February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
Day of death July 13, 1936
The temperature on July 13, 1936 was between 12.6 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
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.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
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