December 1936 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants.
• 05 Dec 1936 Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakhstan SSR and Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
• 07 Dec 1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
• 08 Dec 1936 Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua.
• 09 Dec 1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis
• 10 Dec 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
• 11 Dec 1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI
• 12 Dec 1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan.
• 13 Dec 1936 Final Boston Redskins NFL game, lose to Green Bay Packers 21-6, move to Washington DC.
• 15 Dec 1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
• 17 Dec 1936 Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy make their radio debut on Rudy Vallee's Royal Gelatin Hour.
• 18 Dec 1936 1st giant panda imported into US
• 22 Dec 1936 First common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton Pennsylvania.
• 23 Dec 1936 Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 24 Dec 1936 The first radioactive isotope medicine is administered in Berkeley, California.
• 25 Dec 1936 Ron Hamence scores 104 for South Africa versus Queensland before 4,865.
• 26 Dec 1936 Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms
• 29 Dec 1936 The United Auto Workers begins the Flint Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan.
• 30 Dec 1936 United Auto Workers stage first sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant.

Famous Birthday

• Pope Francis

  Clergyman.

• Jacques Mesrine

  French criminal (Born 1936).

• David Carradine

  American actor in a theatrical family, the first son of actor John Carradine with the first of his dad's four wives.

• Mary Tyler Moore
• Noel Tyl

  American professional astrologer, author, international lecturer, publisher and editor who has authored 23 books and edited 10 others.

• Aga Khan IV
• Joe D'Amato

  Italian director and producer (d. 1999).

• Alan Vaughan

  American noted parapsychology researcher who has presented a number of papers of his original research.

• Frederic Forrest

  American actor; off-Broadway debut in 1966 and first film in 1970, "Futz.

• Henri Guybet
• Eileen McCallum

  Scottish actress.

• Tommy Steele

  British entertainer, one of Britain's first real rock 'n' roll idols in the mid-50s.

• Ray Nitschke

  American football star, a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers under Coach Vince Lombardi.

• Jacques Perrier

  French Catholic clergyman, the Bishop emeritus of Tarbes and Lourdes since February 2012.

• Annette Vadim

  Danish actress (Born 1936).

• Gilchrist Olympio
• Michel Orso
• Peter Duesberg
• Kitty Dukakis

  American political wife of Michael Dukakis; three kids.

• Ary dos Santos
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Famous Deaths

• William FA Ellison

  Irish clergyman / astronomer, dies at 72.

• Andrija Mohorovicic

  Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian seismologist (Born 1857).

• Baron De Borchgrave

  Belgian ambassador, is murdered in Madrid, Spain.

• Hans von Seeckt

  German general/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at age 70.

• Miguel de Unamuno Jugo

  Spanish philosopher/poet ("Cancionero"), dies at age 72.

• John Ringling

  American circus owner (Born 1866).

• Luigi Pirandello

  Italian writer with a keen awareness of the frustration and conflicts of values.

• Maurice Pierre

  Composer, dies at 68.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra - Pennies from Heaven
2. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - When My Dream Boat Comes Home
3. Russ Morgan & His Orchestra - I'm in a Dancing Mood
4. Bing Crosby - Let's Call A Heart A Heart
5. Ray Noble & His Orchestra (Vocal Al Bowlly) - Easy To Love