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Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Events January March March 1: Hoover Dam is completed April May June July August September October November December - December 1 – Hitler makes it mandatory that Boys 10 to 18 join Hitler Youth
- December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City.
- December 5 – The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic is dissolved and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia become full Republics of the Soviet Union.
- December 10–December 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, reigning as King George VI.
- The abdicated King Edward VIII, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate. He leaves the country for Austria.
- December 12
- December 24 – Release of the film Natalka Poltavka in Ukraine, the first filmed Russian opera.
- December 29 – The United Auto Workers begins the Flint Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan.
Date unknown Births January–February - January 2 – Roger Miller, American singer (King of the Road) (d. 1992)
- January 5 – Florence King, American writer
- January 6 – Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay
- January 10
- January 11 – Eva Hesse, American artist (d. 1970)
- January 12 – Emile Lahoud, President of Lebanon
- January 20 – Frances Shand Kydd, Princess Diana's mother (d. 2004)
- January 23
- January 27 – Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
- January 28
- January 29 – James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
- February 3 – Jim Marshall, American photographer (d. 2010)
- February 4 – Gary Conway, American actor (Land of the Giants)
- February 6 – Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009)
- February 8 – Larry Verne, American singer and songwriter
- February 9
- February 11 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (Dan August)
- February 14 – Andrew Prine, American actor
- February 17 – Jim Brown, African-American football player
- February 19 – Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
- February 20
- February 24 – Lance Reventlow, English playboy, entrepreneur, and race car driver (d. 1972)
- February 27 – Roger Mahony, fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles
- February 29 – Alex Rocco, American actor
March–April - March 2 – Alan Scott, blacksmith and brick oven constructer.
- March 4
- March 5 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (Quantum Leap)
- March 6
- March 7 – Loren Acton, American astronaut
- March 8 – Sue Ane Langdon, American actress
- March 9
- March 10 – Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA
- March 11
- March 15 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
- March 16 – Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian American practitioner of MRI
- March 17 – Patty Maloney, American actress
- March 18 – F. W. De Klerk, President of South Africa
- March 19 – Ursula Andress, Swiss actress (James Bond: 007)
- March 20 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican musician
- March 26 – Harry Kalas, American Sportscaster (d. 2009)
- March 28 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist and Nobel Prize laureate
- March 31 – Marge Piercy, American poet and activist
- April 10
- Bobby Smith, American singer and songwriter (The Spinners)
- John Madden, American football coach and television sportscaster
- April 12 – Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011)
- April 14 – Kenneth Mars, American actor (d. 2011)
- April 17 – Ji Grygar, Czech astronomer
- April 21 – James Dobson, Ph.D. (Focus On The Family), American child psychologist and conservative political activist
- April 22 – Glen Campbell, American country musician (Wichita Lineman)
- April 23 – Roy Orbison, American singer (Oh Pretty Woman) (d. 1988)
- April 24
May–June - May 2
- May 9
- May 12
- May 14
- May 15 – Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
- May 17 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (Easy Rider) (d. 2010)
- May 23 – Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
- May 25 – Tom T. Hall, American country singer
- May 30 – Ruta Lee, Canadian actress
- June 1 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
- June 8 – James Darren, American actor and singer (The Time Tunnel)
- June 17 – Ken Loach, British director
- June 18
- June 21 – Joseph Gosnell, Nisga'a statesman
- June 22 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor
- June 25 – Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia
- June 28 – Chuck Howley, American football player
- June 29 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (d. 2011)
July–August - July 5 – Shirley Knight, American actress
- July 9
- July 15 – George Voinovich, American politician, senior senator of Ohio
- July 16
- July 18 – Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 20 – Barbara Mikulski, American politician
- July 22 – Tom Robbins, American author
- July 23 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- July 24
- Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (Sesame Street)
- Mark Goddard, American actor and teacher (Lost in Space)
- July 26 – Mary Millar, British actress (d. 1998)
- July 28 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
- July 29 – Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- July 30
- August 1
- August 6 – Robert Gnaizda, lawyer and social justice advocate
- August 11 – Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (d. 1999)
- August 12
- August 18 – Robert Redford, American actor
- August 21 – Wilt Chamberlain, African-American basketball player (d. 1999)
- August 24 – Kenny Guinn, American politician (d. 2010)
- August 25 – Giridharilal Kedia, Former Working President of KVK, Cuttack; Past District Governor of Lions Club International 322C & Former Chairman of IITM cuttack & is known as liondayon.
