Timeline June 1936

Events in June 1936 14

• 1865 – 1936 Rudyard Kipling English writer and poet Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and explored themes of empire, duty, and adventure.
• 1868 – 1936 Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) Died 18 June 1936, aged 68 Maxim Gorky was a Russian writer known for The Lower Depths and the novel Mother. He was an early advocate of socialist realism and a major figure in Soviet literary life. His city of birth, Nizhny Novgorod, was renamed Gorky in his honour.
• 1874 – 1936 G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Died 14 June 1936, aged 62 G. K. Chesterton was an English writer, journalist and Christian apologist. He created the priest-detective Father Brown and wrote Orthodoxy and The Man Who Was Thursday. He was known for his use of paradox.
• 1874 – 1936 Karl Kraus (1874-1936) Died 12 June 1936, aged 62 Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and satirist who edited the journal Die Fackel. His huge anti-war drama The Last Days of Mankind attacked the press and the militarism of the First World War. He was one of the leading critics of language and journalism of his time.
• 1906 – 1936 Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) Died 11 June 1936, aged 30 Robert E. Howard was an American pulp writer who created Conan the Barbarian. He was a founder of the sword and sorcery genre. He wrote for Weird Tales alongside H. P. Lovecraft.
• 1936 RMS Queen Mary maiden voyage Cunard liner sails from Southampton to New York The Cunard liner Queen Mary left Southampton on her maiden voyage and arrived in New York on 1 June. She won the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing later that year. She remained in transatlantic service until 1967.
• 1936 French Open 1936 Men: Gottfried von Cramm · Women: Hilde Sperling
• 1936 Léon Blum forms Popular Front government France gets its first socialist prime minister The Popular Front won the French legislative elections in April and May, and Léon Blum became prime minister on 4 June. He was the first socialist, and the first Jew, to hold the office. His government introduced paid holidays and the forty-hour week.
• 1936 – 2008 Levi Stubbs (1936-2008) Died 17 October 2008, aged 72 American singer who served as lead vocalist of the Four Tops, fronting Motown hits including "Reach Out I'll Be There." He also voiced the carnivorous plant Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors.
• 1936 Matignon Agreements Settlement ends the French general strike wave The French government, employers and trade unions signed the Matignon Agreements after a large wave of strikes and factory occupations. Workers won the right to collective bargaining and wage rises of between 7 and 15 percent. Laws on paid leave and the forty-hour week followed.
• 1936 – 1992 Denny Hulme The Bear 1967 World Champion known for his no-nonsense attitude and consistent driving.
• 1936 – 2025 Costas Simitis (1936-2025) Died 5 January 2025, aged 88 Greek legal scholar and politician who served as prime minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004.
• 1936 Gone with the Wind published Margaret Mitchell's novel of the American South Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, set during the Civil War and Reconstruction, was published by Macmillan. It became one of the best-selling American novels and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The 1939 film adaptation was also a huge success.
• 1936 Haile Selassie addresses the League of Nations Exiled emperor appeals for help at Geneva Haile Selassie spoke to the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva and condemned the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, including its use of chemical weapons. He warned that it would be "us today, you tomorrow". The League lifted its sanctions on Italy soon afterwards.