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The Battle of Brunete ended inconclusively.
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Roger Lapébie of France won the Tour de France.
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Éamon de Valera was re-elected President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
The musical film High, Wide and Handsome starring Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott premiered at the Astor Theatre in New York City
The Police Prefect Roger Langeron shaking hands of the decorated peacekeepers in Paris.
Henri Desgrange (left), founder of the Tour de France, stands next to French rider Roger Lapebie in Pau, before the start of the 16th stage between Pau and Bordeaux.
Man O War.
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Two days before the Summer Olympics were set to start in Berlin, Ernest L. Jahncke of the United States became the first person ever expelled from the International Olympic Committee. He was removed for his outspoken opposition to holding the Olympics in Germany.
Twelve Italian bomber planes, their markings and numbers painted over, took off from Sardinia heading for Spanish Morocco where they were to join the Nationalist side under the banner of the Spanish Legion. Nine completed the flight but one crashed at sea and two were forced down on the French side of the Moroccan border. Italian military markings still visible under the fresh paint, as well as documentation that French authorities found aboard the planes, exposed the Italian scheme. The next day, newspapers around the world published the revelation that Italy was providing military assistance to the rebels.
The historical film Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
Reichssportflughafen Rangsdorf airport opens in Germany on the eve on 
the Olympic Games.
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The 1936 Heat Wave inspires creativity at a time there was no air conditioning
An apparent attempt to assassinate Edward VIII was foiled on Constitution Hill. As the king’s horse passed the crowd while returning to Buckingham Palace from a colours ceremony in Hyde Park, a man raised a revolver. A woman grabbed the man’s arm and shouted, alerting a constable who knocked the weapon from his hand. The man, identified as George Andrew McMahon, told police he had no intention of harming the king and was only making a protest.
Adolf Hitler sent Edward a telegram offering his “heartiest congratulations” on his escape.
Step 9 of The Tour de France is completed.
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Italy lifted its wartime restrictions on meat and nightlife curfews.
Father Charles Coughlin aligned himself with Francis Townsend and denounced President Roosevelt as a “great betrayer and liar”, saying, “He who promised to drive the money changers from the temple has built up the greatest public debt in the nation’s history. Is that driving the money changers from the temple?
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