MultiEducator · The 20th Century Almanac
HistoryCentral Est. 1996
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1936
The 20th Century Almanac · The Thirties

1936

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland and the Spanish Civil War erupted as Jesse Owens triumphed at the Berlin Olympics. Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, FDR won reelection in a landslide, and lavish biopic The Great Ziegfeld won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
The Great Ziegfeld
Nobel · Literature
O'Neill
World Series
New York Yankees vs. NY Giants Series: 4
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Paul Muni

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1936

Champions

NCAA FootballMinnesota Record: 7-1-0
Heisman TrophyLarry Kelley, yale, E points: 219
Stanley CupDetroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Series: 3-1 US Open Golf: Tony Manero Score: 282 Course: Baltusrol GC Location: Springfield, NJ
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. NY Giants Series: 4-2 1936 Olympic Games

Academy Awards

Honoring 1936
Best Picture
The Great Ziegfeld
Best Director
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Best Actor
Paul Muni
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Actress
Luise Rainer
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Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
DEBYE, PETRUS (PETER) JOSEPHUS WILHELMUS, the Netherlands, Berlin University, and Kaiser-Wilhelm- Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) fŸr Physik, Berlin- Dahlem, Germany, b. 1884, d. 1966: "for his contributions to our knowledge of mole
Literature
O'NEILL, EUGENE GLADSTONE, U.S.A., b. 1888, d. 1953: "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy"
Peace
LAMAS, CARLOS SAAVEDRA, Argentina, b. 1880, d. 1959: Foreign Minister. President of the SociŽtŽ des Nations (League of Nations), Meditator in a conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: DALE, Sir HENRY HALLETT, Great Britain, National Institute for Medical Research, London, b. 1875, d. 1968; and LOEWI, OTTO, Austria, Graz University, b. 1873, (in Frankfurt-on the-Main, Germany), d. 1961: "
Physics
The prize was divided equally between: HESS, VICTOR FRANZ, Austria, Innsbruck University, b. 1883, d. 1964: "for his discovery of cosmic radiation"; and ANDERSON, CARL DAVID, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1905

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Robert E. Sherwood ... "Idiot's Delight"
Fiction
Harold L. Davis ... "Honey in the Horn"
History
Andrew C. McLaughlin ... "The Constitutional History of the United States"
Public Service
"Cedar Rapids Gazette"