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Events from the year 1936 in the United States .
Incumbents [ ]
Federal Government [ ]
President : Franklin D. Roosevelt (D -New York )
Vice President : John Nance Garner (D -Texas )
Chief Justice : Charles Evans Hughes (New York )
Speaker of the House of Representatives : Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D -Tennessee ) (until June 4), William B. Bankhead (D -Alabama ) (starting June 4)
Senate Majority Leader : Joseph Taylor Robinson (D -Arkansas )
Congress : 74th
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors [ ]
Governor of Alabama : Bibb Graves (Democratic )
Governor of Arizona : Benjamin Baker Moeur (Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas : Junius Marion Futrell (Democratic )
Governor of California : Frank Merriam (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut : Wilbur Lucius Cross (Democratic )
Governor of Delaware : C. Douglass Buck (Republican )
Governor of Florida : David Sholtz (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia : Eugene Talmadge (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : C. Ben Ross (Democratic )
Governor of Illinois : Henry Horner (Democratic )
Governor of Indiana : Paul V. McNutt (Democratic )
Governor of Iowa : Clyde L. Herring (Democratic )
Governor of Kansas : Alfred M. Landon (Republican )
Governor of Kentucky : Happy Chandler (Democratic )
Governor of Louisiana :
until January 28: Oscar K. Allen (Democratic )
January 28-May 12: James Albert Noe (Democratic )
starting May 12: Richard W. Leche (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Louis J. Brann (Democratic )
Governor of Maryland : Harry W. Nice (Republican )
Governor of Massachusetts : James Michael Curley (Democratic )
Governor of Michigan : Frank Fitzgerald (Republican )
Governor of Minnesota : Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor ) (until August 22), Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor ) (starting August 22)
Governor of Mississippi :
until January 21: Martin Sennett Conner (Democratic )
January 21-January 26: vacant
starting January 26: Hugh L. White (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : Guy Brasfield Park (Democratic )
Governor of Montana : Elmer Holt (Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska : Robert Leroy Cochran (Democratic )
Governor of Nevada : Richard Kirman, Sr. (Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire : Styles Bridges (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Harold G. Hoffman (Republican )
Governor of New Mexico : Clyde Tingley (Democratic )
Governor of New York : Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic )
Governor of North Carolina : John C. B. Ehringhaus (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : Walter Welford (Republican )
Governor of Ohio : Martin L. Davey (Democratic )
Governor of Oklahoma : Ernest W. Marland (Democratic )
Governor of Oregon : Charles H. Martin (Democratic )
Governor of Pennsylvania : George Howard Earle III (Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island : Theodore Francis Green (Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina : Olin D. Johnston (Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota : Tom Berry (Democratic )
Governor of Tennessee : Harry Hill McAlister (Democratic )
Governor of Texas : James V. Allred (Democratic )
Governor of Utah : Henry H. Blood (Democratic )
Governor of Vermont : Charles M. Smith (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : George C. Peery (Democratic )
Governor of Washington : Clarence D. Martin (Democratic )
Governor of West Virginia : Herman G. Kump (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : Philip La Follette (Wisconsin Progressive )
Governor of Wyoming : Leslie A. Miller (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governors [ ]
Events [ ]
January–March [ ]
March 1:
Hoover Dam completed.
January 4 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade .
January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio , for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company .
February 17 – The first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom , makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers.
March – German American Bund formed in Buffalo, New York , in support of Nazi Germany to succeed the Friends of New Germany , with German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn elected as its first leader.
March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
March 5 – The 8th Academy Awards , hosted by Frank Capra , are presented at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , with Frank Lloyd 's Mutiny on the Bounty winning the Academy Award for Outstanding Production . The film receives the most nominations with eight, while John Ford 's The Informer wins the most awards with four, including Best Director for Ford.
March 17–18 – Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 ("St. Patrick's Day Flood"): Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , suffers the worst flooding in its history.
March 26 – The longest game in the history of the National Hockey League is played. The Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings are scoreless until 16½ minutes into the sixth overtime when Mud Bruneteau ends it at 2:25 am.
April–June [ ]
March: "Migrant Mother", an iconic photo taken by
Dorothea Lange
January 3 – Richard Hauptmann , convicted of the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder in 1932, is executed by electrocution in New Jersey State Prison .
April 5 – A tornado hits Tupelo, Mississippi , killing 216 and injuring over 700 (the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history).
April 6 – Two tornadoes strike Gainesville, Georgia . The smaller tornado hits north Gainesville, the stronger tornado the west side of town. 203 die and 1,600 are injured in the 5th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
May 12 – The Santa Fe railroad inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles .
