Modern Times
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Country: United States of America
January 1936 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1936.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on January 1936: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 1936?
Events
- 01 Jan 1936 First newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune.
- 02 Jan 1936 First electron tube to enable night vision described, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 04 Jan 1936 England celebrates its first ever win over the All Blacks in Rugby Union, in particular the 2 famous tries by quotThe Princequot HH Alexander Obolensky.
- 07 Jan 1936 Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1 hour 18 minutes).
- 09 Jan 1936 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army.
- 11 Jan 1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
- 14 Jan 1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America.
- 15 Jan 1936 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
- 16 Jan 1936 Spanish socialists / communists / anarchists form Unidad Popular
- 20 Jan 1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
- 22 Jan 1936 French Laval government falls.
- 29 Jan 1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson
- 30 Jan 1936 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
- 31 Jan 1936 Green Hornet radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
Famous Birthday
![Théo Sarapo]()
French actor-singer of Greek heritage, and the second husband of the French singer Édith Piaf.
![Alan Alda]()
American actor, scriptwriter and director, a popular star from 1972.
French Catholic clergyman, who was Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo from September 1998 to March 2007.
- See more
Famous Deaths
Composer, dies at 71.
president (New York Giants), dies.
alto singer ("Country of Hope and Glory"), dies at age 62.
Governor of Tasmania (Born 1862).
- See more
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Watch popular movies, TV series and live events, start your 30-day free trial
The Petrified Forest
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Archie Mayo
Starring: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
Country: United States of America
Next Time We Love
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Edward H. Griffith
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell
The Invisible Ray
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton
The Milky Way
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Helen Mack