Timeline March 1936

Events in March 1936 10

• 1864 – 1936 Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) Died 18 March 1936, aged 71 Eleftherios Venizelos served several times as prime minister of Greece. He greatly expanded Greek territory during the Balkan Wars and led Greece into the First World War on the Allied side. He died in exile in Paris after a failed coup attempt in 1935.
• 1865 – 1936 Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) Died 21 March 1936, aged 70 Alexander Glazunov was a Russian composer and director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he taught students including Shostakovich. His works include the ballet Raymonda and a well-known violin concerto. He died in exile near Paris.
• 1936 1936 World Snooker Championship Joe Davis Title 10 Winner: Joe Davis; Runner-up: Horace Lindrum. Score: 34–27.
• 1936 – 1968 Jim Clark The Flying Scot Two-time World Champion considered the greatest of his era; won the Indy 500 and F1 title in the same year.
• 1936 – 2021 Dean Stockwell (1936-2021) American actor with a career of seven decades, from child star to Blue Velvet, Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica.
• 1936 Dean Stockwell born in North Hollywood Dean Stockwell is born in North Hollywood.
• 1936 Supermarine Spitfire first flight Prototype fighter flies at Eastleigh The prototype Supermarine Spitfire, designed by R. J. Mitchell, made its first flight at Eastleigh near Southampton. The aircraft went into RAF service in 1938. It became the best-known British fighter of the Second World War.
• 1936 Remilitarisation of the Rhineland German troops reoccupy the demilitarised zone German forces marched into the Rhineland in breach of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties. Britain and France protested but took no military action. The unopposed move strengthened Hitler's position at home and abroad.
• 1936 – 2016 Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) Died 13 February 2016, aged 79 Scalia served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his death, becoming the leading voice of originalist legal interpretation on the bench. His sudden death created a vacancy that became a major political flashpoint in the 2016 election. He was known for his sharp, often combative written opinions.
• 1936 – 2021 Frederik Willem de Klerk (1936-2021) Died 11 November 2021, aged 85 South African president who released Nelson Mandela and dismantled apartheid, sharing the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with him.