Thursday 27 February 1936
It was Thursday, under the sign of Pisces. The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Roger Mahony and Timothy Spall.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, directed by John Cromwell, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1936
while The Last Puritan by George Santayana was one of the best selling books.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- International Polar Bear Day.
- Saint Antigone
- Saint Leander
- First day of Maslenitsa in Russia (2006)
- Saint Honorine
- Dominican Republic - National Day.
- Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honour of the pagan war god Mars were held.
- Saint Gabriel of the Mother of Sorrows
Famous Birthdays:
- Roger Mahony: American ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic Cardinal.
- Timothy Spall: Actor (1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance).
- Virginia Maskell: Actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs).
- Roger M Mahoney in Hollywood: California, USA; archbishop of Los Angeles (1985-).
- Chuck Glaser in Spalding: Nebraska, USA; singer (Glaser Brothers - "Getting to Me Again").
- Ron Barassi: Australian footballer and coach.
Famous Deaths:
- Joshua W Alexander: U.
- Ivan P Pavlov: Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel Prize 1904), dies at age 86.
- Ivan Pavlov: Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning.
Facts:
- Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 metre free style (1:04.6).
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The Last Puritan
Santayana's The Last Puritan, 1st Ed by George Santayana. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. 602 pages. Hardcover w/Jacket. Solid copy, moderate wear
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Drums Along the Mohawk
The bestselling novel behind John Ford’s acclaimed film starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, and Edna May Oliver. When newlyweds Gilbert and Lana Martin settle in the Mohawk Valley in 1776, they work tirelessly against the elements to build a new ...
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Gone with the Wind
Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.Widely
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It Can't Happen Here
“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith.
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