What is 1936?
{{Year nav|1936}} {{Year in various calendars|1936}} '''1936''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXXVI]]) was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|1936}} == Births == *[[January 2]] – [[Roger Miller]], American singer (d. [[1992]]) *[[January 28]] – [[Alan Alda]], American actor *[[March 9]] – [[Mickey Gilley]], American singer, Nightclub owner (d. [[2022]]) *[[March 26]] - [[Giora Feidman]], [[Israel]]i [[clarinet]]ist *[[May 7]] – [[Tony O'Reilly]], Irish billionaire (d. [[2024]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Edmond Classen]], Dutch actor (d. [[2014]]) *[[May 17]] – [[Dennis Hopper]], American actor (d. [[2010]]) *[[June 2]] – [[Sally Kellerman]], American actress (d. [[2022]]) *[[July 10]] - [[Lois Lilienstein]], Canadian singer and musician ([[Sharon, Lois & Bram]]) (d. [[2015]]) *[[December 22]] – [[Wojciech Frykowski]], Polish actor (d. [[1969]]) *[[September 21]] – [[Yury Luzhkov]], Mayor of [[Moscow]] (d. [[2019]]) *[[October 10]] – [[Gerhard Ertl]], German physicist, [[Nobel prize]] winner ([[chemistry]]) == Deaths == *[[January 16]] - [[Albert Fish]] (executed by electrocution) *[[January 18]] – [[Rudyard Kipling]], British writer *[[March 9]] – [[Sri Yukteswar Giri]], Indian guru == Events == *[[January 15]] – The first building to be completely covered in [[glass]] is completed in [[Toledo, Ohio]], for the [[Owens-Illinois Glass Company]]. *[[January 16]] – [[Serial killer]] [[Albert Fish]] is executed in [[Sing Sing]]. *[[January 20]] – Death of [[George V of the United Kingdom]]. His son [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Edward VIII]] succeeds him as King of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Monarchy in the Irish Free State|King of Ireland]] and [[Emperor of India]]. *[[January 24]] – [[Albert Serraut]]'s government begins in [[France]]. *[[January 31]] – ''[[The Green Hornet]]'' [[radio]] show debuts. *[[February 4]] – [[Radium]] E. becomes the first [[radioactive]] element to be made synthetically. *[[February 6]] – The [[1936 Winter Olympic Games]] opens in [