WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1936
Find out what all happened January to May 1936

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

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

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

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)

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

The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. (15. January 1936)

The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.) (14. March 1936)

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

Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. (15. April 1936)

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

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

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

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. (9. May 1936)

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

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

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

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