the year 1936 in the United States .
Incumbents Federal government Events January–March
March 1:
Hoover Dam completed.
January 4 –
Billboard magazine publishes its first music
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 , makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers.
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 winning the
Academy Award for Outstanding Production . The film receives the most nominations with eight, while
John Ford 's
The Informer wins the most awards with four, including
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
March: "Migrant Mother", an iconic photo taken by
Dorothea Lange
July–September October–December 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 , wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating
Dorothy Kilgallen of the
New York Journal and Leo Kieran of
The New York Times . The flight takes 18½ days.
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 magazine begins publication as a weekly news magazine under the management of
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 Ongoing Births January
Roger Miller
Alan Alda
February
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 businessman
February 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 philanthropist
February 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 cardinal
February 29 –
Alex Rocco , American actor (d.
2015 ) March
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 astronaut
March 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, epidemiologist
March 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 songwriter
March 31
April
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 politician
April 21
Bob Cleary , American ice hockey player (d.
2015 )
James Dobson , American child psychologist, conservative evangelical political activist
April 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
May
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 director
May 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 ) June
Bruce Dern
Kris Kristofferson
June 3 –
Larry McMurtry , American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (d.
2021 )
June 4 –
Bruce Dern , American screen actor
June 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-songwriter
June 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 singer July
Shirley 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 psychologist
July 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 musician
July 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 politician
July 30 –
Buddy Guy , African-American blues singer and guitarist August
Robert Redford
Wilt Chamberlain
John McCain
August 1 –
Bradford Bishop , American fugitive
August 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 Staff
August 16 –
Anita Gillette , American actress
August 17
August 18 –
Robert Redford , American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist
August 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 player
August 29 –
John McCain , American politician,
U.S. Senator (
R -
Az. ) (d.
2018 )
August 31 –
Richard J. Ferris , American business executive (d.
2022 ) September
Buddy Holly
Jim Henson
September 3 –
John Olver , American politician
September 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 songwriter
September 22 –
Art Metrano , American actor and comedian (d.
2021 )
September 24 –
Jim Henson , American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (
The Muppets ) (d.
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 (d.
2012 )
[6]
September 30 –
Jim Sasser , American politician October
Charlie Daniels
Michael Landon
October 1 –
Edward Villella , American danseur and choreographer
October 3 –
Steve Reich , American composer
October 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 politician
October 19
October 20 –
Joanna Simon , American mezzo-soprano and journalist (d.
2022 )
October 22 –
Bobby Seale , African-American political activist
October 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
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 actress
November 14
November 19 –
Dick Cavett , American talk show host, television personality
November 20 –
Don DeLillo , American author
November 23 –
Steve Landesberg , American actor, director (d.
2010 )
November 24 –
Frank Caprio , American judge
November 27 –
Glynn Lunney , American aerospace engineer (d.
2021 )
November 28 –
Gary Hart , American politician, diplomat, and lawyer December
David Carradine
Héctor Elizondo
Mary Tyler Moore
December 4 –
Larry Davis , African-American blues musician (d.
1994 )
December 5 –
James Lee Burke , American author
December 6
December 7 –
Martha Layne Collins , American businesswoman and politician
December 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 player
December 14 –
Robert A. Parker , American physicist and astronomer
December 15 –
Donald Goines , American novelist (d.
1974 )
December 17 –
Rollie Sheldon , American professional baseball player
December 20 –
Judy Henske , American singer-songwriter (d.
2022 )
[7]
December 21 –
Barbara Roberts , American politician
December 22
December 23
December 24 –
Dirck Halstead , American photojournalist (d.
2022 )
[8]
December 28 –
Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, film producer, director and screenwriter
December 29
Deaths 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 )
[10]
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 References
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"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 .
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"New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
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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 . Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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Judy Henske, Influential ‘60s Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 85
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US photographer Dirck Halstead dies at 85
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"Mary Tyler Moore obituary" . the Guardian . 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021 .
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Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel
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