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Forms new Catalan Govt
S on prospects for Bur peace, in French Chamber of Deputies foreign policy debate
MacKnight (Mrs), E W, slain with axe; daughter and D Wightman arrested, Bayonne
French Govt reticent regarding possible action on Ital violation of air conventions in sending armed planes across French territory to help Rebels in Morocco; details; Itals decline to comment
U S Coast Guard repts sinking in hurricane, Choctawatchee Bay, Fla
1936W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)[†]
William Donald Hamilton was a British evolutionary biologist, recognised as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century. Hamilton became known for his theoretical work expounding a rigorous genetic basis for the existence of altruism, an insight that was a key part of the development of the gene-centered view of evolution. He is considered one of the forerunners of sociobiology. Hamilton published important work on sex ratios and the evolution of sex. From 1984 to his death in 2000, he was a Royal Society Research Professor at Oxford University.
1936Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)[†]
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century.
1936Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic[†]
Laurence John Taylor is an English sociologist and radio presenter, originally from Liverpool.
1936The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.[†]
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XI Olympiad and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th International Olympic Committee meeting on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time the IOC gathered to vote in a city bidding to host those Games. Later rule modifications forbade cities hosting the bid vote from being awarded the games.