December 1935 in History

Events in History

Nobel Prize

Dec 10 James Chadwick is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the neutron

Nobel Prize

Dec 10 Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Irene Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie Curie) and her husband Frédéric Joliot for the discovery of artificial radioactivity

Event of Interest

Dec 17 1st flight of the Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) airplane.

Event of Interest

Dec 18 Edvard Beneš becomes President of Czechoslovakia after Tomáš Masaryk retires

Father of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Dec 18 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon

Catholic Encyclical

Dec 20 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii on the importance of priestly celibacy

Dec 22 Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura
Dec 24 National Council of Negro Women forms
Dec 28 Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union
Dec 28 W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in NYC
Dec 30 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
Dec 31 Charles Darrow patents the board game Monopoly, goes on to be the 1st millionaire game designer
Dec 31 CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party

Birthdays in History

Dec 2 David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion's Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Dec 2 Jeannie Morris, American sports journalist and author (Chicago Daily News, WMAQ; 'Brian Piccolo: A Short Season', 2014 Ring Lardner Award), born in Redondo Beach, California (d. 2020)
Dec 4 Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2007)
Dec 5 Calvin Trillin, American author (New Yorker), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 9 Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader
Dec 11 Ferdinand A. Porsche, German car designer (Porsche 911), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 2012)
Dec 11 Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician, 13th President of India (2012-17), born in Mirati, British India (d. 2020)
Dec 13 Tom Wakefield, British writer, born in Staffordshire, England (d. 1996)
Dec 18 Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA), born in Delfzijl, Netherlands (d. 2017)
Dec 21 Edward Schreyer, Canadian politician (Premier of Manitoba), born in Beausejour, Canada
Dec 21 Phil Donahue, TV talk show host (The Phil Donahue Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 21 Yusuf Bey (Joseph Stephens), American activist, born in Greenville, Texas (d. 2003)
Dec 22 John L. Finley, United States Navy aviator, born in Winchester, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
Dec 25 Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician and Imam, Prime Minister of Sudan (1966-67, 1986-89), born in Omdurman, Sudan (d. 2020)

Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935-2005)

Dec 26 General and President of Togo (1967-2005), born in Kozah, Togo

Dec 28 Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director (Encoberto, Matar Saudades)
Dec 30 Omar Bongo, 2nd President of Gabon (1967-2009), born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa [now Bongoville, Gabon] (d. 2009)
Dec 31 Rolf Haufs, German writer, born in Düsseldorf (d. 2013)

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (87 years old)

Dec 31 King of Saudi Arabia (2015-present), born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Weddings in History

Percy Lavon Julian

Dec 24 Chemist Percy Lavon Julian weds sociologist Anna Roselle Johnson

Deaths in History

Dec 1 Bernard Schmidt, German optical instrument maker (inventor of the Schmidt telescope), dies at 56
Dec 2 James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, dies at 70
Dec 2 Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College, dies of a coronary occlusion at 78
Dec 2 State of California uses gas chamber instead of hanging for 1st time: Robert Lee Cannon (29) and Albert Kessel (28) executed for role in Folsom Prison escape attempt resulting in murder of warden and guard (San Quentin State Prison. Marin County)
Dec 3 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, dies at 67
Dec 4 Charles Richet, French physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 for work on anaphylaxis), dies at 85
Dec 5 Frans Erens, Dutch literary critic (Years Gone By), dies at 78
Dec 9 Walter Liggett, American crusading newspaper editor and muckraker (b. 1886)
Dec 10 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
Dec 13 Victor Grignard, French chemist (Nobel 1912 - development of the Grignard reaction), dies at 64
Dec 14 Stanley G. Weinbaum, American sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies at 33
Dec 17 Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (Branch of May, Tears), dies at 79
Dec 18 Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuelan general and dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies at 78
Dec 20 Martin O'Meara, Australian WWI soldier and Victoria Cross honoree, dies at 50
Dec 21 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Die Weltbühne), dies after taking sleeping tablets at 45
Dec 25 Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic, dies at 83
Dec 28 Clarence Day, American author (Life with Father), dies at 61