WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1936
Find out what all happened January to July 1936

The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. (26. July 1936)

The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. (18. April 1936)

Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting. (28. May 1936)

First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom. (5. March 1936)

Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. (29. February 1936)

Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. (20. January 1936)

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (5. May 1936)

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president. (7. June 1936)

In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties. (23. July 1936)

In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. (29. March 1936)

Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. (21. May 1936)

The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. (15. January 1936)

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war. (17. July 1936)

Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. (15. April 1936)

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. (26. June 1936)

The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins. (25. May 1936)

The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. (28. June 1936)

First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine. (15. April 1936)

Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. (4. February 1936)

Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. (28. May 1936)