WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1936
Find out what all happened June to October 1936

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Jarrow March sets off for London. (5. October 1936)

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

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

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

An army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War. (18. July 1936)

Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. (27. October 1936)

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

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

Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. (3. August 1936)