© a super cool and creative website







































































































































































































































NJ Cruise News is not Responsible for any changes in Date, Time, or Change of location. Please contact your local Cruise.





1936 TV EVENTS 



The first coaxial cables are laid between New York and Philadelphia by AT&T for television and telephone signals

August - Berlin Olympics seen by 150,000 in public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam

November - BBC officially begins broadcasting

November - NBC demonstrates electronic television to invited members of the press​​​​​​


Introduced in 1936:​ 




​How Much things cost in 1936
Average Cost of new house $3,925
Average wages per year $1,713
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $24/month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents
Studebaker Car $665
Ladies Swimming Costume $6.95
Hot Cross Buns 16 Cents per dozen
Campbells Tomato Soup 4 cans /25 cents
Oranges 2 dozen 25 cents 







​ Pennies From Heaven    Bing Crosby
The Way You Look        Fred Astair
​Tonight                          
Goodnight, Irene           Leadbelly

Goody, Goody                Bennie Goodman

Glory of Love                Bennie Goodman

Cross Road Blues           Robert Johnson

Summertime                 Billie Holiday

Did I Remember?         Shep Fields & His Rip-                                                  pling Rhythm                                                      Orchestra

It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie   Fats Waller

Alone                            Tommy Dorsey





Cost Of Living


1936 Biggest Hit Songs 




Only four Type 57 Atlantics were ever built.  This beauty was aluminum-bodied with a 210 hp supercharged straight-eight; often found on the “World’s Most Beautiful Cars” list; worth north of $40 million.


The Baseball Hall of Fame was founded in Cooperstown, New York. Ty Cobb got more votes than Babe Ruth in the inaugural Hall of Fame roster. Ty was a great player, but apparently not well-liked by his peers. Only four members of the Baseball community went his funeral.
​





POPULAR FILMS 

Modern times
My Man Godfrey
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Dodsworth
Swingtime
The Great Ziegfield
After the Thin Man
Romeo and Juliet
Fury
The Plainsman​​​​​​​​​


Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic



All restaurants in Wisconsin were required by law to serve cheese and butter with every meal from 1935 to 1937.




​A 1936 heat wave killed 5,000 in the United States.

​The 2013 Transpacific yacht race from San Francisco to Honolulu was won by the same boat that won in 1936.




​The Great Stork Derby was a contest held in Toronto from 1926-1936, in which women competed to produce the most babies in order to win $750K as stipulated in the will of a wealthy lawyer. The prize ended up being split among four women who each had 9 babies.