1936

It was 1936. Franklin Roosevelt won reelection to a second term. King George V of England died. The Hoover Dam was completed. Peter and the Wolf made its debut in Moscow. Bruno Richard Hauptmann has executed for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia. Hitler introduced the Volkswagon. The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage. Max Schmeling knocked out Joe Louis in Yankee Stadium. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson became the first inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gone with the Wind was published. Jesse Owens won gold at the Berlin Summer Olympics. Syria won its independence from France. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened. King Edward VIII of England abdicated and King George VI took over. Alan Alda, Roy Orbison, Ursula Andress, Burt Reynolds, Marion Barry (mayor of DC), Engelbert Humperdinck, James Dobson, Dennis Hopper, Harmon Killebrew, Silvio Berlusconi, John McCain, and Wilt Chamberlain were born. And Billie Holiday sang the following.