WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1936
Find out what all happened February to May 1936

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

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

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)

Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. (4. February 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 Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (5. May 1936)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. (26. February 1936)

Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting. (28. 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)

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