by Nathan & Steven

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1936 was the year of Summer and Winter Olympics. Jesse Owens became a national hero in America. The fluorescent lamp is demonstrated. Life Magazine was founded and the Yankees won their first World Series since 1923!

• Drought reduces U.S the amount of crops harvested and brought lots of new difficulties to farmers and consumers.
• The Neutrality Act of 1936 is passed on February 29.
• The Triborough Bridge in New York bridge opens July 11 to link Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx
• At the age of 22, Jesse Owens, wins four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. He set new Olympic and World Records. Embarrassed at the defeat of Germany’s "master race," Chancellor Hitler leaves the stadium. 
• The New York Yankees win the World Series by defeating the New York Giants 4 games to 2. 
• On October 25, Italy's Benito Mussolini made an alliance with Germany's Adolph Hitler. It is called the Rome-Berlin Axis.
• Construction of Hoover Dam's first generator goes into full operation on October 26. Located on the Colorado River, it creates a lake 115 miles long and water irrigated for 250,000 acres.
• In November President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelection for his second term with 61% of the popular vote.
• New York’s Henry Hudson Bridge opens December 12 to link Manhattan’s Upper West Side with the Riverdale section of the Bronx and the Westchester parkways beyond.
• Robert R. Williams synthesizes vitamin B1 and gives it the name thiamin.
• Joe DiMaggio signs with the New York Yankees and begins a 13 - year contact.
• Fiat's CR's-32 biplane is Francisco Franco’s chief fighter plane in the Spanish Civil War. 
• Mercedes-Benz introduces the world’s first production passenger car to operate on diesel fuel. 
• Men's Bass Weejuns loafers are invented. 
• The Supreme Court finds the Agricultural Adjustment Administration unconstitutional.
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is published. 
• Sulfa drugs, discovered in Nazi Germany in 1932, are being used the United States.
• Henry Luce founded Life Magazine.
• Edward VIII of England Abdicates the throne to marry American divorce Wallis Simpson. 
• The Heisman Trophy is instituted. 
• Jet engines are invented. 
• Volkswagen debuts in Germany. 
• Winter Olympics are held in Garmisch- Parten Kirchman, Germany. It would be the last Winter Olympics for 12 years. Sonia Henie won her third Olympic Gold medal in figure skating.

9th Annual Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld
Best Actor: Paul Muni in The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Actress: Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld

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