- August 29 – John McCain, U.S. Senator, 2008 Republican Presidential candidate
September–October - September 2
- September 3 – Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia
- September 7 – Buddy Holly, American rock 'n' roll singer (d. 1959)
- September 11 – Charles Dierkop, American actor
- September 14 – Walter Koenig, American actor (Star Trek)
- September 16 – Ken Forsse, American inventor and producer, creator of Teddy Ruxpin
- September 19 – Anna Karen, British actress
- September 21 – Yuriy Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow
- September 24 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (The Muppets) (d. 1990)
- September 25 – Moussa Traore, President of Mali
- September 27 – Don Cornelius, American television personality (d. 2012)
- September 29 – Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor
- October 1
- October 5 – V clav Havel, Czech playwright, writer and politician (d. 2011)
- October 7 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian Entertainer (d. 1992)
- October 11 – Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
- October 19
- October 24 – David Nelson, American actor and singer (The Adventures of Ozzie And Harriet) (d. 2011)
- October 25 – Masako Nozawa, Japanese voice actress
- October 26 – Shelley Morrison, American actress
- October 29 – Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
- October 31 – Michael Landon, American actor and director (Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie) (d. 1991)
November–December - November 2 – Rose Bird, American judge (d. 1999)
- November 3 – Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player
- November 4 – C. K. Williams, American poet
- November 5
- November 9 – Teddy Infuhr, American child actor (d. 2007)
- November 17 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
- November 19 – Dick Cavett, American talk show host
- November 20 – Don DeLillo, American author
- November 23
- December 5 – James Lee Burke, American writer
- December 6 – Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
- December 8
- December 12 – Iolanda Bala , Romanian high-jumper
- December 23 – James Stacy, American actor
- December 25 – Princess Alexandra of Kent, daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Kent
- December 29 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Deaths January–June - January 1 – Harry B. Smith, American composer (b. 1860)
- January 4 – James Churchward, British writer (b. 1851)
- January 6 – Louise Bryant, American journalist (b. 1885)
- January 9 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
- January 15 – George Landenberger, United States Navy Captain and the 23rd Governor of American Samoa (b. 1879)
- 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)
- January 23 – John Mills, Jr., "Mills Brothers" basso and guitarist (b. 1911)
- January 28 – Richard Loeb, American murderer (b. 1905)
- February 3 – Sophie of Sch nburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885)
- February 4 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi Party (b. 1895)
- February 8 – Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
- February 19 – Billy Mitchell, U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
- February 26 – in the "February 26 Incident":
- February 27
- February 28 – Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1866)
- March 11 – David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral (b. 1871)
- March 16 – Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist leader (b. 1864)
- March 21 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
- March 23 – Oscar Asche, Australian actor (b. 1871)
- April 3 – Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh Jr. (b. 1899)
- April 7 – Marilyn Miller, American actress (b. 1898)
- April 8 – Robert B r ny, Austrian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1876)
- April 18 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer, musicologist, and conductor (b. 1879)
- April 26 – Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886)
- April 28 – Fuad I of Egypt, King of Egypt (b. 1868)
- April 30 – Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
- May 8 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (b. 1880)
- May 14 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, British soldier and administrator (b. 1861)
- May 20 – Elmer Fowler Stone, American aviator, the first United States Coast Guard aviator (b. 1887)
- May 29 – Norman Chaney, American actor (Our Gang) (b. 1914)
- June 3 – Walther Wever, German general and Luftwaffe commander (b. 1887)
- June 7 – Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1878)
- June 11 – Robert E. Howard, American author (suicide) (b. 1906)
- June 14 – G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874)
- June 18 – Maxim Gorky, Russian writer (b. 1868)
- June 28 – Alexander Berkman Russian anarchist (b. 1870)
- June 29 – J nos Szlepecz Slovene priest and writer (b. 1872)
July–December - July 8 – Thomas Meighan, American actor (b. 1879)
- July 11 – James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
- July 16 – Alan Crosland, American film director (b. 1894)
- July 21 – Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1857)
- August 2 – Louis Bl riot, 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
- August 25
- September 7 – Kenneth Robert Balfour, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1863)
- September 14 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
- September 17 – Henri Louis Le Chatelier, French chemist (Le Chatelier's principle) (b. 1850)
- September 19 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
- September 24 – J zsef Klekl, Slovene writer and journalist (b. 1879)
- September 25 – William Sims, American admiral (b. 1858)
- 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)
- October 20 – Anne Sullivan, American teacher of Helen Keller (b. 1866)
- November 7 – Chic Sale, American vaudevillian (b. 1885)
- November 17 – John Bowers, American actor (b. 1885)
- November 20 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896)
- November 25 – Andrew Harper, Scottish Australian biblical scholar and teacher (b. 1844)
- December 9
- December 10
- December 23 – William Henry Harrison, English cricketer (b. 1866)
- December 24 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (b. 1887)
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