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August 24, 1936
On August 24, 1936, the Australian Antarctic Territory is created. Wilfried Martens, Robert F. Overmyer, Bert Sugar would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 24, 1936
The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a region of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is the largest sector of Antarctica by area claimed by any country and was transferred to Australia by the United Kingdom in 1933. Australia is an original signatory of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, under which all territorial claims are held in abeyance.
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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 August 24, 1936
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1936 The Australian Antarctic Territory is created. Australian territorial claim on East Antarctica
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a region of East Antarctica claimed by Australia as an external territory. It is the largest sector of Antarctica by area claimed by any country and was transferred to Australia by the United Kingdom in 1933. Australia is an original signatory of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, under which all territorial claims are held in abeyance.
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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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