WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1936
Find out what all happened February to August 1936

The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. (11. July 1936)

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

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

Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad. (9. August 1936)

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

Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. (4. August 1936)

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

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

Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and lead to a major flood in Pittsburgh. (16. March 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)

The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded. (10. June 1936)

King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. (26. July 1936)

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

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203. (6. April 1936)

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

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 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)

In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. (26. February 1936)

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

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