Video: 'Hauptmann Execution Announcement & Description 221295-08.mp4'
(Friday, April 3, 1936, 8:47:30 p.m. EST) — Silent to the end except for renewed declarations of his innocence, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 36, was electrocuted by the State of New Jersey tonight for the kidnap-murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
(Sunday, March 29, 1936) — German Chancellor Adolf Hitler claimed overwhelming victory today in a plebiscite on his policies with 98.79 per cent of the votes.
Video: 'Floods Sweep Cities In Western PA 1936/03/18'
(Tuesday, March 17, 1936) — Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood began today as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths.
Video: 'The March On The Rhine Aka Germans March Into The Rhineland (0)'
(Saturday, March 7, 1936, not long after dawn CET) — The Remilitarization of the Rhineland took place today when Adolf Hitler sent German forces into the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact. Continue reading Hitler sends German troops into Rhineland in violation of Versailles 80 years ago this hour (Mar 7 1936)
Video: 'Mutiny on the Bounty wins the 1935 Academy Award for Best-Pic ,.mpg'
(Thursday, March 5, 1936, 8:00-10:12 p.m. PST) — Mutiny on the Bounty, a drama film about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition, won Outstanding Production tonight at the 8th Academy Awards. Continue reading ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ wins Outstanding Production at 8th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Mar 5 1936)
(Sunday, March 1, 1936) — German Minister of Postal Affairs Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach inaugurated the first videophone conversation today in Berlin with Leipzig’s chief burgomaster.
Germany’s Gegensehn-Fernsprechanlagen (visual telephone system), was developed by Dr. Georg Schubert, who headed the development department at the Fernseh-AG, a technical combine for television broadcasting technology.
(Saturday, February 8, 1936, 10:25 a.m. EST) — Charles Curtis, the 31st Vice President of the United States (1929-1933, under President Herbert Hoover), died today of a heart attack in in Washington, D.C. He was 76 (click here to watch moving pictures of Curtis).
(Friday, February 7, 1936) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7285 today authorizing a flag for the office of the vice president.
Video: 'Modern Times' trailer
(Wednesday, February 5, 1936, 8:30 p.m. EST) — The gala world premiere of Modern Times, a comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world, was held tonight at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
The film starred Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford and Chester Conklin.
