WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1936
Find out what all happened January to September 1936

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

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

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (5. April 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)

February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. (29. February 1936)

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

Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States. (14. August 1936)

A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. (3. August 1936)

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

Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. (30. June 1936)

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

Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. (16. February 1936)

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

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. (10. February 1936)

The Australian Antarctic Territory is created. (24. August 1936)

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. (29. January 1936)

A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell. (6. July 1936)

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

First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. (15. June 1936)

First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team. (23. September 1936)