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The following events occurred in August 1936: ==August 1, 1936 (Saturday)== *The opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. As with the Winter Games in February, there was confusion between the Nazi salute and the Olympic salute. Most countries gave one salute or the other as they passed Hitler in the viewing stand. The British and Americans did not salute at all and gave a military-style 'eyes right' instead. The Americans were also the only country not to dip their country's flag while passing Hitler, in keeping with the U.S. custom of only dipping to the President of the United States. *France took a public stance of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War by announcing that volunteers would be allowed to go and fight as long as they did not carry arms on French soil. *The Nationalists captured Guadarrama. *Born: Bradford Bishop, fugitive, in Pasadena, California; Donald Neilson, criminal, in Dewsbury, England; Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer, in Oran, Algeria (d. 2008) *Died: Louis Blériot, 64, French aviation pioneer 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「August 1936」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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