On 7 September 1936, the last known thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, died at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, probably from exposure after being locked out of its shelter on a cold night. This marsupial predator had once ranged across Australia and New Guinea but was confined to Tasmania by about 3,000 years ago. Settlers and sheep farmers blamed it for killing livestock, and the government paid bounties for 2,184 carcasses between 1888 and 1909. Despite rumoured sightings, the species is considered extinct. Australia now marks 7 September as National Threatened Species Day.
Before and after
- from 19 August 1936 to 1 March 1938Moscow Trials
- 19 August 1936Death of Federico García Lorca
- 29 August 1936Birth of John McCain
- 3 September 1936Birth of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
- 7 September 1936The last thylacine dies in captivity
- 29 September 1936Birth of Silvio Berlusconi
- 5 October 1936Birth of Václav Havel
- 19 October 1936Death of Lu Xun
- 25 November 1936Anti-Comintern Pact
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- from 18 May 1944 to 20 May 1944Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
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