Historical 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 dust storm ravages the US Midwest, led to the region being named "the Dust Bowl"
- May 31 7.7 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in Balochistan, British India (now Pakistan) killing an estimated 40,000 people
- 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
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1935 in Sport
- May 24 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Philadelphia 1)
- May 25 Legendary American 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 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth announces his retirement as a player at 40 years of age
Did You Know?
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
Floyd Patterson
Elvis Presley
Mickey Wright
Richard Kuklinski
Jerry Lee Lewis
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Bette Davis
Haile Selassie
Victor McLaglenWorld Leaders in 1935
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Stanley Baldwin
Famous 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
T. E. Lawrence
Jane Addams
Carlos Gardel
Alfred Dreyfus
Will Rogers
Edward L. DohenyArticles and Photos
Beer in a Can
Krueger's Cream Ale and Krueger's Finest Beer, sold by American company Krueger Brewing Co.January 24Testing 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 1Please Don’t Drink To My Success
Surgeon “Doctor Bob” could not perform an operation without alcoholic assistance. But he took his last drink on this day – and Alcoholics Anonymous was born.June 10
