January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
Day of death September 28, 1936
The temperature on September 28, 1936 was between 2.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
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