Editing 1936

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== Events ==
* March 7 - In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
* April - Beginning of the Great Palestinian Revolt.
* April 28 - [[Farouk of Egypt]] is crowned King of Egypt and the Sudan following the death of his father, Fuad I.
* May 9 - [[Benito Mussolini]] annexes Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea as part of the Italian Colonial Empire.
* June 26 - The ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' is established as the uniformed police force of Nazi Germany.
* July 17 - Beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
* August 4 - A self-coup is staged by Greek Prime Minister [[Ioannis Metaxas]], marking the beginning of the authoritarian 4th of August Regime.
* August 25 - Beginning of the [[Great Purge]].
* November 25 - The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed between [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Emperor Hirohito]], serving as a precursor to the [[Axis Powers]].
* December 26 - [[Chiang Kai-shek]] announces the formation of an alliance between the [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Communist Party of China]] to counter the growing threat of [[Imperial Japan]], bringing a temporary end to the Chinese Civil War.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 22 - [[Clive Derby-Lewis]]
* March 4 - [[Robert Garrow]]
* March 6 - [[Choummaly Sayasone]]
* April 9 - [[Valerie Solanas]]
* April 28 - [[Tarek Aziz]]
* July 26 - [[John Floyd Thomas Jr.]]
* August 1 - [[Donald Neilson]]
* August 23 - [[Henry Lee Lucas]]
* August 27 - [[Ernest Medina]]
* September 3 - [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]
* September 13 - [[Stefano Delle Chiaie]]
* September 16 - [[Juhayman al-Otaybi]]
* September 25 - [[Moussa Traoré]]
* September 29 - [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
* October 4 - [[James Hanratty]]
* October 16 - [[Andrei Chikatilo]]
* October 19 - [[James Bevel]]

=== Victim births ===
* December 22 - Wojciech Frykowski
* Unknown - Geraldine Brady

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* January 16 - [[Albert Fish]]
* April 3 - [[Bruno Hauptmann]]
* May 12 - [[Buck Ruxton]]
* May 16 - [[Julius Schreck]]
* November 20 - [[Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera]]
=== Victim deaths ===