May 25 – Remington Rand strike of 1936–37 begins.
June
A major heat wave strikes North America ; high temperature records are set and thousands die.
The first production model PCC streetcar , built by St. Louis Car Company, is placed in service by Pittsburgh Railways .
June 7 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee is founded.
June 10 – Margaret Mitchell 's epic historical romance Gone with the Wind is published.
June 19 – Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis in the 12th round of their heavyweight boxing match at Yankee Stadium in New York City .
June 29 – United States Maritime Commission is formed.
July–September [ ]
July 11 – Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
July 13–14 – Peak of July 1936 heat wave: The U.S. states of Wisconsin , Michigan , and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature. At Mio in northern Michigan, it soars to 113 °F (45 °C).
August 3 – African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics .
August 14
Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky , in the last public execution in the United States
1936 Summer Olympics : The United States men's national basketball team wins its first ever Olympic basketball tournament in the final game over Canada, 19–8.
October–December [ ]
October 6 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants (baseball) , 4 games to 2, to win their 5th World Series Title.
October 11 – Earl Bascom , rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and builds Mississippi 's first permanent rodeo arena at Columbia, Mississippi .
October 19 – H.R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram , wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times . The flight takes 18½ days.
October 29 – The historic Uptown Theater opens in Washington, D.C.
November 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1936 : Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Republican Governor of Kansas Alf Landon .
November 12 – In California , the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
November 23 – Life magazine begins publication as a weekly news magazine under the management of Henry Luce .
November 25 – The Abraham Lincoln Brigade sails from New York City on its way to the Spanish Civil War .
December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City .
December 29 – The United Auto Workers begins the Flint Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan .
Undated [ ]
The YMCA Youth and Government program is founded in Albany, New York .
Society of American Archivists established.[1]
Ongoing [ ]
Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937)
Dust Bowl (1930–1936)
New Deal (1933–1938)
Births [ ]
January [ ]
January 1 – Don Nehlen , American football player and coach
January 2 – Roger Miller , American singer, songwriter, musician and actor (d. 1992 )
January 5
Florence King , American novelist, essayist and columnist (d. 2013 )
Daryl Robertson , American baseball player (d. 2018 )
January 6 – Darlene Hard , American professional tennis player
January 7 – G. Robert Blakey , American lawyer and academic
January 9 – Anne Rivers Siddons , American author (d. 2019 )
January 10
Stephen E. Ambrose , American historian and biographer (d. 2002 )
Al Goldstein , American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013 )
Robert Wilson , American physicist and radioastronomer, recipient of 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics
January 14 – Clarence Carter , African-American soul musician
January 23
Arlene Golonka , American actress
Jerry Kramer , American football player
January 27
Barry Barish , American gravitational physicist, recipient of 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Troy Donahue , American actor and singer (d. 2001 )
Samuel C. C. Ting , American physicist
January 28 – Alan Alda , American actor
January 29 – James Jamerson , American bass guitarist (d. 1983 )
February [ ]
February 1 – Azie Taylor Morton , 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003 )
February 3
Jim Marshall , American photographer (d. 2010 )
Elizabeth Peer , American journalist (d. 1984 )
February 4
David Brenner , American comedian (d. 2014 )
Gary Conway , American actor
February 6 – J. Howard Marshall III , American businessman
February 8 – Larry Verne , American singer, songwriter (d. 2013 )
February 11 – Burt Reynolds , American actor, director and producer (d. 2018 )
February 14 – Andrew Prine , American actor
February 16 – Carl Icahn , American businessman, investor and philanthropist
February 17 – Jim Brown , African American football player and actor
February 19 – Sam Myers , American musician, songwriter (d. 2006 )
February 20 – Larry Hovis , American actor (d. 2003 )
February 21 – Barbara Jordan , African-American lawyer, politician and Civil Rights campaigner (d. 1996 )
February 22
J. Michael Bishop , American immunologist and microbiologist
Elizabeth MacRae , American actress
