Events Date 1936 April | History by KabAstro

Lucky" Luciano Arrested

Apr 1 Charles "Lucky" Luciano" is arrested in Arkansas on a criminal warrant from New York

Apr 1 Orissa constituted a province of British India
Apr 5 Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die

3rd Augusta National

Apr 6 3rd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins his second Masters, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen 3rd

Apr 6 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
Apr 6 Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
Apr 10 200" mirror blank arrives from Corning Glass Works of New York at Caltech's optical shop in Pasadena, California for use in Palomar Observatory's Hale Telescope; the work takes 11-1/2 years [1]
Apr 11 First Butlins holiday camp opens in the UK at Ingoldmells, near Skegness

On Your Toes

Apr 11 George Abbott, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "On Your Toes", choreographed by George Balanchine, and starring Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva, opens at the Imperial Theatre (later transfers to Majestic), NYC; runs for 515 performances

Red Wings 1st Championship

Apr 11 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 for a 3-1 series win; Red Wings first SC Championship

Apr 13 Ioannis Metaxas becomes Prime Minister of Greece

Édith Piaf Under Suspicion

Apr 14 French singer Édith Piaf questioned after nightclub owner and her patron Louis Leplée murdered in Paris

Apr 15 Irish government authorizes establishment of Aer Lingus (Aerloingeas) as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland
Apr 18 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu
Apr 19 First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine, anti-Jewish riots break out
Apr 20 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown in 2:33:40.8
Apr 20 Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine