Date in year · 1936 · The 1930s
August 4, 1936
On August 4, 1936, prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.
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Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Greek state, from its establishment during the Greek War of Independence to the present day. Although various official and semi-official appellations were used during the early decades of independent statehood, the title of prime minister has been the formal designation of the office at least since 1843. On dates, Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923.
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Around 1936
The year in brief
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1936th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 936th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1930s decade.
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On August 4, 1936
- 1936 — Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
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Others born in 1936
WM Wilfried Martens 1936– Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2013)
RF Robert F. Overmyer 1936– American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996) BS Bert Sugar 1936– American author and boxing historian (died 2012)
PB Pippo Baudo 1936– Italian television presenter (died 2025)
AF Albert Finney 1936– English actor (died 2019)
GJ Glenda Jackson 1936– English actress and politician (died 2023)
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