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Events• Following the Depression, worldwide dictatorships are established in Mexi-co, Bulgaria and Peru

• Mussolini announces the offi cial foundation of the New Roman Empire following the capture of Addis Ababa

• The Spanish Civil War begins

• Germany breaks Treaty of Versailles

• BBC starts the fi rst public television broadcasts in London

• Hoover Dam is completed and begins creating hydroelectric power

• King Edward VIII abdicates to mar-ry Wallis Simpson

• Cunard ocean liner, The Queen Mary, begins Atlantic crossings

• The LZ 129 Hindenburg a German zeppelin is completed and takes its maiden fl ight In Germany

• The British Air Ministry orders 310 Spitfi re Fighter aircraft

• President Roosevelt is re-elected for a second term

• Killer tornadoes strike Tupelo, Missis-sippi and Gainesville, Georgia

• A new faster fl ying boat service starts between America and Britain

• Japanese Marines take control of the Shanghai district of China

• Chiang Kai-Shek declares war on Ja-pan• The Queen Mary leaves Southamp-ton on her maiden

voyage over the Atlantic

• The Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf became extinct

• Jesse Owens wins four Gold medals on August 9 at the Summer Olympics in Berlin

• The Winter Olympic Games are held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

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• Killer tornadoes strike Tupelo, Missis-sippi and Gainesville, Georgia

• A new faster fl ying boat service starts between America and Britain

• Japanese Marines take control of the Shanghai district of China

• Chiang Kai-Shek declares war on Ja-pan• The Queen Mary leaves Southamp-ton on her maiden

“A typical vice of Ameri-can politics is the avoid-ance of saying anything real on real issues.”– Theodore Roosevelt

Kitty Collins: [to sailor trying to hit on her] “Tell me, little boy, did you get a whistle or baseball bat with that suit?”

Inventions• Sunscreen invented. Eugene Schuel-ler, a French chemist, invents the fi rst sunscreen. Went on to found the L’Oreal line of cosmetics

1936 Cadillac

1936 Lasalle

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How much things cost in 1936 Average cost of new house $3,925Average wages per year $1,713Cost of a gallon of gas 10 cents Average cost for house rent $24 per month A loaf of bread 8 cents A lb. of hamburger meat 12 cents Studebaker car $665• Helicopter invented in Germany by

Heinrich Focke

• Magnetic recording invented in the U.S.

• Zippo lighter by Zippo Manufactur-ing

Popular Culture“Gone With The Wind” is publishedBillboard Magazine publishes the fi rst pop music chart

“I trust no one, not even myself.” – Joseph Stalin

1936 Studebaker

1936 Studebaker

1936 Peddle Car

1936 BMW

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