April 1936

April 1, 1936 (Wednesday)

  • Germany offered a 19-point peace proposal to the other Locarno signatories. None of the points included Germany withdrawing any troops from the Rhineland.[1]
  • Austria reintroduced conscription, in violation of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[2]
  • Britain assured France and Belgium of British support in the event of war with Germany.[3]
  • The Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak killed at least 44 people over this day and the next.
  • The Italian bombing of Harar was discussed in the British House of Commons. Hugh Dalton of the Labour Party asked Foreign Minister Anthony Eden if he was aware " that British public opinion is increasingly stirred by these horrible atrocities which are being perpetrated, and when are His Majesty's Government going to take any further step to end it, at least by refusing to supply British oil to these murderous airmen?" Eden replied that the government was just as anxious "to bring this war, and the miserable suffering consequent upon it, to an end."[4]

April 2, 1936 (Thursday)

  • Germany suspended the export of coal to Italy as a goodwill gesture to Britain.[5]
  • Saudi Arabia and Iraq signed a treaty of non-aggression and Arab brotherhood.[3]
  • Austria and Czechoslovakia signed a trade agreement.[3]

April 3, 1936 (Friday)

  • Germany sent Britain a point-blank refusal to promise not to fortify the Rhineland.[6]
  • The British government indicated that it would again apply pressure to impose an oil embargo against Italy unless it ceased its hostilities in Ethiopia, due to the strength of the evidence Britain now had that the Italians were using poison gas.[7]
  • Nazi Germany banned Jews from working as veterinarians.[8]
  • The shortest pro boxing match in history took place in New Haven, Connecticut when Al Carr knocked out Lew Massey in 10 seconds. This record was equalled in 1946 but not broken until 1984.[9]
  • Died: Richard Hauptmann, 36, German-born carpenter convicted of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping (executed by electric chair)

April 4, 1936 (Saturday)

April 5, 1936 (Sunday)

April 6, 1936 (Monday)

April 7, 1936 (Tuesday)

  • Spanish parliament voted President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora out of office by a vote of 238 to 5 after the Socialists brought a motion against him claiming he had acted illegally in dissolving the last parliament. It was the first time Spanish parliament had ever voted a president out of office.[12]
  • A Trans Continental and Western Air passenger plane crashed during a fog in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, killing 13 of 15 aboard.[13]
  • Died: Marilyn Miller, 37, American stage dancer, singer and actress

April 8, 1936 (Wednesday)

  • France countered Germany's peace proposal with its own plan, which included the creation of an international army working through the League of Nations.[14]
  • The Soviet Union and Mongolia signed a treaty of mutual assistance to counter Japan's growing power in the Far East.[3]

April 9, 1936 (Thursday)

April 10, 1936 (Friday)

April 11, 1936 (Saturday)

April 12, 1936 (Sunday)

April 13, 1936 (Monday)

April 14, 1936 (Tuesday)

April 15, 1936 (Wednesday)

April 16, 1936 (Thursday)

  • The Italian government ordered its citizens to stop requesting permission to adopt Ethiopian babies.[25]

April 17, 1936 (Friday)

April 18, 1936 (Saturday)

April 19, 1936 (Sunday)

  • Baldur von Schirach said that 90 percent of young Germans were enrolled in the Hitler Youth. He appealed to parents of the remaining 10 percent to enroll their children as well, warning that special laws would be passed if they did not.[29]

April 20, 1936 (Monday)

April 21, 1936 (Tuesday)

April 22, 1936 (Wednesday)

  • Germany announced that Eckener Avenue in Berlin, named after the Zeppelin commander Hugo Eckener, would be renamed Adolf Hitler Street. Eckener had fallen out of favour with the Nazi regime after he declined to release a statement of support for Hitler ahead of the March 29 elections.[35]
  • Born: Glen Campbell, country musician, in Delight, Arkansas (d. 2017)

April 23, 1936 (Thursday)

April 24, 1936 (Friday)

April 25, 1936 (Saturday)

April 26, 1936 (Sunday)

April 27, 1936 (Monday)

April 28, 1936 (Tuesday)

April 29, 1936 (Wednesday)

April 30, 1936 (Thursday)

  • The British government announced plans to construct 38 new warships.[3]
  • Italian troops occupied Degehabur.[46]
  • Died: A. E. Housman, 77, English classical scholar and poet

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  44. "Pass Bill to Abolish British 'Trial by Peers'". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1936. p. 9.
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