May 1936 calendar

May 1936
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 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 May 1936: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1936?

Events

01 May 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades.
02 May 1936 Peter & Wolf premieres in Moscow
03 May 1936 New York Yankees' player Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets three hits.
04 May 1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)
05 May 1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip.
07 May 1936 Italy annexes Ethiopia.
08 May 1936 Jockey Ralph Neves is unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall; his wife faints when he returns to the track.
09 May 1936 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
10 May 1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt.
12 May 1936 The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman ''Super Chief'' passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
13 May 1936 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain.
15 May 1936 Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
16 May 1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France
21 May 1936 Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
22 May 1936 Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
24 May 1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party.
25 May 1936 The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
26 May 1936 In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
27 May 1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage
28 May 1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
30 May 1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel ''Gone with the Wind'' is first published.

Famous Birthday

Dennis Hopper
American actor and director who first landed a role in "Rebel Without A Cause" at age 19.
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
Rita Cadillac (French dancer)
Bobby Darin
American actor, singer and recording artist, best remembered for his song "Mack The Knife" that held the No.
El Cordobés
Spanish toreador, known in 1964 as an international hero to rival Pele or Cassius Clay.
Glenda Jackson
British internationally known actress who won a NY Film Classics Award in 1971, an Emmy for "Queen Elizabeth" in 1972, and Oscars in 1970...
Albert Finney
British actor.
Philippe Véron
Ruta Lee
Canadian-American dancer and actress who has played in over 300 TV roles.
Waheeda Rehman
Indian actress.
Manuel Benítez
Keir Dullea
American actor, typecast as a brooding neurotic with the success of his first two films, "The Hoodlum Priest," 1961 and "David and Lisa,"...
Cécile Gallez
Frank Stella
American painter and sculptor.
Danièle Huillet
French filmmaker, who formed a creative duo with Jean-Marie Straub.
François Scellier
M Scott Peck
American psychiatrist and writer (d. 2005).
Tom Snyder
American noted TV anchor man in Los Angeles.
Manuel Alegre
Norma Aleandro
Argentinian actress director and screenwriter.
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