WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1936
Find out what all happened March to May 1936

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

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)

A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. (1. March 1936)

Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. (8. March 1936)

The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. (27. April 1936)

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

Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. (7. March 1936)

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

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (5. April 1936)

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. (9. 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)

Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. (3. April 1936)

In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours. (26. May 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)

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

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

Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India. (1. April 1936)

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

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)