1936

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 20. Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.

• Real World: May 9. Italy annexes Ethiopia.

• Real World: July 16. George McMahon, who later tries to claim he worked for MI-5, tries and fails to assassinate King Edward VIII.

• Real World: July 17. Francisco Franco leads an attempted coup d'etat against the elected Spanish government.

• Real World: July 18. The Spanish Civil War begins when troops loyal to Francisco Franco land at Morocco and Barcelona.

• Real World: September 6. The last thylacine dies in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

• Real World: October 25. Germany and Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis.

• Real World: November 3. Franklin Roosevelt re-elected President of the United States.

• Real World: November 20. The Matrimonial Causes Act expands the grounds under which divorce is permissible.

• Real World: November 25. Nazi Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact.

• Real World: December 11. Edward VIII abdicates his kingship.

• Real World: December 12. George VI replaces Edward VIII as King of the United Kingdom.

Undated Events

• DC (Post-Crisis), DC (Post-Zero Hour): National Films Studios releases a 12-part serial featuring the Atomic Skull. (Superman Villains Secret Files)

• Indiana Jones: Events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

Swords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Notable Films

Ace Drummond (serial), After the Thin Man, The Bold Caballero, Charlie Chan at the Opera, Charlie Chan at the Racetrack, Charlie Chan's Secret, Desert Phantom, The Devil Doll, Dracula's Daughter, Flash Gordon: Rocketship, The General Died at Dawn, Ghost Patrol, The Invisible Ray, The Last of the Mohicans, The Man Who Lived Again, Revolt of the Zombies, Romeo and Juliet, Tarzan Escapes, Things to Come, Undersea Kingdom (serial), Vigilantes Are Coming! (serial).

Notable Radio Programs

First broadcast of The Green Hornet.

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