Year (''' MCMXXXVI ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- May 7 - Italy annexes Ethiopia .
- May 9 - Italian East Africa is formed from the Italian territories of Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Italian Somaliland .
- May 12 - The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman '' Super Chief '' passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California .
- May 14 - Universal Pictures ' new film version of '' Show Boat '', a faithful adaptation of the Stage Musical , premieres at Radio City Music Hall to ecstatic reviews. It preserves the famous stage performances of Irene Dunne , Charles Winninger , Helen Morgan , Paul Robeson , and Sammy White . It is a box office smash, but withdrawn from circulation in 1942 by MGM , due to their impending Technicolor Remake , which does not appear until 1951. Starting in 1942, the 1936 ''Show Boat'' will not be widely seen again until 1981.
- May 27 - The first flight by the Irish airline Aer Lingus takes place.
- May 27 - British luxury liner RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton on her Maiden Voyage over the Atlantic
- November 2
- --- BBC launches world's first regular (then) high definition television service.
- ---The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) begins Radio in Canada .
- is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Alf Landon .
- November 12 - In California , the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
- November 23 - The first edition of ''Life'' is published.
- November 25 - Abraham Lincoln Brigade sails from New York City on its way to Spanish Civil War
- November 26 - The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
- November 30 - In London , The Crystal Palace is destroyed in a fire (it had been built for the 1851 Great Exhibition ).
- December 3 - Radio station WQXR is officially founded
- December 10 - 11 - King Edward VIII signs an instrument of Abdication at Fort Belvedere in the presence of his three brothers, The Duke Of York , The Duke Of Gloucester and The Duke Of Kent .
- December 11
- --- The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration Of Abdication Act 1936 on behalf of the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
- --- The King performs his last act as sovereign by giving Royal Assent to the Act.
- ---Prince Albert, Duke of York, becomes King, ruling as King George VI
- --- The abdicated King Edward VIII, now HRH The Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate. He leaves the country for Austria
- December 12 - Irish Free State passes the External Relations Act to legislate for Edward VIII's abdication in that realm.
- December 12 - Xi'an Incident : The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
- December 30 - United Auto Workers Union stages its first sit-down strike.
- January 2 - Roger Miller , American singer (d. 1992 )
- January 5 - Florence King , American writer
- January 10
- --- Stephen Ambrose , American historian (d. 2002 )
- --- Robert Wilson , American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- January 11 - Eva Hesse , American artist (d. 1970 )
- January 20 - Lady Frances Roche Of Femoy, Princess Diana's Mother
- January 23 - Jerry Kramer , American football player
- January 27 - Troy Donahue , American actor (d. 2001 )
- January 28 - Alan Alda , American actor
- February 6 - Kent Douglas , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors , Canadian country/folk singer
- February 11 - Burt Reynolds , American actor
- February 14 - Andrew Prine , American actor
- February 17 - Jim Brown , American football player
- February 19 - Sam Myers , American musician and songwriter (d. 2006 )
- February 20 - Larry Hovis , American actor (d. 2003 )
- February 24 - Lance Reventlow , English playboy, entrepreneur, and race car driver (d. 1972 )
- February 27 - Roger Mahony , fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles
- March 4 - Jim Clark , Scottish race car driver (d. 1968 )
- March 4 - Aribert Reimann , German composer
- March 6 - Marion Barry Jr. , Mayor of Washington, DC
- March 7 - Loren Acton , astronaut
- March 9
- --- Tom Sestak , American football player (d. 1987 )
- --- Mickey Gilly , American musician
- March 11
- --- Ralph Abernathy , American civil rights leader (d. 1990 )
- --- Antonin Scalia , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- March 15 - Howard Greenfield , American songwriter (d. 1986 )
- March 19 - Ursula Andress , Swiss actress, best known as the original Bond Girl
- March 20 - Lee "Scratch" Perry , Jamaican musician
- April 10 - John Madden , American football coach and sportscaster
- April 12 - Charles Napier , American actor
- April 14 - Kenneth Mars , American actor
- April 21 - James Dobson , PH.D, Founder of Focus On The Family, child psychologist
- April 22 - Glen Campbell , American musician
- April 23 - Roy Orbison , American singer (d. 1988 )
- May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck , British/American singer
- May 9 - Albert Finney , English actor
- May 14 - Bobby Darin , American singer (d. 1973 )
- ---May 14 - Dick Howser , American baseball shortstop/manager (d. 1987 )
- May 17 - Dennis Hopper , American actor and director
- May 23 - Ingeborg Hallstein , German opera singer
- June 8 - James Darren , American actor and singer
- June 17 - Ken Loach , British director
- June 22 - Kris Kristofferson , American singer, songwriter, and actor
- June 28 - Chuck Howley , American football player
- June 29 - Harmon Killebrew , baseball player
- July 16 - Buddy Merrill , American musician, '' The Lawrence Welk Show ''
- July 23 - Don Drysdale , baseball player (d. 1993 )
- August 1
- --- Bradford Bishop , fugitive indicted for the murders of his three children, spouse and mother in 1976 .
