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| 1936 |
| | | Hitler and Mussolini form an axis, or alliance, causing Germany and Italy to become known as the Axis powers | |
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| 1936 |
| | | US publisher Henry Luce launches a new picture magazine, calling it simply Life | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Francisco Franco is elected head of state of the insurgent Nationalist Spain, at this time controlling only a fraction of the country | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The British Broadcasting Corporation puts out its first high-definition public television broadcast | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The first volunteers in the International Brigade arrive in Spain to fight for the Republican cause in the civil war | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Febreristas, a newly formed left-wing group, seize power in Paraguay | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Spanish Civil War causes the Basque designer Cristobal Balenciaga to move his business to Paris, capital of the fashion world | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Germany and Japan establish an Anti-Comintern Pact against their common enemy, the USSR | |
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| 1936 |
| | | F.D. Roosevelt is elected for a second US presidential term with an increased share of the vote | |
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