May 1936

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The following events occurred in May 1936:

May 1, 1936 (Friday)[edit]

May 2, 1936 (Saturday)[edit]

May 3, 1936 (Sunday)[edit]

May 4, 1936 (Monday)[edit]

  • Haile Selassie and his entourage sailed aboard HMS Enterprise from Djibouti to Port Said.[1]
  • Rioters in Madrid set fire to Catholic churches, schools and monasteries due to unfounded rumors that priests and nuns were distributing poisoned candy to children.[6]
  • Died: Ludwig von Falkenhausen, 91, German general

May 5, 1936 (Tuesday)[edit]

May 6, 1936 (Wednesday)[edit]

May 7, 1936 (Thursday)[edit]

May 8, 1936 (Friday)[edit]

May 9, 1936 (Saturday)[edit]

May 10, 1936 (Sunday)[edit]

  • Haile Selassie gave a written statement to journalists explaining that he and his family fled Ethiopia because their death or imprisonment would not have served the interests of the people. "Upon consulting our nobles, it was agreed that we could best serve the interests of our people by going abroad so that we might freely pursue our efforts to safeguard the independence of Ethiopia", the statement read.[18]
  • Manuel Azaña became the new President of Spain.
  • Achille Varzi of Italy won the Tripoli Grand Prix.[19]

May 11, 1936 (Monday)[edit]

  • The Italian delegation at the League of Nations walked out on a session about Ethiopia when the League allowed Ethiopia's delegate to continue participating in League sessions.[20]
  • The horror film Dracula's Daughter was released.

May 12, 1936 (Tuesday)[edit]

May 13, 1936 (Wednesday)[edit]

May 14, 1936 (Thursday)[edit]

May 15, 1936 (Friday)[edit]

May 16, 1936 (Saturday)[edit]

May 17, 1936 (Sunday)[edit]

May 18, 1936 (Monday)[edit]

  • In Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover with an obi and then cut off his genitals to carry around with her as a souvenir. When the crime was discovered the next day it became a national sensation and would be the subject of many books and movies over the decades to follow.[30]
  • Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover released a written statement asserting that he was not a candidate for president in 1936. "I have rigidly prevented my friends from setting up any organization and from presenting my name in any primary or to any state convention, and not a single delegate from California or any other state is pledged to me", Hoover declared. "That should end such discussion."[31]
  • The U.S. Supreme Court decided Carter v. Carter Coal Co. and Wallace v. Cutten.

May 19, 1936 (Tuesday)[edit]

May 20, 1936 (Wednesday)[edit]

May 21, 1936 (Thursday)[edit]

  • During his annual message to Congress, Chilean President Arturo Alessandri hinted that Chile may withdraw from the League of Nations if it was not reorganized. "The great day of open diplomacy has not arrived", Alessandri said. "There has been no reduction of armaments. The political conveniences of the great powers have prevailed over the principles of the Covenant. The League's peace machinery is ineffective and 15 years of experience have shown that it requires fundamental revision." Alessandri mentioned unspecified "other measures" that would be taken if this revision did not happen.[33]
  • Born: Günter Blobel, biologist and Nobel laureate, in Waltersdorf, Lower Silesia, Germany (d. 2018)

May 22, 1936 (Friday)[edit]

May 23, 1936 (Saturday)[edit]

May 24, 1936 (Sunday)[edit]

May 25, 1936 (Monday)[edit]

May 26, 1936 (Tuesday)[edit]

  • 276 Catholic monks went on trial in Koblenz, Germany on charges of immorality both among themselves and with young male pupils. The public was barred from the court proceedings.[38]

May 27, 1936 (Wednesday)[edit]

May 28, 1936 (Thursday)[edit]

May 29, 1936 (Friday)[edit]

  • The Turkish Flag Law standardized the appearance of the flag of Turkey.[42]
  • In the Spanish town of Yeste, Albacete, a crowd of peasants followed the Civil Guard as they brought six prisoners to the town who had been arrested for illegally working some land that had previously been communal property. As the gathering of peasants grew larger, an agreement was reached to release the prisoners. When the crowd pushed forward a Civil Guard panicked and fired a shot, and a Guard was killed in the ensuing melee. The Civil Guard opened fire on the peasants and chased them into the surrounding hills, killing 17 in total including the deputy mayor of the town.[43]
  • The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics was founded.
  • Died: Norman Chaney, 21, American child actor (myocarditis)

