May 1935 in History

Events in History

May 1 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated

Event of Interest

May 6 British King George V & Queen Mary celebrate silver jubilee

May 6 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
May 14 LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
May 14 Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement
May 15 Moscow Metro opens to public; initial phase was 11 km (6.8 mi) long and included 13 stations

Canonization

May 19 English Cardinal John Fisher and statesman Thomas More, executed by Henry VIII, canonized as saints by Pope Pius XI

May 23 1st scheduled night game postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)

Event of Interest

May 27 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional

May 29 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd
May 29 Hague local museum opens
May 31 7.7 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in Balochistan, British India (now Pakistan) killing an estimated 40,000 people

Birthdays in History

May 2 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), son of Ghasi I, born in Baghdad (d. 1958)
May 3 Donald P Hodel, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89), born in Portland, Oregon
May 7 Isobel Warren, Canadian author and journalist
May 8 Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
May 9 Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator of children's books (Mr. Men and Little Miss), born in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire (d. 1988)
May 11 Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
May 17 Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), born in Gloucestershire, England (d. 1994)
May 17 Ivan Slone, world-famous watchmaker
May 19 Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer, and Conservative Lower house leader
May 19 Fritz Rudolf Fries, German writer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 2014)

José Mujica (87 years old)

May 20 40th President of Uruguay (2010-2015), champion of the poor and former urban guerrilla with the Tupamaros, born in Montevideo, Uruguay

May 23 Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
May 23 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
May 28 Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
May 29 André Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season), born in Vrede, Free State
May 29 Denis Worrall, South African politician and leader (DP), born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
May 29 Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines, born in Darjeeling, India (d. 2009))
May 31 Jim Bolger, New Zealand politician 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand, born in Opunake, New Zealand

Weddings in History

May 24 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

Deaths in History

May 11 Edward Herbert Thompson, American archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78

Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935)

May 12 Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), dies at 67

Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)

May 14 German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67

May 15 Kazimir Malevich, Polish-Ukrainian avant-garde painter, diesof cancer at 56

T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)

May 19 British author, soldier and diplomat famous for his liaison role in Arabia during WWI, dies at 46, in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England

May 20 Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer and detective writer, dies at 68
May 21 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist who rediscovered Mendel's theory of heredity and for his work on genes (The Mutation Theory), dies at 87