List of events
Events from the year 1936 in the United States .
Incumbents [ edit ] Federal government [ edit ] January–March [ edit ] March 1: Hoover Dam completed. January 4 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade . January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio , for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company . February 17 – The first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom , makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers. March – German American Bund formed in Buffalo, New York , in support of Nazi Germany to succeed the Friends of New Germany , with German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn elected as its first leader. March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed. March 5 – The 8th Academy Awards , hosted by Frank Capra , are presented at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , with Frank Lloyd 's Mutiny on the Bounty winning the Academy Award for Outstanding Production . The film receives the most nominations with eight, while John Ford 's The Informer wins the most awards with four, including Best Director for Ford. March 17–18 – Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 ("St. Patrick's Day Flood"): Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , suffers the worst flooding in its history. March 26 – The longest game in the history of the National Hockey League is played. The Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings are scoreless until 16½ minutes into the sixth overtime when Mud Bruneteau ends it at 2:25 am. April–June [ edit ] March: "Migrant Mother", an iconic photo taken by Dorothea Lange July–September [ edit ] October–December [ edit ] October 6 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants (baseball) , 4 games to 2, to win their 5th World Series Title. October 11 – Earl Bascom , rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and builds Mississippi 's first permanent rodeo arena at Columbia, Mississippi . October 19 – H.R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram , wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times . The flight takes 18½ days. October 29 – The historic Uptown Theater opens in Washington, D.C. November 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1936 : Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Republican Governor of Kansas Alf Landon . November 12 – In California , the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. November 23 – Life magazine begins publication as a weekly news magazine under the management of Henry Luce . November 25 – The Abraham Lincoln Brigade sails from New York City on its way to the Spanish Civil War . December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City . December 29 – The United Auto Workers begins the Flint Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan . Undated [ edit ] Ongoing [ edit ] January [ edit ] Roger Miller Alan Alda February [ edit ] Burt Reynolds Jim Brown February 1 – Azie Taylor Morton , 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003 ) February 3 February 4 February 6 – J. Howard Marshall III , American businessman February 8 – Larry Verne , American singer, songwriter (d. 2013 ) February 11 – Burt Reynolds , American actor, director and producer (d. 2018 ) February 14 – Andrew Prine , American actor (d. 2022 ) February 16 – Carl Icahn , American businessman, investor and philanthropist February 17 – Jim Brown , African American football player and actor (d. 2023 ) February 19 – Sam Myers , American musician, songwriter (d. 2006 ) February 20 – Larry Hovis , American actor (d. 2003 ) February 21 – Barbara Jordan , African-American lawyer, politician and Civil Rights campaigner (d. 1996 ) February 22 February 27 – Roger Mahony , American cardinal February 29 – Alex Rocco , American actor (d. 2015 ) Marion Barry Antonin Scalia March 3 – Peter G. Davis , American opera and classical music critic (d. 2021 ) March 5 – Dean Stockwell , American actor (d. 2021 ) March 6 – Marion Barry , African-American politician and civil rights activist (d. 2014 ) March 7 – Loren Acton , American astronaut March 8 March 9 March 11 – Antonin Scalia , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1986 to 2016 (d. 2016 ) March 12 – William Foege , American physician, epidemiologist March 15 March 16 – Raymond Damadian , Armenian-American MRI practitioner (d, 2022 ) March 17 March 22 – Edith Grossman , American translator (d. 2023 ) March 24 – Don Covay , American singer, songwriter (d. 2015 ) March 26 – Harry Kalas , American sportscaster (d. 2009 ) March 28 – Bill Gaither , American singer and songwriter March 31 Charles Napier Glen Campbell Roy Orbison April 3 April 9 April 10 April 12 – Charles Napier , American actor (d. 2011 ) April 14 April 18 April 19 April 20 – Pat Roberts , American politician April 21 Bob Cleary , American ice hockey player (d. 2015 ) James Dobson , American child psychologist, conservative evangelical political activist April 22 – Glen Campbell , American musician and actor (d. 2017 ) April 23 – Roy Orbison , American singer, songwriter (d. 1988 ) April 24 April 26 – Doug Sax , American mastering engineer (d. 2015 ) April 28 – Charles Hill , American diplomat and academic (d. 2021 ) April 29 – Lane Smith , American actor (d. 2005 ) April 30 Bobby Darin Dennis Hopper Louis Gossett Jr. May 1 – Jerry Mander , American author and activist (d. 2023 ) May 2 May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin , African-American singer (d. 2014 ) May 8 – Clyde Bellecourt , Native American rights organiser (d. 2022 ) May 9 May 11 – Carla Bley , American jazz musician (d. 2023 ) May 12 May 14 May 15 May 16 – Philippe de Montebello , American museum director May 17 – Dennis Hopper , American actor and director (d. 2010 ) May 22 May 23 – Charles Kimbrough , American actor (d. 2023 ) May 24 – Harold Budd , American avant-garde composer and poet (d. 2020 ) May 25 – Tom T. Hall , American country singer-songwriter (d. 2021 ) May 27 – Louis Gossett Jr. , African-American actor (d. 2024 ) May 29 – Arlene McQuade , American actress (d. 2014 ) Bruce Dern Kris Kristofferson June 3 – Larry McMurtry , American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (d. 2021 ) June 4 – Bruce Dern , American screen actor June 6 June 8 June 11 – Jud Strunk , American singer and comedian (d. 1981 ) June 12 – Marcus Belgrave , American jazz trumpeter (d. 2015 ) June 14 – Renaldo Benson , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2005 ) June 15 – William Levada , American cardinal (d. 2019 ) June 19 – Shirley Goodman , American R&B singer (d. 2005 ) June 20 – Billy Guy , American singer (d. 2002 ) June 22 – Kris Kristofferson , American actor and singer-songwriter June 24 – Robert Downey Sr. , American film actor and director (d. 2021 ) June 26 – Hal Greer , African-American professional basketball player (d. 2018 ) June 27 – Lucille Clifton , American poet, writer and educator (d. 2010 ) June 28 June 29 – Harmon Killebrew , American baseball player (d. 2011 ) June 30 – Nancy Dussault , American actress and singer Shirley Knight Larry Cohen Elizabeth Dole Buddy Guy July 1 July 4 – Dick Hyde , American trombonist (d. 2019 ) July 5 – Shirley Knight , American actress (d. 2020 ) July 7 – Joseph Renzulli , American educational psychologist July 9 July 10 July 11 – Joe Bussard , American record collector (d. 2022 ) July 12 – Frank Ryan , American football player and mathematician (d. 2024 ) July 13 – Albert Ayler , African-American saxophonist, singer and composer (d. 1970 ) July 14 July 15 July 16 – Buddy Merrill , American musician July 18 – Jerry Richardson , American businessman and football club owner (d. 2023 ) July 19 – Connie Kurtz , American LGBT rights activist (d. 2018 ) July 20 July 23 July 24 July 27 – J. Robert Hooper , American politician (d. 2008 ) July 29 – Elizabeth Dole , American politician July 30 – Buddy Guy , African-American blues singer and guitarist Robert Redford Wilt Chamberlain John McCain August 1 – Bradford Bishop , American fugitive August 7 – Richard L. Tierney , American poet, novelist (d. 2022 ) August 8 August 11 – Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player (d. 2015 ) August 12 – John Poindexter , American Naval officer, US Chief of Staff August 16 – Anita Gillette , American actress August 17 August 18 – Robert Redford , American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist August 20 – Sam Melville , American actor (d. 1989 ) August 21 – Wilt Chamberlain , African-American basketball player (d. 1999 ) August 22 August 23 August 24 August 26 – Benedict Anderson , American academic (d. 2015 ) August 27 – Joel Kovel , American scholar and author (d. 2018 ) August 28 – Don Denkinger , American professional baseball player August 29 – John McCain , American politician, U.S. Senator (R -Az. ) (d. 2018 ) August 31 – Richard J. Ferris , American business executive (d. 2022 ) September [ edit ] Buddy Holly Jim Henson September 3 – John Olver , American politician September 5 September 7 – Buddy Holly , American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll (d. 1959 ) September 11 – Charles Dierkop , American actor (d. 2024 ) September 14 September 17 – Gerald Guralnik , American physicist (d. 2014 ) September 19 – Al Oerter , American Olympic athlete (d. 2007 ) September 21 – Dickey Lee , American singer and songwriter September 22 – Art Metrano , American actor and comedian (d. 2021 ) September 24 – Jim Henson , American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (The Muppets ) (d. 1990 ) September 25 – Ken Forsse , American inventor, producer and creator of Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014 ) September 27 – Don Cornelius , African-American television personality and host of Soul Train (d. 2012 )[6] September 30 – Jim Sasser , American politician October [ edit ] Charlie Daniels Michael Landon October 1 – Edward Villella , American danseur and choreographer October 3 – Steve Reich , American composer October 7 – Frank Otto , American educator (d. 2017 ) October 8 – Joe M. Haynes , American politician (d. 2018 ) October 11 October 13 – Cliff Gorman , American actor (d. 2002 ) October 14 – Carrie Nye , American actress (d. 2006 ) October 17 – Dave Hobson , American politician October 19 October 20 – Joanna Simon , American mezzo-soprano and journalist (d. 2022 ) October 22 – Bobby Seale , African-American political activist October 24 – David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011 ) October 26 – Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019 ) October 28 – Charlie Daniels , American country musician and singer-songwriter (d. 2020 ) October 30 – Merri Dee , American television journalist and philanthropist (d. 2022 ) October 31 – Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer and writer (d. 1991 ) November [ edit ] Dick Cavett November 2 – Rose Bird , American judge (d. 1999 ) November 3 – Clifford Curry , American singer (d. 2016 ) November 4 – C. K. Williams , American poet (d. 2015 ) November 5 – Billy Sherrill , American record producer, arranger and songwriter (d. 2015 ) November 9 November 11 – Susan Kohner , American actress November 14 November 19 – Dick Cavett , American talk show host, television personality November 20 – Don DeLillo , American author November 23 – Steve Landesberg , American actor, director (d. 2010 ) November 24 – Frank Caprio , American judge November 27 – Glynn Lunney , American aerospace engineer (d. 2021 ) November 28 – Gary Hart , American politician, diplomat, and lawyer December [ edit ] David Carradine Héctor Elizondo Mary Tyler Moore December 4 – Larry Davis , African-American blues musician (d. 1994 ) December 5 – James Lee Burke , American author December 6 December 7 – Martha Layne Collins , American businesswoman and politician December 8 – David Carradine , American actor, director and martial artist (d. 2009 ) December 11 – Tom Fuccello , American actor (d. 1993 ) December 12 – Reggie Young , American musician (d. 2019 ) December 13 – J. C. Martin , American professional baseball player December 14 – Robert A. Parker , American physicist and astronomer December 15 – Donald Goines , American novelist (d. 1974 ) December 17 – Rollie Sheldon , American professional baseball player December 20 – Judy Henske , American singer-songwriter (d. 2022 )[7] December 21 – Barbara Roberts , American politician December 22 December 23 December 24 – Dirck Halstead , American photojournalist (d. 2022 )[8] December 28 – Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, film producer, director and screenwriter December 29 January 1 – Harry B. Smith , songwriter, librettist and composer (born 1860 ) January 6 – Louise Bryant , journalist (born 1885 ) January 9 – John Gilbert , silent film actor (born 1897 ) January 15 – George Landenberger , U.S. Navy Captain and 23rd Governor of American Samoa (born 1879 ) January 16 – Albert Fish , serial killer (executed; born 1870 ) February 3 – Elia Goode Byington , newspaper proprietor, editor, and manager (born 1858 ) February 8 – Charles Curtis , 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (born 1860) February 9 – John Cutting Berry , physician and missionary (born 1847 ) February 19 – Billy Mitchell , U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (born 1879) March 4 – Charles F. Watkins , physician (born 1872 ) March 6 – Rubin Goldmark , pianist, composer and teacher (born 1872 ) March 11 – Ferdinand Lee Barnett , African American journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1852 ) March 18 – W. Herbert Dunton , Western painter (born 1878 ) April 3 – Richard Hauptmann , carpenter convicted of murder (born 1899 in Germany ; executed) April 13 – Howard Thurston , stage magician (born 1869 ) April 22 – Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel , pioneer dentist (born 1866 )[10] May 20 – Elmer Fowler Stone , first United States Coast Guard aviator (born 1887 ) May 29 – Norman Chaney , actor (born 1914 ) June 11 – Robert E. Howard , pulp fiction and fantasy writer and poet (suicide; born 1906 ) June 27 – Mike Bernard , ragtime musician (born 1881 ) July 8 – Thomas Meighan , actor (b. 1879 ) July 21 – Earle Ovington , aviator, flew first experimental airmail (born 1879 ) August 8 – Mourning Dove , Native American writer (born 1884 ) September 14 – Irving Thalberg , film producer, pneumonia, (born 1899 ) September 26 – Harriet Monroe , literary editor, scholar and critic and patron of the arts (born 1860) October 3 – John Heisman , American football coach (born 1869) October 8 October 13 – John H. Hill , African American lawyer and educator (born 1852) October 20 – Anne Sullivan , teacher of Helen Keller (born 1866 ) November 2 – Nathaniel P. Conrey , politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (born 1860 ) November 6 – Henry Bourne Joy , business leader (born 1864 ) November 22 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen , financier (born 1879) December 8 – Katherine Metzel Debs, wife of American Socialist Eugene V. Debs (born 1867) December 11 – Myron Grimshaw , baseball player (born 1875 ) December 24 – Irene Fenwick , stage and silent film actress (anorexia; born 1887 ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Milestones of the U.S. Archival Profession and the National Archives, 1800-2011" . U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016 . ^ "New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 14 March 2023 . ^ Former Gonzaga Director of Basketball operations, EWU coach Jerry Krause dies at 87 ^ Bob Albright, former state House member who represented north Alabama, dead at 87 ^ "Michael Thomas, Writer and Bête Noire of the Moneyed Class, Dies at 85" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-18 . ^ McKinley Jr., James C. (February 1, 2012), "Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ Creator, Is Dead" , The New York Times . Retrieved January 8, 2018. ^ Judy Henske, Influential ‘60s Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 85 ^ US photographer Dirck Halstead dies at 85 ^ "Mary Tyler Moore obituary" . the Guardian . 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021 . ^ Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel External links [ edit ]