The temperature on February 24, 1936 was between 3.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
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