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Govt forces recapture Maqueda, isolating Rebels in Toledo sector; also take Quismondo, repel Rebel attack at Navalperal; govt hastens food convoys into Madrid, appeals to provinces for armed defenders, prepares for siege of capital; Rebels rept air raid on Madrid and Bilbao; Leftists make strong efforts to take Oviedo; Rebels reptd advancing on San Martin de Valdeiglesias; Madrid forces launch drive on Siguenza; govt preparations for defense of Madrid slows Rebel drive
Applications for relief reduced 45% this yr
Dept of Commerce rept, 6 mos
1936Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (died 2011)[†]
Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays and memoirs.
1936Adrian Smith, American basketball player[†]
Adrian Howard "Odie" Smith is an American former professional basketball player.
1936J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (born 1898)[†]
Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.
1936The Jarrow March sets off for London.[†]
The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 200 men, or "Crusaders" as they preferred to be called, marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town following the closure in 1934 of its main employer, Palmer's shipyard. The petition was received by the House of Commons but not debated, and the march produced few immediate results. The Jarrovians went home believing that they had failed.