* 1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.

Smaller containers may be made of glass, aluminum or plastic. Lone Star State Edition Budweiser On August 3, 2011, Budweiser announced its twelfth can design since 1936, one which emphasizes the bowtie.

Enrollment had peaked at 505, 782 in about 2, 900 camps by 31 August 1935, followed by a reduction to 350, 000 enrollees in 2, 019 camps by 30 June 1936.

On July 24, 1936, the Republican cruiser Méndez Núñez arrived at Santa Isabel ; on its way back to Spain the officers planned to join the rebellion, but the Spanish government, knowing this, ordered the ship to go back to the colony ; on August 14 the Méndez Núñez was back in Fernando Poo, where the sailors took control of her ; on September 21 the ship arrived in Málaga ( Republican Spain ).

In 1934 the British military began to make strides toward radar ( which also uses the magnetron ) under the direction of Dr Wimperis, culminating in the operation of the first radar station at Bawdsey in August 1936.

Armstrong managed to demonstrate the advantages of FM radio despite Carson's skepticism in a now-famous paper on FM in the Proceedings of the IRE in 1936, which was reprinted in the August 1984 issue of Proceedings of the IEEE.

That aggressive strategy worked as Germany pulled out of the League of Nations ( 1933 ), rejected the Versailles Treaty and began to re-arm ( 1935 ), won back the Saar ( 1935 ), remilitarized the Rhineland ( 1936 ), formed an alliance (" axis ") with Mussolini's Italy ( 1936 ), sent massive military aid to Franco in the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 39 ), seized Austria ( 1938 ), took over Czechoslovakia after the British and French appeasement of the Munich Agreement of 1938, formed a peace pact with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in August 1939, and finally invaded Poland in September 1939.

On 4 August 1936, with the King's support, he suspended parliament and established the 4th of August Regime.

In August 1936, Hitler appointed Ribbentrop Ambassador to Britain with orders to negotiate the Anglo-German alliance: ... et Britain to join the Anti-Comintern Pact, that is what I want most of all.

By the time his close friends Christof and Luise Spengemann and their son Walter were arrested by the Gestapo in August 1936 the situation had clearly become perilous.

Louisiana's highest recorded temperature is in Plain Dealing on August 10, 1936 while the coldest recorded temperature is at Minden on February 13, 1899.

The highest temperature on record was 115, set in August 1936, and the record low was − 5, set in 1930.

But on 5 August 1936 the so-called Convoy de la victoria was able to bring at least 2, 500 men across the strait breaking the republican blockade.

He married Berthe Sadie Delmont, known as Toots, on 12 August 1936, and her father Joseph Delmont, a wealthy Johannesburg businessman, bought a salon for James.

Unknown to Williams, he had caught the eye of the Boston Red Sox's general manager, Eddie Collins, while Collins was scouting Bobby Doerr and the shortstop George Myatt in August 1936.

* August 9 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian Entertainer ( b. 1936 )

* August 1 – The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history.

* August 26 – Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.

* August 16 – Juho Sunila, Prime Minister of Finland ( d. 1936 )

* August 10 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician ( d. 1936 )

* 21 August 1930 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret of York

Lev Borisovich Kamenev (, ; – 25 August 1936 ), born Rozenfeld (), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician.

( British singer Vera Lynn reached the top of the chart in August 2009 at age 92, but with the greatest hits album, We'll Meet Again – The Very Best of Vera Lynn.

Longtime friend Billy Ray Cyrus, singer of Brother Clyde, released their self-titled debut album on August 10, 2010.

Eugene Curran " Gene " Kelly ( August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996 ) was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer.

In August, the group was seeking a new lead singer.

Robyn embarked on the All Hearts Tour in July – August 2010 with American singer Kelis in support of the Body Talk albums, as well as a four-date UK tour at the end of October.

Robert Leroy Johnson ( May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938 ) was an American blues singer and musician.

The singer also appeared on Larry King Live on CNN on August 23, 2006.

Sherrie Veronica Krenn ( born 28 August 1970, Sydney, Australia ) is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin.

In August 2009, at a conference in Timmins, Ontario, a spokesman for Twain's label said a new record from the singer is still " nowhere in sight ".

Lead singer, Strachan died on 29 August 2001, aged 49, in a helicopter crash while solo piloting.

* August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer / actor

* August 13-James Morrison, English singer / songwriter and guitarist

* August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

* August 3 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer

* August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress and singer

* August 21 – Ichiro Fujiyama, Japanese composer and singer ( b. 1911 )

* August 16 – Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter and actor

* August 2 – Andrew Gold, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( d. 2011 )

* August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist ( Longer ) ( d. 2007 )

* August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer ( Judas Priest )

* August 28 – Wayne Osmond, American pop singer

* August 4 – Max Cavalera, Brazilian musician and singer ( Soulfly )

* August 17 – Donnie Wahlberg, American singer ( New Kids on the Block )

* August 19 – Ian Gillan, English rock singer ( Deep Purple )

* August 22 – Ron Dante, American rock singer, songwriter, and record producer ( The Archies )