November 1936 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an axis
• 02 Nov 1936 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
• 03 Nov 1936 President Franklin Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (Republican).
• 06 Nov 1936 Terence Rattigans French Without Tears, premieres in London
• 07 Nov 1936 Battle of Madrid begins
• 09 Nov 1936 Albanian government of Frasheri falls
• 12 Nov 1936 St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt
• 14 Nov 1936 Bradman scores 192 for South Africa vs. Victoria before a MCG crowd of 21000
• 15 Nov 1936 Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
• 16 Nov 1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid
• 17 Nov 1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
• 18 Nov 1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California) is joined.
• 20 Nov 1936 Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
• 22 Nov 1936 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst Country Club - Pinehurst, North Carolina
• 23 Nov 1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
• 24 Nov 1936 Pacifist / anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
• 25 Nov 1936 Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, to cooperate in defense against Communistic International. Germany and Japan will share information on Comintern activities, and invite other states to adopt anti-Comintern defensive measures. Secret clause: both agree that if one is attacked or threatened, the other would not relieve the position of the Soviet Union, and both would not conclude political treaties with the Soviet Union that did not conform with spirit of the pact. The pact is in
• 26 Nov 1936 The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
• 30 Nov 1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

Famous Birthday

• Mary Travers

  American singer who teamed up with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey in 1961 as the singing group "Peter, Paul and Mary.

• Jacques Charrier

  French actor on stage, film and TV.

• Virna Lisi

  Italian actress, a voluptuous leading lady in many spectacular films.

• Didier Ratsiraka

  President of Madagascar.

• Dick Cavett

  American talk-show host, a born natural with intellect, humor, tattle and interaction; continuous TV exposure from the 60's.

• Mikhail Tal

  Latvian-Russian chess player and author (d. 1992).

• Philippe Sollers
• Mort Shuman

  American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991).

• Clément Michu
• Don Delillo
• Suzette Haden Elgin
• Frédy Girardet

  Swiss chef and restaurateur of his own self-named restaurant in Crissier, Switzerland, until his retirement in 1996, often called "the...

• Abbie Hoffman

  American radical and author who was an activist from his UC Berkeley days in the 1960s when he opposed the Vietnam war.

• John Wells
• Roy Emerson

  Australian-American tennis player and coach.

• Truman Jacques

  American TV personality, a many faceted black host of CBS talk show, who is known for putting together such diverse topics as politics, sex,...

• Antonio Gades
• Philippe Breton (bishop)
• Alfred Marie-Jeanne
• Gary Hart

  American politician, a handsome and charismatic presidential candidate whose campaign lasted 26 days after he withdrew over his alleged...

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Famous Deaths

• Filip Lazar

  Composer, dies at 42.

• Edward German

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Louis F H Apol

  Painter / etcher / literary, dies at 86.

• Henry Bourne Joy

  American automobile executive (Born 1864).

• Buenaventura Durruti

  Spanish anarchist (Born 1896).

• Louis Gustave Binger

  French officer and explorer (Born 1856).

• Buenaventura Durruti

  Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle.

• Buenaventura Durruti

  Spanish anarchist (Born 1896).

• Ernestine Schumann-Heink

  Austrian opera singer who sang oratorios, concerts, in movies and vaudeville.

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Top #2 songs in the USA

1. Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra - It's De-Lovely
2. Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - It's De-Lovely