Born in 1936

What things cost in 1936

1936 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1936 has the CPI alone.

Who was in charge in 1936

United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt (President)

United Kingdom

George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI (King); Stanley Baldwin (Prime minister)

Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Vyacheslav Molotov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)

Republic of China (1916–1949)

Chiang Kai-shek (Premier)

French Third Republic

Albert François Lebrun (President); Pierre Laval, then Albert Sarraut, then Léon Blum (President of the Council of ministers)

Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler (Führer); Adolf Hitler (Chancellor)

Empire of Japan

Hirohito (Emperor); Keisuke Okada, then Kōki Hirota (Prime minister); Fumio Gotō (Acting Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1936 →

Famous people born in 1936

• December 17 – Pope Francis (died 2025) source
• November 30 – Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (died 2022) source
• February 8 – Larry Verne, American singer, songwriter (died 2013) source
• March 11 – Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 2016) source
• 12 March – José Mojica Marins ("Coffin Joe"), filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host (died 2020) source
• March 12 – William Foege, American physician, epidemiologist (died 2026) source
• December 29 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, producer and diabetes awareness activist (died 2017) source
• September 29 – Silvio Berlusconi, 50th Prime Minister of Italy, media entrepreneur (died 2023) source
• 29 September — Hans D. Ochs, German immunologist source
• March 24 – Don Covay, American singer, songwriter (died 2015) source
• 6 January – Rubén Amaro Sr., Mexican professional baseball player (died 2017) source
• January 6 - Nida Blanca, Filipina actress (died 2001) source
• March 9 – Mickey Gilley, American country singer (died 2022) source
• 9 March — Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of house of Waldeck and Pyrmont (died 2024) source
• November 22 – Sigmund R. Petersen, Norwegian-born American NOAA Commissioned Corps admiral (died 2024) source

What happened in 1936

• January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. source
• January 8 – Reza Shah of Iran issues the Kashf-e hijab which bans all Islamic veils such as the hijab, in addition to many types of male traditional clothing source
• February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. source
• March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed in the United States. source
• September 4–5 – English-born aviator Beryl Markham becomes the first woman to make an east-to-west solo transatlantic flight, from Abingdon-on-Thames, England, to Baleine, Nova Scotia. source
• April 12 – The Moose River Gold Mines collapse in Nova Scotia source
• January 28 – State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. source
• 3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement. source