February 27 – Roger Mahony , American cardinal
February 29 – Alex Rocco , American actor (d. 2015 )
March [ ]
March 3 – Peter G. Davis , American opera and classical music critic (d. 2021 )
March 5 – Dean Stockwell , American actor
March 6 – Marion Barry , African-American politician and civil rights activist (d. 2014 )
March 7 – Loren Acton , American astronaut
March 8 – Sue Ane Langdon , American actress
March 9
Mickey Gilley , American country singer and musician
Marty Ingels , American actor, agent (d. 2015 )
Tom Sestak , American football player (d. 1987 )
March 11 – Antonin Scalia , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1986 to 2016 (d. 2016 )
March 12 – William Foege , American physician, epidemiologist
March 15 – Howard Greenfield , American songwriter (d. 1986 )
March 16 – Raymond Damadian , Armenian-American MRI practitioner
March 17
Patty Maloney , American actress
Ken Mattingly , American astronaut
March 24 – Don Covay , American singer, songwriter (d. 2015 )
March 26 – Harry Kalas , American sportscaster (d. 2009 )
March 28 – Bill Gaither , American singer and songwriter
March 31
Marge Piercy , American poet, activist
Walter E. Williams , American economist (d. 2020 )
April [ ]
April 3
Scott LaFaro , American jazz musician (d. 1961 )
Jimmy McGriff , American jazz musician (d. 2008 )
April 9 – Valerie Solanas , American radical feminist, attempted murderer of Andy Warhol (d. 1988 )
April 10
John Madden , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021 )
Bobby Smith , American singer, songwriter (d. 2013 )
April 12 – Charles Napier , American actor (d. 2011 )
April 14
Bobby Nichols , American professional golfer
Frank Serpico , American police officer
April 18
Tommy Ivo , American actor, drag racer
Michael M. Thomas , American novelist and investment banker (d. 2021 )[2]
April 19 – Ruby Johnson , American singer (d. 1999 )
April 20 – Pat Roberts , American politician
April 21
Bob Cleary , American ice hockey player (d. 2015 )
James Dobson , American child psychologist, conservative evangelical political activist
April 22 – Glen Campbell , American musician and actor (d. 2017 )
April 23 – Roy Orbison , American singer, songwriter (d. 1988 )
April 24
Glen Hobbie , American baseball player (d. 2013 )
Jim Rountree , American CFL football player (d. 2013 )
April 26 – Doug Sax , American mastering engineer (d. 2015 )
April 28 – Charles Hill , American diplomat and academic (d. 2021 )
April 29 – Lane Smith , American actor (d. 2005 )
April 30 – Bobby Gregg , American musician (d. 2014 )
May [ ]
May 1 – Jerry Mander , American author and activist
May 2
Sam DeLuca , American football offensive lineman, sports broadcaster (d. 2011 )
Perdita Huston , American journalist (d. 2001 )
May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin , African-American singer (d. 2014 )
May 8 – Clyde Bellecourt , Native American rights organiser (d. 2022 )
May 9
Terry Drinkwater , American television and radio journalist (d. 1989 )
Floyd Robinson , African-American baseball player
May 12
Tom Snyder , American talk show host (d. 2007 )
Frank Stella , American minimalist painter
May 14
Bobby Darin , American singer and actor (d. 1973 )
Dick Howser , American baseball shortstop, manager (d. 1987 )
May 15
Wavy Gravy , American anti-war activist
Paul Zindel , American writer (d. 2003 )
May 17 – Dennis Hopper , American actor and director (d. 2010 )
May 22
George H. Heilmeier , American engineer (d. 2014 )
M. Scott Peck , American psychiatrist (d. 2005 )
May 23 – Charles Kimbrough , American actor
May 24 – Harold Budd , American avant-garde composer and poet (d. 2020 )
May 25 – Tom T. Hall , American country singer-songwriter (d. 2021 )
May 27 – Louis Gossett Jr. , African-American actor
May 29 – Arlene McQuade , American actress (d. 2014 )
June [ ]
June 3 – Larry McMurtry , American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (d. 2021 )
June 4 – Bruce Dern , American screen actor
June 6
Richard Green , American sexologist, psychiatrist, lawyer and author (d. 2019 )
Levi Stubbs , American baritone singer (d. 2008 )
June 8
James Darren , American actor, singer
Kenneth G. Wilson , American theoretical physicist (d. 2013 )
June 11 – Jud Strunk , American singer and comedian (d. 1981 )
June 12 – Marcus Belgrave , American jazz trumpeter (d. 2015 )
June 14 – Renaldo Benson , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2005 )
June 15 – William Levada , American cardinal (d. 2019 )
June 19 – Shirley Goodman , American R&B singer (d. 2005 )
June 20 – Billy Guy , American singer (d. 2002 )
June 22 – Kris Kristofferson , American actor and singer-songwriter
June 24 – Robert Downey Sr. , American film actor and director (d. 2021 )
June 26 – Hal Greer , African-American professional basketball player (d. 2018 )
June 27 – Lucille Clifton , American poet, writer and educator (d. 2010 )
June 28
Chuck Howley , American football player
Major Owens , African-American politician (d. 2013 )