May 30, 1936 (Saturday)[edit]

May 31, 1936 (Sunday)[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Tageseinträge für 1. Mai 1936". chroniknet. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Chronology 1936". indiana.edu. 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Woodruff, Harvey (May 3, 1936). "Bold Venture 1st; Pays 20-1". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  5. ^ a b c "1936". MusicAndHistory. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Spanish Mobs Burn Churches". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 4, 1936. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Veni, Vidi, Vici! Duce Cries". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 6, 1936. p. 1.
  8. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (May 7, 1936). "Nazi Zeppelin Hops for U.S.; 107 on Board". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Duce Plans Big Navy to Protect Ethiopia; Addis Governor Named". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 6, 1936. p. 1.
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  11. ^ "Torch Ends Red Flag Atop Supreme Court". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 7, 1936. pp. 1, 7.
  12. ^ Cronin, Brian (June 6, 2012). "Did jockey Ralph Neves die in a race accident and come back to life?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  13. ^ Mercer, Derrik, ed. (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  14. ^ "Lord of the Sky and the Sea". The Young Catholic Messenger. Vol. LII, no. 37. 1936-05-29. p. 290.
  15. ^ "Duce Annexes Ethiopia, Making King Emperor and Badoglio Viceroy". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 10, 1936. p. 1.
  16. ^ The bloody May of 1936 in Thessaloniki, Greece
  17. ^ Hosie, William G. (May 9, 1936). "Hindenburg Lands After Record Trip". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. pp. 1, 2.
  18. ^ Small, Alex (May 11, 1936). "Rain and Poison Gas Broke Out Morale; Haile". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 2.
  19. ^ "Tageseinträge für 10. Mai 1936". chroniknet. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  20. ^ "Italians Bolt Parley When League Refuses to Exclude Ethiopia". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 11, 1936. p. 1.
  21. ^ "Italy Angry at League Rebuff; Envoys Go Home". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 13, 1936. p. 1.
  22. ^ Gulick, Charles Adams (1980). Austria from Habsburg to Hitler, Volume 2. University of California Press. p. 1712.
  23. ^ "Co-Dictator of Austria Ousted After Scandal". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 14, 1936. p. 5.
  24. ^ "Show Boat (1936)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  25. ^ "Austrian Ruler Decrees End of Private Armies". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 16, 1936. p. 9.
  26. ^ "Ethiopian Grab is Approved by Italian Senate". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 17, 1936. p. 1.
  27. ^ "This Week in History: 3 dead in terror attack on Jerusalem cinema as part of Arab Rebellion". The Jerusalem Post. May 15, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  28. ^ "Bold Venture Beats Granville by a Nose". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 17, 1936. p. Part 2 p. 1.
  29. ^ "Jerusalem Put Under Rule of Machine Guns". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 18, 1936. p. 1.
  30. ^ Honjo, Yuki Allyson. "The Cruelest Cut". JapanReview.net. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  31. ^ Brown, Parke (May 19, 1936). "Hoover Says He is Not in Race for President". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Landon Takes Lead of 3 to 1 in Jersey Vote". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 20, 1936. p. 1.
  33. ^ Ingrey, Norman (May 22, 1936). "Chile Demands New League of Nations at Once". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.
  34. ^ "British Cabinet Leader Quits in Budget 'Leak'". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 23, 1936. p. 1.
  35. ^ Huber, Mike. "May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri's two grand slams and 11 RBIs". SABR Baseball Games Project. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  36. ^ "Hooded Riders Denied Bail in Terror Killing". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 26, 1936. p. 1.
  37. ^ "Socialists Pick Norman Thomas for Presidency". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 26, 1936. p. 10.
  38. ^ "276 Monks Go On Trial in Germany for Immorality". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 27, 1936. p. 3.
  39. ^ "Queen Mary Departs; May Seek Speed Mark". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 27, 1936. p. 1.
  40. ^ "Heralds Cry out Coronation Date to London Today". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 29, 1936. p. 9.
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  42. ^ "The Fundamentals of the Turkish Flag". Turkish Cultural Foundation. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  43. ^ Preston, Paul (2012). The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-23966-9.
  44. ^ "Germany Raises Flag of Kaisers Over New Navy". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 31, 1936. p. 9.