The temperature on August 1, 1936 was between 10.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
Day of death August 2, 1936
The temperature on August 2, 1936 was between 8.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
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