June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of death December 8, 1936
The temperature on December 8, 1936 was between -3.8 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
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