1936

1936 — Korea: 1936 Jirisan earthquake / China: Xi'an Incident / Japan: Anti-Comintern Pact / United States: Hoover Dam

16 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
1936 Jirisan earthquake 베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직KO 19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government. 1935민족 혁명당 창당 1937Battle of Pochonbo 1937보천보 전투 1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu. 1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설	Xi'an Incident Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo. 两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。ZH 1934Long March 1934Battle of Kashgar 1934February — Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling established the quasi-fascist New Life Movement. 1934推行新生活運動。中国工农紅軍放弃瑞金及井冈山根据地，長征開始。沈從文著《邊城》。考古學家黃文弼著《高昌陶集》 1935December 9th Movement 1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi. 1935中共举行遵義會議（毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心）。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。 1937Nanjing Massacre 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident 1937Battle of Shanghai 1937Battle of Nanking 1937Battle of Taiyuan 1937Battle of Xinkou 1937Battle of Pingxingguan 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse 1937Tongzhou mutiny 1937Guanganmen incident 1937Langfang Incident 1937September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command. 19377月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。 19381938 Yellow River flood 1938Battle of Wuhan 1938Battle of Taierzhuang 1938Battle of Xuzhou 1938Bombing of Chongqing	Anti-Comintern Pact to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later. 1934Teijin Incident 1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。 1937Battle of Shanghai 1937Battle of Pochonbo 1937Kanchazu Island incident 1937Guanganmen incident 1937Langfang Incident 1937Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition 1937July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins. 1938Tsuyama massacre	Hoover Dam Second London Naval Treaty Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame Robinson-Patman Act Life magazine publishes first issue 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional 1934Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors. 1934Tydings–McDuffie Act 1934Indian Reorganization Act 1934John Dillinger killed 1934Share the Wealth society founded by Huey Long 1934Federal Housing Administration 1934U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established 1934Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act 1934Glass–Steagall Act 1934The first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz 1934Philippine Commonwealth established 1934Johnson Act 1935Roerich Pact 1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded 1935Social Security Act 1935Works Progress Administration 1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director. 1935Huey Long assassinated 1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed 1935Motor Carrier Act 1935Middletown is published 1935Neutrality Act 1935National Labor Relations Act 1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States 1935Revenue Act of 1935 1937Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco 1937Hindenburg disaster 1937Ponce massacre 19371937 Memorial Day massacre 1937Battle of the Overpass 1937Neutrality Acts 1937Look magazine publishes first issue 1937Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing 1937January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms. 1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) 1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast 1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize 1938Fair Labor Standards Act 1938Wheeler-Lea Act

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

1936 Jirisan earthquake
베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직KO

19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government.
1935민족 혁명당 창당
1937Battle of Pochonbo
1937보천보 전투
1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu.
1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설

Xi'an Incident
Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo.
两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。ZH

1934Long March
1934Battle of Kashgar
1934February — Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling established the quasi-fascist New Life Movement.
1934推行新生活運動。中国工农紅軍放弃瑞金及井冈山根据地，長征開始。沈從文著《邊城》。考古學家黃文弼著《高昌陶集》
1935December 9th Movement
1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi.
1935中共举行遵義會議（毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心）。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。
1937Nanjing Massacre
1937Marco Polo Bridge incident
1937Battle of Shanghai
1937Battle of Nanking
1937Battle of Taiyuan
1937Battle of Xinkou
1937Battle of Pingxingguan
1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse
1937Tongzhou mutiny
1937Guanganmen incident
1937Langfang Incident
1937September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command.
19377月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。
19381938 Yellow River flood
1938Battle of Wuhan
1938Battle of Taierzhuang
1938Battle of Xuzhou
1938Bombing of Chongqing

Anti-Comintern Pact
to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later.

1934Teijin Incident
1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。
1937Battle of Shanghai
1937Battle of Pochonbo
1937Kanchazu Island incident
1937Guanganmen incident
1937Langfang Incident
1937Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
1937July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins.
1938Tsuyama massacre

Hoover Dam
Second London Naval Treaty
Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president
Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame
Robinson-Patman Act
Life magazine publishes first issue
1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional

1934Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
1934Tydings–McDuffie Act
1934Indian Reorganization Act
1934John Dillinger killed
1934Share the Wealth society founded by Huey Long
1934Federal Housing Administration
1934U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established
1934Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
1934Glass–Steagall Act
1934The first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz
1934Philippine Commonwealth established
1934Johnson Act
1935Roerich Pact
1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded
1935Social Security Act
1935Works Progress Administration
1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director.
1935Huey Long assassinated
1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed
1935Motor Carrier Act
1935Middletown is published
1935Neutrality Act
1935National Labor Relations Act
1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
1935Revenue Act of 1935
1937Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco
1937Hindenburg disaster
1937Ponce massacre
19371937 Memorial Day massacre
1937Battle of the Overpass
1937Neutrality Acts
1937Look magazine publishes first issue
1937Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing
1937January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms.
1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast
1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize
1938Fair Labor Standards Act
1938Wheeler-Lea Act