The Green Pastures
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Marc Connelly, William Keighley
Starring: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Frank H. Wilson
July 1936 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1936: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1936?
Events
- 01 Jul 1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
- 04 Jul 1936 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
- 05 Jul 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record hot).
- 06 Jul 1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record hot).
- 07 Jul 1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston
- 10 Jul 1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
- 11 Jul 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens.
- 13 Jul 1936 A Midwestern U.S. heat wave sets the all-time highest temperature records for Wisconsin (46 C), Michigan (44 C), and Indiana (47 C).
- 15 Jul 1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
- 16 Jul 1936 First x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York.
- 17 Jul 1936 Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0
- 18 Jul 1936 In Spanish Morocco, military rebels attempt a coup d'etat against the legitimacy of the Spanish government. This will lead to the Spanish Civil War.
- 19 Jul 1936 Spanish Premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral
- 20 Jul 1936 The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
- 22 Jul 1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
- 23 Jul 1936 In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
- 24 Jul 1936 Gen Mola and Cabanellas form Spanish anti-Government
- 25 Jul 1936 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx
- 26 Jul 1936 The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- 29 Jul 1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
- 31 Jul 1936 Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics
Famous Birthday
American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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American actress, a comedianne gifted for her varied characters on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," 1968-73.
American attorney and Judge, confirmed as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court on 2/18/1988 stemming from a background of 13 years as...
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Famous Deaths
Scottish member of the diplomatic service who was Ambassador to Romania in 1964 and was noted for posts that included San Francisco,...
Composer, dies at 75.
Spanish General / high director.
Composer, dies at 91.
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Movies
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The Last of the Mohicans
Release year: 1936
Directed by: George B. Seitz
Starring: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot
Country: United States of America
Earthworm Tractors
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Ray Enright
Starring: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee, Dick Foran
The Amazing Adventure
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Alfred Zeisler
Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall
Country: United States of America
China Clipper
Release year: 1936
Directed by: Ray Enright
Starring: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander