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Famous Births
- Feb. 11: Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
- Mar. 11: Antonin Scalia - Supreme Court Justice
- May 18: Dennis Hopper - Waterworld
- Dec. 08: David Carradine - Kill Bill
- Dec. 29: Mary Tyler Moore - Actress
Famous Deaths
9th Academy Awards
- Presented on: March 4, 1937
- Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld
- Best Actor: Paul Muni in The Story of Louis Pasteur
- Best Actress: Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld
- Best Director: F. Capra for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
- Peace: Carlos Saavedra Lamas
- Physics: Victor Franz Hess, Carl David Anderson
- Chemistry: Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye
- Medicine: Sir Henry Hallett Dale, Otto Loewi
- Literature: Eugne Gladstone O'Neill NoblePrize.org: 1936 Noble Winners
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January 1936
- January 29: The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY. Including the first five inductees, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson.
March 1936
- March 7: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party break the Treaty of Versailles after marching troops into Rhineland.
June 1936
- June 30: Margaret Mitchell publishes the book Gone with the Wind.
October 1936
- October 9: In Colorado the Hoover Dam begins to transmitting electricity for Los Angeles, California.
November 1936
- November 3: Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide victory over his Republican challenger Alfred Landon.
1936 Questions
Are there any historical pictures of the flooding of the Nashua River in 1936? 3 AnswersThis is an aerial photo of downtown after the flood in 1936. This would be considered a rare photograph since planes were just starting to be used as public tr... read more
Know any obscure Oscar trivia? 2 Answers1. Name the movie that was nominated for eight Oscars, more than any other film that year, but did not receive a Best Picture nomination 2. Name 2 actors, who ... read more



