1936: Historic moments from the last time a British male won Wimbledon

Great Britain is feting its favorite son, Andy Murray of Scotland, for putting an end to the country's 77-year title drought in the men's Wimbledon championships. To put those decades in context, here is a rundown of other key milestones from 1936, the last time a Briton won the coveted tennis title.

Jan. 29 — Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson become the first players elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Feb. 6 — The fourth Winter Olympic Games opens in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Feb. 17 — The world's first comic book superhero, The Phantom, makes his debut.

April 21 — Queen Elizabeth II turns 10.

May 3 — Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut with the New York Yankees, getting three hits.

June 8 — Parking meters are invented.

June 26 — The first functional helicopter, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, makes its inaugural flight.

June 30 — Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind is published.

July 13 — Fred Perry wins the men's single's Wimbledon championships.

July 18 — The Spanish Civil War begins.

Sept. 29 — Radio is used for first time in a presidential campaign.

Nov. 3 — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) wins a landslide victory over his Republican opponent, Alfred M. Landon.

Nov. 23 — Life magazine hits newsstands.

December — The first electric guitar — the Gibson ES-150 — goes on sale.

Dec. 18 — Su-Lin, the first giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in San Francisco.