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October 1, 1936

On October 1, 1936, spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.

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Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic and included socialists, anarchists, communists, and separatists, supported by the Soviet Union. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of fascist Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists, supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and initially led by a military junta, until General Francisco Franco was appointed supreme leader on 1 October 1936 for what he called the Spanish State.

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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 October 1, 1936

  1. 1936 Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

    1936–1939 civil war in Spain

    The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic and included socialists, anarchists, communists, and separatists, supported by the Soviet Union. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of fascist Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists, supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and initially led by a military junta, until General Francisco Franco was appointed supreme leader on 1 October 1936 for what he called the Spanish State.

  2. 1936 Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.

    Administrative body of Catalonia (July–October 1936)

    The Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias of Catalonia was an administrative body created on 21 July 1936 by the president of the Government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, under pressure by the anarcho-syndicalists of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) and Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), which led the workers' struggle against the July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona.

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Wilfried Martens 1936– Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2013)
Robert F. Overmyer 1936– American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)
Bert Sugar 1936– American author and boxing historian (died 2012)
Pippo Baudo 1936– Italian television presenter (died 2025)
Albert Finney 1936– English actor (died 2019)
Glenda Jackson 1936– English actress and politician (died 2023)

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