WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1936
Find out what all happened March to June 1936

Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and lead to a major flood in Pittsburgh. (16. March 1936)

The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. (28. June 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. (21. May 1936)

Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. (15. April 1936)

The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. (18. April 1936)

Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. (28. May 1936)

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (5. April 1936)

First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom. (5. March 1936)

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (5. May 1936)

The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.) (14. March 1936)

In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. (29. March 1936)

Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. (30. June 1936)

Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India. (1. April 1936)

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)

Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. (8. March 1936)

First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. (15. June 1936)

The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England. (11. June 1936)

Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5. (9. May 1936)

The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. (27. April 1936)

The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins. (25. May 1936)

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