Important Events
- Feb 26 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
- Mar 16 Adolf Hitler orders German re-armament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles
- Apr 14 Black Sunday: Severe sandstorm ravages the US Midwest, creating the "Dust Bowl"
- May 31 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people
- Jun 16 US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"
- Jul 30 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution
- Oct 3 Italy invades Ethiopia, starting the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- Oct 20 Communist forces end their Long March at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
- Nov 22 Flying boat "China Clipper" takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
- Nov 29 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat", a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
More Historical Events
1935 in Sport
- May 24 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
- May 25 Track and field athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Remembered as "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport".
- Jun 2 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
Did You Know?
Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals later convicted of assault on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
On February 2, 1935
Elvis Presley
Floyd Patterson
Gary Player
Jerry Lee Lewis
Mickey Wright
Tenzin GyatsoWorld Leaders in 1935
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Nazi Germany- Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd US President - Joseph Stalin
Soviet General Secretary
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph StalinFamous People in 1935
- Bette Davis
Oscar for Best Actress - Haile Selassie
Time Person
of the Year - Victor McLaglen
Oscar for Best Actor
Bette Davis
Haile Selassie
Victor McLaglenFamous Weddings
- Apr 10 Nazi politician Hermann Goering (42) weds Emmy Sonnemann (42) in Berlin
- Apr 14 PGA golfer Ben Hogan (22) weds Valerie Fox in Cleburne, Texas
- May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
Famous Divorces
- Apr 12 Actress Mary Astor (28) divorces Dr. Franklyn Thorpe after 4 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Carlos Gardel
Edward L. Doheny
Jane Addams
John Rushworth Jellicoe
T. E. Lawrence
Will RogersArticles and Photos
Beer in a Can
Krueger's Cream Ale and Krueger's Finest Beer, sold by American company Krueger Brewing Co.
January 24, 1935Testing Time for Drivers
Deaths caused by accidents on UK roads fell by 1,000 within a year of the official driving test being introduced. But was the half-hour test enough?
June 1, 1935