June 29 – Harmon Killebrew , American baseball player (d. 2011 )
June 30 – Nancy Dussault , American actress and singer
July [ ]
July 1
Ron Masak , American actor
Syl Johnson , African-American blues musician (d. 2022 )
July 4 – Dick Hyde , American trombonist (d. 2019 )
July 5 – Shirley Knight , American actress
July 7 – Joseph Renzulli , American educational psychologist
July 9
James Hampton , American actor
June Jordan , Jamaican American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist (d. 2002 )
David Zinman , American conductor and violinist
July 10
Herbert Boyer , American biotechnology entrepreneur
Barbara B. Kennelly , American politician
July 13 – Albert Ayler , African-American saxophonist, singer and composer (d. 1970 )
July 14
Pema Chödrön , American Tibetan Buddhist
Robert F. Overmyer , American astronaut (d. 1996 )
July 15
Larry Cohen , American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019 )
George Voinovich , American politician (d. 2016 )
July 16 – Buddy Merrill , American musician
July 19 – Connie Kurtz , American LGBT rights activist (d. 2018 )
July 20
Butch Baird , American professional golfer
Barbara Mikulski , American politician
July 23
Don Drysdale , American baseball player (d. 1993 )
Anthony Kennedy , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1988
July 24
Ruth Buzzi , American actress, comedian, and singer
Mark Goddard , American actor
July 26 – Kathryn Hays , American actress
July 27 – J. Robert Hooper , American politician (d. 2008 )
July 29 – Elizabeth Dole , American politician
July 30 – Buddy Guy , African-American blues singer and guitarist
August [ ]
August 1 – Bradford Bishop , American fugitive
August 7 – Richard L. Tierney , American poet, novelist
August 8
Don Bowden , American middle-distance runner
Frank Howard , American baseball player
August 11 – Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player (d. 2015 )
August 12 – John Poindexter , American Naval officer, US Chief of Staff
August 16 – Anita Gillette , American actress
August 17
Margaret Hamilton , American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner
Floyd Westerman , Native-American cctor, artist, musician, and political activist
August 18 – Robert Redford , American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist
August 20 – Sam Melville , American actor (d. 1989 )
August 21 – Wilt Chamberlain , African-American basketball player (d. 1999 )
August 22
Dale Hawkins , American singer-songwriter (d. 2010 )
Lex Humphries , American drummer (d. 1994 )
August 23
Rudy Lewis , American R&B singer (d. 1964 )
Henry Lee Lucas , American serial killer (d. 2001 )
August 24
William J. Coyne , American politician (d. 2013 )
Kenny Guinn , American politician (d. 2010 )
August 26 – Benedict Anderson , American academic (d. 2015 )
August 27 – Joel Kovel , American scholar and author (d. 2018 )
August 28 – Don Denkinger , American professional baseball player
August 29 – John McCain , American politician, U.S. Senator (R -Az. ) (d. 2018 )
August 31 – Richard J. Ferris , American business executive (d. 2022 )
September [ ]
September 3 – John Olver , American politician
September 5
John Danforth , American politician
Alcee Hastings , African-American politician (d. 2021)
Jonathan Kozol , American writer, educator, and activist
Bill Mazeroski , American professional baseball player
September 7 – Buddy Holly , American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll (d. 1959 )
September 11 – Charles Dierkop , American actor
September 14
Walter Koenig , American actor
Ferid Murad , Albanian-American physician and pharmacologist
Stan Williams , American professional baseball player (d. 2021 )
September 19 – Al Oerter , American Olympic athlete (d. 2007 )
September 21 – Dickey Lee , American singer and songwriter
September 22 – Art Metrano , American actor and comedian (d. 2021)
September 24 – Jim Henson , American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (The Muppets ) (d. 1990 )
September 25 – Ken Forsse , American inventor, producer and creator of Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014 )
September 27 – Don Cornelius , African-American television personality (d. 2012 )
September 30 – Jim Sasser , American politician
October [ ]
October 1 – Edward Villella , American danseur and choreographer
October 3 – Steve Reich , American composer
October 7 – Frank Otto , American educator (d. 2017 )
October 8 – Joe M. Haynes , American politician (d. 2018 )
October 11
C. Gordon Fullerton , American astronaut (d. 2013 )
Larry Staverman , American professional basketball player, coach (d. 2007 )
October 13 – Cliff Gorman , American actor (d. 2002 )
October 14 – Carrie Nye , American actress (d. 2006 )
October 17 – Dave Hobson , American politician
October 19
James Bevel , African-American civil rights activist (d. 2008 )
Tony Lo Bianco , American actor
James P. Liautaud , American industrialist, inventor and business theorist (d. 2015 )
