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September 7, 1936

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Headlines from September 7, 1936

TALKS TO NATION ON RADIO; President Credits Upturn in Business Activity to Spending Policy. FARM AND CITY ARE LINKED Agriculture Entitled to Same Protection on Disaster Given to Industry, He Says. FUND FOR JOB SERVICE End of Aid to Idle to Come Only When All Have Decent Work and Wage, He Says. ROOSEVELT OFFERS HIS DROUGHT PLAN

By Turner Catledgespecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt defends spending policies as having saved private business, and given work to unemployed

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NANKING JUBILANT AT KWANGSI PEACE; Chiang Is Praised for Making Concessions Winning Over Rebellious Southerners. SOME LEADERS STILL BALK Attitude of Officers of Nineteenth Route Army May Delay Execution of Accord.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Nanking Govt announces Kwangtung and Kwangsi Provinces have agreed to recognize its authority; Li Tsung-Jen apptd Pacification Comr for Kwangsi, Pai Chung-hsi named to Mil Council and Huang Shao-Hsiung reassigned chmn of Chekiang Province; Chiang Kai-shek praised for concessions; war against Japan said to be agreed upon; 19th Route Army officers still hostile to Nanking; possible Japanese demands discussed

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Notable Births

George Cassidy (jazz musician)

1936George Cassidy, Northern Ireland jazz musician (died 2023)[†]

George Cassidy was a Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher from Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in the tenor saxophone. He was also noted for teaching fellow Belfast musician Van Morrison music reading and notation and giving him saxophone lessons. Cassidy also played the clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and Hawaiian Guitar. Following a stint in a local beat band, Cassidy toured in Ireland playing saxophone behind Dusty Springfield with The Springfields. Cassidy was lead saxophonist with the Regal Accordion & Saxophone Band.

1936Brian Hart, English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (died 2014)[†]

Brian Roger Hart was a British racing driver and engineer with a background in the aviation industry. He founded Brian Hart Limited, a company that developed and built engines for motorsport use.

Buddy Holly

1936Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)[†]

Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his two siblings.

Apostolos Kaklamanis

1936Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice[†]

Apostolos Kaklamanis is a Greek politician and member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the Athens B constituency.

Historical Events

Thylacine

1936The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.[†]

The thylacine, also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The thylacine died out in New Guinea and mainland Australia around 3,600–3,200 years ago, prior to the arrival of Europeans, possibly because of the introduction of the dingo, whose earliest record dates to around the same time, but which never reached Tasmania. Prior to European settlement, around 5,000 remained in the wild on the island of Tasmania. Beginning in the nineteenth century, they were perceived as a threat to the livestock of farmers and bounty hunting was introduced. The last known of its species died in 1936 at Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. The thylacine is widespread in popular culture and is a cultural icon in Australia.