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November 9, 1936

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Headlines from November 9, 1936

LEFTISTS HOLD KEY SPANS; Withstand Intense Fire in Staving Off Enemy at Four Entrances.

By the Associated Press

4 Insurgent columns halted in attempt to storm Casa de Campo, Segovia, Toledo and Princesa Bridges; Moors take part of Loyalist trenches between Segovia and Toledo bridgeheads; Leftist battalion of women reptd nearly wiped out; bldgs across river taken; Loyalists, in south, force Rebels to withdraw to Carabanchel Hgts; Loyalist victory reptd in Malaga and Huesca Provinces; govt planes bomb Insurgent lines at Leganes, Getafe and Cerro de los Angeles; Rebels leave Valencia highway open for Leftist retreat

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Notable Births

Bob Graham

1936Bob Graham, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida (died 2024)[†]

Daniel Robert Graham was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Mikhail Tal

1936Mikhail Tal, Latvian-Russian chess player and author (died 1992)[†]

Mikhail Tal was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Vladislav Zubok said of him, "Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem".

Mary Travers

1936Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)[†]

Mary Allin Travers was an American singer who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City's Greenwich Village, and she released five solo albums. She was a contralto.

Historical Events

Ruth Harkness

1936American fashion designer Ruth Harkness encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.[†]

Ruth Elizabeth Harkness was an American fashion designer and socialite who traveled to China in 1936 and brought the first live giant panda to the United States.