Timeline October 1936

Events in October 1936 6

• 1881 – 1936 Lu Xun (1881-1936) Died 19 October 1936, aged 55 Lu Xun was a Chinese writer and a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. His works include A Madman's Diary and The True Story of Ah Q. His critiques of traditional society influenced the May Fourth Movement.
• 1936 Arab general strike in Palestine Six-month strike opens the Arab revolt Arab leaders in Mandatory Palestine called a general strike against Jewish immigration and British rule, and the newly formed Arab Higher Committee took charge of it. The strike was accompanied by armed attacks and lasted until the committee called it off in October. It was the first phase of the Arab revolt, which continued until 1939.
• 1936 Battle of Cable Street East London crowds block a fascist march Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists planned to march through the Jewish East End of London. Tens of thousands of anti-fascists put up barricades and clashed with the police who were clearing the route. The march was called off, and the Public Order Act 1936 followed.
• 1936 Jarrow March Unemployed shipyard workers march to London About 200 men from Jarrow in north-east England marched nearly 300 miles to London to protest against mass unemployment after the town's shipyard closed. They delivered a petition to Parliament. The march became a lasting symbol of the Depression in Britain.
• 1936 – 2011 Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) Died 18 December 2011, aged 75 The Czech playwright and dissident led the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989 and became the country's first post-communist president. He later served as the first president of the Czech Republic after the country split from Slovakia. He died at his country home in the Czech Republic.
• 1936 – 1991 Michael Landon (1936-1991) Died 1 July 1991, aged 54 Actor and producer Michael Landon died of pancreatic cancer less than three months after his diagnosis was announced. He starred in the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, and created and starred in Highway to Heaven. His death prompted widespread public tributes across American television.