October 22 – Bobby Seale , African-American political activist
October 24 – David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011 )
October 26 – Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019 )
October 28 – Charlie Daniels , American country musician and singer-songwriter
October 31 – Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer and writer (d. 1991 )
November [ ]
November 2 – Rose Bird , American judge (d. 1999 )
November 3 – Clifford Curry , American singer (d. 2016 )
November 4 – C. K. Williams , American poet (d. 2015 )
November 5 – Billy Sherrill , American record producer, arranger and songwriter (d. 2015 )
November 9
Bob Graham , American politician
Teddy Infuhr , American child actor (d. 2007 )
November 11 – Susan Kohner , American actress
November 14
Cornell Gunter , American singer (The Coasters and The Flairs ) (d. 1990 )
Bob Walkup , American politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2021)
November 19 – Dick Cavett , American talk show host, television personality
November 20 – Don DeLillo , American author
November 23
Frank Caprio , American judge
Steve Landesberg , American actor, director (d. 2010 )
November 27 – Glynn Lunney , American aerospace engineer (d. 2021 )
November 28 – Gary Hart , American politician, diplomat, and lawyer
December [ ]
December 4 – Larry Davis , African-American blues musician (d. 1994 )
December 5 – James Lee Burke , American author
December 6
Kenneth Copeland , American televangelist
David Ossman , American writer and comedian
December 7 – Martha Layne Collins , American businesswoman and politician
December 8 – David Carradine , American actor, director and martial artist (d. 2009 )
December 11 – Tom Fuccello , American actor (d. 1993 )
December 12 – Reggie Young , American musician (d. 2019 )
December 13 – J. C. Martin , American professional baseball player
December 14 – Robert A. Parker , American physicist and astronomer
December 15 – Donald Goines , American novelist (d. 1974 )
December 17 – Rollie Sheldon , American professional baseball player
December 22
Héctor Elizondo , American actor
Fred Malek , American business executive, political advisor and philanthropist (d. 2019 )
December 23
Frederic Forrest , American actor
Bobby Ross , American football player and coach
James Stacy , American actor (d. 2016 )
December 28 – Lawrence Schiller , American journalist, film producer, director and screenwriter
December 29
Mary Tyler Moore , American actress, producer and diabetes awareness activist (d. 2017 )[3]
Ray Nitschke , American professional football player (d. 1998 )
Deaths [ ]
January 1 – Harry B. Smith , songwriter, librettist and composer (born 1860 )
January 6 – Louise Bryant , journalist (born 1885 )
January 9 – John Gilbert , silent film actor (born 1897 )
January 15 – George Landenberger , U.S. Navy Captain and 23rd Governor of American Samoa (born 1879 )
January 16 – Albert Fish , serial killer (executed; born 1870 )
February 3 – Elia Goode Byington , newspaper proprietor, editor, and manager (born 1858 )
February 8 – Charles Curtis , 31st Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (born 1860)
February 9 – John Cutting Berry , physician and missionary (born 1847 )
February 19 – Billy Mitchell , U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (born 1879)
March 4 – Charles F. Watkins , physician (born 1872 )
March 6 – Rubin Goldmark , pianist, composer and teacher (born 1872 )
March 11 – Ferdinand Lee Barnett , African American journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1852 )
March 18 – W. Herbert Dunton , Western painter (born 1878 )
April 3 – Richard Hauptmann , carpenter convicted of murder (born 1899 in Germany ; executed)
April 13 – Howard Thurston , stage magician (born 1869 )
April 22 – Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel , pioneer dentist (born 1866 )[4]
June 11 – Robert E. Howard , pulp fiction and fantasy writer and poet (suicide; born 1906 )
June 27 – Mike Bernard , ragtime musician (born 1881 )
August 8 – Mourning Dove , Native American writer (born 1884 )
September 14 – Irving Thalberg , film producer, pneumonia, (born 1899 )
September 26 – Harriet Monroe , literary editor, scholar and critic and patron of the arts (born 1860)
October 3 – John Heisman , American football coach (born 1869)
October 8
October 13 – John H. Hill , African American lawyer and educator (born 1852)
October 20 – Anne Sullivan , teacher of Helen Keller (born 1866 )
November 2 – Nathaniel P. Conrey , politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (born 1860 )
November 6 – Henry Bourne Joy , business leader (born 1864 )
November 22 – Oris Paxton Van Sweringen , financier (born 1879)
December 8 – Katherine Metzel Debs, wife of American Socialist Eugene V. Debs (born 1867)
December 11 – Myron Grimshaw , baseball player (born 1875 )
December 24 – Irene Fenwick , stage and silent film actress (anorexia; born 1887 )
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