- --- Yves Saint-Laurent , Algerian-born French fashion designer
- August 1 - Donald Neilson , British serial killer known as the , currently serving five life sentences
- August 11 - Andre Dubus , American short-story writer (d. 1999 )
- August 18 - Robert Redford , American actor
- August 21 - Wilt Chamberlain , American basketball player (d. 1999 )
- August 27 - David Clarke , English retired teacher
- August 29 - John McCain , American politician
- September 7 - Buddy Holly , American singer (d. 1959 )
- September 14 - Walter Koenig , American actor.
- September 16 - Ken Forsse , American inventor and producer, creator of Teddy Ruxpin
- September 21 - Yuriy Luzhkov , mayor of Moscow
- September 24 - Jim Henson , American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (d. 1990 )
- September 29 - Silvio Berlusconi , Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor
- October 1 - Stella Stevens , American actress
- October 11 - Larry Staverman , American professional basketball player and coach (d. 2007 )
- October 19 - Tony Lo Bianco , American actor
- October 25 - Masako Nozawa , Japanese voice actress
- October 29 - Akiko Kojima , Japanese model
- October 31 - Michael Landon , American actor (d. 1991 )
- January 9 - John Gilbert , American actor (b. 1899 )
- January 16 - Albert Fish , American serial killer (executed) (b. 1870 )
- January 18 - Rudyard Kipling , British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- January 20 - King George V Of The United Kingdom (b. 1865 )
- February 4 - Wilhelm Gustloff , German leader of the Swiss Nazi Party (b. 1895 )
- February 19 - Billy Mitchell , U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879 )
- February 26 - in the " February 26 Incident ":
- --- Takahashi Korekiyo , 11th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1854 )
- --- Saito Makoto , 19th Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1858 )
- February 27 - Ivan Pavlov , Russian psychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1849 )
- February 28 - Charles Nicolle , French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1866 )
- March 16 - Marguerite Durand , French journalist and feminist leader (b. 1864 )
- March 21 - Alexander Glazunov , Russian composer (b. 1865 )
- April 3 - Bruno Hauptmann , German killer of Charles Lindbergh Jr. (b. 1899 )
- April 8 - Robert Bárány , Austrian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1876 )
- April 30 - Alfred Edward Housman , English poet (b. 1859 )
- June 11 - Robert E. Howard , American author (suicide) (b. 1906 )
- June 14 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton , English author (b. 1874 )
- June 14 - Maxim Gorky , Russian writer (b. 1868 )
- July 21 - Georg Michaelis , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1857 )
- August 2 - Louis Blériot , French aviation pioneer (b. 1872 )
- August 9 - Lincoln Steffens , American journalist (b. 1866 )
- August 15 - Grazia Deledda , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871 )
- August 19 - Federico García Lorca , Spanish writer (b. 1898 )
- September 19 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande , Indian musician (b. 1860 )
- October 2 - Juho Sunila , Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1875 )
- October 3 - John Heisman , American football coach (b. 1869 )
- October 8 - William Henry Stark , American businessman (b. 1851 )
- December 9 - Arvid Lindman , Prime Minister Of Sweden (b. 1862 )
- December 10
- --- Bobby Abel , English cricketer (b. 1857 )
- --- Luigi Pirandello , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867 )
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