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Landon men fear slogan with him on ticket
H G Singer interrupts testimony of C Nittoly and M J Hogan, charging Hogan with sole responsibility for bribery plot; Hogan accuses J A Solovei; Cohn testifies
A N Chamberlain comments on failure of collective security policy based on sanctions; suggests limiting functions of League and concluding regional pacts
1936Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (born 1906)[†]
Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
1936Inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience of engineers at the FCC in Washington, DC.[†]
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American electrical engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
1936The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.[†]
The International Surrealist Exhibition was held from 11 June to 4 July 1936 at the New Burlington Galleries, near Savile Row in London's Mayfair, England.