WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1936
Find out what all happened February to November 1936

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

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

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

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

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

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

The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. (7. September 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)

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

In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories. (25. November 1936)

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

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

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

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

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established. (2. November 1936)

Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. (3. August 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 Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)