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August 31, 1936

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Headlines from August 31, 1936

PRESIDENT MAKES PROTEST TO BOTH SIDES IN SPAIN OVER BOMBING OF WARSHIP; PLANE ATTACKS U.S. CRAFT Destroyer Kane Is Not Hit in Encounter 38 Miles Off Spain. WARSHIP FIRES AT AVIATOR Roosevelt Telephones to Hull From Rapid City, S.D., to Rush Diplomatic Action. GIBRALTAR IN PERIL AGAIN Shells From Ceuta Fort, Aimed at Loyalist Attacker, Fall in Sea Off Rock. Roosevelt Orders Action PRESIDENT MAKES PROTESTS TO SPAIN

By Charles W. Hurdspecial To the New York Times

Pres Roosevelt instructs State Dept to make representations to Madrid govt and Rebel leaders following bombing of U S destroyer, Kane, by unidentified plane off coast; Kane not hit, returned fire of plane; Hull sends notes, issues statement giving details of incident; text

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Notable Births

1936Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)[†]

Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel Danilov, the Violist.

Historical Events

1936Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.[†]

Radio Prague International is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic. Broadcasting first began on 31 August 1936 near the spa town of Poděbrady. Radio Prague broadcasts in six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Czech and Russian. It broadcasts programmes about the Czech Republic on satellite and on the Internet.