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Dramatic Year in 1936 Headlines of Nation's Papers
A retrospective of 1936 fronts detailing the Edward VIII-Wallis Simpson romance alongside wars in Spain and Ethiopia. The year featured major events from Hauptmann’s execution to Roosevelt's victory, Rhine crises, and natural disasters shaping global news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Spain
Ethiopia
America
Nature
United States
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Roosevelt
Schmeling
Louis
Supreme Court
AAA
King George V
Germany
Rhineland
Arkansas
Schumann-Heink
Sir Basil Zaharoff
Irving Thalberg
S. Parkes Cadman
Rudyard Kipling
Bonus
Father Coughlin
Zeppelin Hindenburg
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Lindberghs
Hauptmann
Buenos Aires
Chiang Kaieshek
China
Moose River
N. S
Marion Zioncheck
Universal Service
Liverpool
Wales
Stanford
Rosebowl
Congress
Italy
Lindbergh
Philadelphia
Colombia
Hylan
Oregon Reef
Roxie
Howard Hughes
Kipling
George V
Bremer
Morro Castle
Haile
Senate
U. S
Richard "Loeb
Franks Boy
Sunbury
Navy
Alabama
U.S
High Court
U. S. Liberty
Cape Cod Bay
Reich
59Th Street
Jack McGurn
Chicago
Marcantonio
TVA
Paraguay
Selassie
London
Kansas
France
Britain
Earl Beatty
U. S. Army
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Eleutherios Venizelos
Paris
New England
Ohio
Mussolini
Hagood
Hoover
Hitler
N. Y
U. S. Supreme Court
Canton
Japan
Washington
Joseph W. Burns
House
Parker, Sr
Wendel
Manhattan
Bankhead
Day
Loeb
Titterton
Blum
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Landon
Cleveland
Hamilton
Knox
BLO Cie
Baldwin
Garner
Zioncheck
Baltimore
A. F. of
Rockefeller
Caine
Thomas Meighan
Triborough
Austria
U. S. Naval
J. S. Farnsworth
King Edward
Helen Clevenger
Asheville
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Morocco
Madrid
Coughlin
Queen Mary
Atlantic
Toledo
Quebec
Mary Astor
Owens
Zaragoza
Fort
Lewis
U. Ss
Seattle
Reds
Morris
Bellboy
Ethel Barrymore
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Jesse Owens
Stalin
Portugal
Olson
Minnesota
Trotzky
Norway
Dern
Jack Dempseys
Ruth Bryan Owen
Edward
Soa
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Beryl Markham
Nova Scotia
League
Talmadge
Russell
Georgia
Russia
San Sebastian
Helen Jacobs
Alice Marble
Maine
Brann
Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Browder
Ducé Devalues Lita
Philippines
Wallis Simpson
Belgium
Drouit
Azana
Barcelona
Couzens
Detroit
Il Duce
Mrs. Simpson
Toronto
Bishop
Heart of Madrid
Barrymore
Yuma
Elaine Barrie
Denhardt
Hungary
Roosevelt-Dupont
Franklin D., Jr
Ethel
Budapest
Franco
Rio
Americas
Tokio
Litvinoff