WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1936
Find out what all happened May to October 1936

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

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

The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England. (11. June 1936)

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

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

Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air. (31. August 1936)

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

Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. (1. October 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)

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

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

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

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

The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation. (26. October 1936)

Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles. (9. October 1936)

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

First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium (10. September 1936)