July 1936

Saturday 11:

Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.

Monday 13:

A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.

Friday 17:

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the Spanish civil war.

Monday 20:

The Montreux Convention is signed in Montreux, Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.

Thursday 23:

In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.

Sunday 26:

The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War

Friday 31:

The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics were to be held in Tokyo. However, the games were given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, and were eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II.