1936

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Years: 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 - 1936 - 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

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Births

• February 11 - [Burt Reynolds]?, American actor.
• September 7 - Buddy Holly, US singer
• Carl Sagan - US astronomer

Deaths

• Robert E. Howard, fantasy author
• Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi Party leader. Nice shot.

Events

• Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
• The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits is signed.
• Beginning of the Spanish Civil War
• Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Victor Franz Hess]?, [Carl David Anderson]?
• Chemistry - [Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye]?
• Medicine - [[Sir [Henry Hallett Dale]?, [Otto Loewi]?
• Literature - [Eugene Gladstone O'Neill]?
• Peace - [Carlos Saavedra Lamas]?