WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1936
Find out what all happened March to October 1936

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

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

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)

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

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. (7. September 1936)

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

KlaipÄ—da Radio Station begins regular broadcasting. (28. May 1936)

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

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