Editing 1936 (section)

=== November–December ===
{{Main|November 1936}}
{{Main|December 1936}}
* [[November 2]]
** The [[BBC]] launches the world's first regular television service in high-definition (according to contemporary standards).
** The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) begins [[radio]] in Canada.
* [[November 3]] – [[1936 United States presidential election]]: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] is reelected to a second term, in a landslide victory over [[Kansas]] Governor [[Alf Landon]]; farmers support Roosevelt.
* [[November 9]] – American fashion designer [[Ruth Harkness]] encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan, China; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.
* [[November 12]] – In [[California]], the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] opens to traffic.
* [[November 20]] – A levee failure and continued massive rain at the [[Mitsubishi]] Osarizawa mine, [[Kazuno]], northeastern [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]], Japan, results in at least 375 deaths.
* [[November 23]] – [[Cover date]] of the first issue of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', a weekly news magazine launched in the United States under the management of [[Henry Luce]].
* [[November 25]] – The [[Anti-Comintern Pact]] is signed by Germany and Japan.
* [[November 30]] – A spectacular fire destroys [[The Crystal Palace]] in London, originally built for the 1851 [[Great Exhibition]].
* [[December 3]] – Radio station [[WFME (AM)|WQXR]] is officially founded in New York City.
* [[December 5]] – The [[1936 Soviet Constitution]], promulgated by [[Stalin]], is adopted in the [[Soviet Union]]. The [[Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic]] is dissolved, and [[Armenian SSR|Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan SSR|Azerbaijan]] and [[Georgian SSR|Georgia]] become full [[Republics of the Soviet Union]].
* [[December 7]] – Streptococcous [[meningitis]] (a condition previously 99% fatal) is successfully treated for the first time with a [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|sulfonamide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/197-1936.html|title=1936|website=MusicAndHistory|access-date=2015-08-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610051422/http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/197-1936.html|archive-date=2013-06-10}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] – [[Edward VIII abdication crisis]]: King [[Edward VIII]] of the United Kingdom signs an instrument of [[abdication]] at [[Fort Belvedere, Surrey]] in the presence of his three brothers, [[George VI|The Duke of York]], [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester|The Duke of Gloucester]] and [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|The Duke of Kent]].
* [[December 11]]
** [[Edward VIII abdication crisis]]: The British Parliament passes [[His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936]] on behalf of the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The King performs his last act as sovereign by giving [[Royal Assent]] to the Act, and his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York, becomes King, reigning as [[George VI|King George VI]]. The former King, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate, and leaves the country for Austria.
** Taking the opportunity to free itself further from ties to the United Kingdom, the [[Oireachtas of the Irish Free State]] passes the [[Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936]], removing most powers from the office of [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State]], and the [[Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936]] (signed into law December 12), assenting to the abdication and restricting the power of the monarch in relation to Ireland to international affairs.
* [[December 12]] – [[Xi'an Incident]]: Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]] of the Republic of China is kidnapped by Marshal [[Zhang Xueliang]].
* [[December 24]] – The first filmed Russian opera, ''[[Natalka Poltavka (opera)|Natalka Poltavka]]'', is released in [[Ukraine]].