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November 30, 1936
On November 30, 1936, in London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 30, 1936
In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000-square-foot (92,000 m2) exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m), and was three times the size of St Paul's Cathedral.
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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 November 30, 1936
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1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. Glasshouse for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000-square-foot (92,000 m2) exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the Great Exhibition building was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 128 feet (39 m), and was three times the size of St Paul's Cathedral.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1936
- April 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
- April 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
- April 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- April 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- April 5 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- April 6 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
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