WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1936
Find out what all happened August to October 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 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)

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

The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation. (26. October 1936)

Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad. (9. August 1936)

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. (4. August 1936)

Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. (1. October 1936)

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

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

Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles. (9. October 1936)