Historical Events in 1935

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• Jan 1 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
• Jan 1 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
• Jan 1 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
• Jan 1 21st Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Stanford, 29-13
• Jan 1 1st Sugar Bowl: Tulane beats Temple, 20-14
• Jan 1 1st Orange Bowl: Bucknell beats Miami (FL), 26-0

• Jan 4 Ft Jefferson National Monument, Florida established
• Jan 7 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid" premieres in NYC

• Jan 8 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy

• Jan 13 Plebiscite in Saar indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
• Jan 14 Iraq-Mediterranean oil pipeline goes into use
• Jan 14 28th Women's Australian Championships: Dorothy Round Little beats Nancy Lyle (1-6, 6-1, 6-3)


• Jan 14 28th Men's Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Fred Perry (2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4)
• Jan 15 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
• Jan 15 Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" premieres in NYC
• Jan 19 KLM begins flight path between Curacao & Aruba
• Jan 19 Coopers Inc. sells the world's first men's briefs in Chicago, calls it the "Jockey"
• Jan 21 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record)
• Jan 21 WFI-AM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
• Jan 21 The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists

• Jan 28 Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion

• Feb 1 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
• Feb 1 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
• Feb 2 Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals later convicted of assault on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
• Feb 6 "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
• Feb 6 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
• Feb 9 US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
• Feb 9 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
• Feb 10 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
• Feb 10 Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
• Feb 11 -11°F (-24°C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
• Feb 11 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
• Feb 12 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean

• Feb 13 1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland


• Feb 13 Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap & murder of Lindbergh infant. He proclaimed his innocence to the end.
• Feb 19 Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing" premieres in NYC
• Feb 20 Dane Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman to land on Antarctica
• Feb 22 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House

• Feb 26 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt

• Feb 28 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
• Feb 28 Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer
• Feb 28 Ladby Ship is discovered within a Viking grave on the island of Funen in Denmark by amateur archaeologist Poul Helweg Mikkelsen
• Mar 3 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms
• Mar 5 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago)
• Mar 6 Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in LA
• Mar 7 Saar incorporated into Germany
• Mar 9 Adolf Hitler publically announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe
• Mar 11 Bank of Canada first opens on Wellington Street, Ottawa
• Mar 11 Hermann Goering officially creates the Luftwaffe (German Air Force)
• Mar 12 Britain establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages
• Mar 13 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
• Mar 14 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars in sSn Francisco
• Mar 15 George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston
• Mar 16 Adolf Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles
• Mar 17 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
• Mar 21 Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier" premieres in Paris
• Mar 21 Persia is officially renamed Iran
• Mar 22 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (NY)
• Mar 24 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
• Mar 25 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
• Mar 26 RJ Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Supermarine Spitfire

• Mar 29 94th Grand National: Mr. Frank Furlong aboard Reynoldstown wins
• Mar 30 Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
• Mar 31 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
• Apr 1 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
• Apr 2 Mary Hirsch becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
• Apr 2 Scottish physicist Robert Watson-Watt receives a British patents for RADAR
• Apr 3 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
• Apr 5 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
• Apr 6 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
• Apr 8 2nd Masters Golf Tournament: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
• Apr 8 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
• Apr 8 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
• Apr 9 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
• Apr 10 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
• Apr 12 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
• Apr 12 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
• Apr 12 First flight of the Bristol Blenheim
• Apr 14 Black Sunday: Severe sandstorm ravages the US Midwest, creating the "Dust Bowl"
• Apr 16 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
• Apr 16 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
• Apr 17 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%, 44 chairs)
• Apr 18 Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
• Apr 18 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
• Apr 19 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
• Apr 20 "Your Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
• Apr 21 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
• Apr 23 Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted
• Apr 26 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
• Apr 27 Brussels World Exposition opens
• Apr 27 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8
• Apr 28 Moscow underground railway opens (81 km long)
• Apr 30 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul
• May 1 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated
• May 4 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05

• May 6 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)


• May 6 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
• May 8 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
• May 11 60th Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
• May 14 LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
• May 14 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement
• May 14 Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
• May 15 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
• May 15 The Moscow Metro is opened to public
• May 18 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
• May 19 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936

• May 23 1st scheduled night game postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
• 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".
• May 25 Babe Ruth plays his last major league appearance and hits his last 3 home run in Pittsburgh, Boston Braves vs Pirates

• May 29 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd
• May 29 Hague local museum opens
• May 30 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
• May 30 Indianapolis 500: Kelly Petillo wins in 4:42:22.771 (170.977 km/h)
• May 31 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people
• Jun 1 Driving test & license plates introduced in England
• Jun 1 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
• Jun 2 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
• Jun 2 40th Men's French Championships: Fred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm (6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3)
• Jun 2 40th Women's French Championships: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-1)
• Jun 3 French liner SS Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of four days, three hours and 14 minutes on her maiden voyage
• Jun 3 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario
• Jun 8 39th US Golf Open: Sam Parks Jr shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA
• Jun 8 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6

• Jun 9 Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
• Jun 10 In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr. Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous (date of Smith's last drink)
• Jun 11 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.
• Jun 12 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
• Jun 12 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana speaks continually for 15½ hours in then Senate's longest speech (150,000 words)
• Jun 13 Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs v Somerset
• Jun 13 James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• Jun 14 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
• Jun 16 US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"

• Jun 26 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 v Hants
• Jun 26 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader
• Jun 26 SDAP & CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam
• Jun 26 Work service for recent graduates becomes obligatory in Germany
• Jun 27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
• Jun 28 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
• Jun 28 FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky
• Jun 28 British Golf Open, Murifield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from Alf Padgham
• Jun 29 Western Open Women's Golf, Sunset Ridge CC: Opal Hill scores an easy, 9 & 7 win over Mrs. S.L. Reinhart to claim her first of 2 consecutive major titles
• Jun 30 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
• Jun 30 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
• Jul 1 Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP, General Dutch Press Agency) forms in Amsterdam
• Jul 2 Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament
• Jul 5 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
• Jul 5 FDR signs US National Labor Relations Act

• Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Fred Perry successfully defends his title against German Gottfried von Cramm 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Jul 5 Tony (Brooklyn Dodgers) and Al (NY Giants) Cuccinello become the first brothers to both hit a MLB homer in the same game, Dodgers win 14-4
• Jul 6 Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens
• Jul 8 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
• Jul 12 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
• Jul 13 Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer
• Jul 13 US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect
• Jul 16 First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Jul 17 "Variety" publishes famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"
• Jul 18 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
• Jul 20 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio
• Jul 20 Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen
• Jul 22 Lester Walton appointed US minister to Liberia
• Jul 24 1st greetings telegram sent in Britain
• Jul 24 The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR
• Jul 27 Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kill 200,000
• Jul 28 29th Tour de France won by Romain Maes of Belgium
• Jul 30 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution
• Jul 31 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in
• Aug 7 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
• Aug 10 3rd Venice Film Festival opens
• Aug 11 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews
• Aug 12 49th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah Palfrey Cooke (6-2, 6-4)
• Aug 13 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
• Aug 14 Social Security Act becomes law
• Aug 20 Military coup by General Pons & president Ibarra in Ecuador
• Aug 26 CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks
• Aug 29 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
• Aug 31 1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
• Aug 31 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0
• Aug 31 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents

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