WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1936
Find out what all happened January to June 1936

A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. (1. March 1936)

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

February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. (29. February 1936)

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

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

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

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president. (7. June 1936)

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203. (6. April 1936)

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

The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded. (10. June 1936)

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. (10. February 1936)

Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. (3. April 1936)

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

Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom. (20. January 1936)

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. (29. January 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)

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

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. (26. June 1936)

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