page_title: 1936 in the United States
section_title: January–March
hierarchical_section_title: 1936 in the United States / Events / January–March
caption_attribution_description: Scope and content: Original Caption: Boulder Dam, 1941.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1936 in the United States.
context_section_description: January 4 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade.
  January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
  February 17 – The first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom, makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers.
  March – German American Bund formed in Buffalo, New York, in support of Nazi Germany to succeed the Friends of New Germany, with German-born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn elected as its first leader.
  March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
  March 17–18 – Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 ("St. Patrick's Day Flood"): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suffers the worst flooding in its history.
  March 26 – The longest game in the history of the National Hockey League is played. The Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings are scoreless until 16½ minutes into the sixth overtime when Mud Bruneteau ends it at 2:25 am.
caption: March 1: Hoover Dam completed.
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