1935 Events

1935 Amelia Earhart is first woman in Bendix Trophy Race
Earhart again participated in long-distance air racing, placing fifth in the 1935 Bendix Trophy Race, the best result she could manage considering that her stock Lockheed Vega topping out...
1935 "Black Reconstruction" is Published
Black Reconstruction in America is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois, first published in 1935. It is revisionist approach to looking at the Reconstruction of the south after its defeat in the Am...
1935 Carl von Ossietzky Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Carl von Ossietzky (October 3, 1889 – May 4, 1938) was a radical German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize. He was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931 af...
1935 Chrysler Airstream is First Produced
The Chrysler Airstream was an automobile produced by the Chrysler division of the Chrysler Corporation during the model years 1935 and 1936. The Airstream was a conventional looking autom...
1935 Edward R. Murrow Joins CBS
Murrow joined CBS as director of talks in 1935 and remained with the network for his entire career. CBS did not have news staff when Murrow joined save for announcer Bob Trout; his job wa...
1935 Fallingwater Constructed
Fallingwater is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The home was built partly over a wa...
1935 Ford CX is First Produced
The Ford CX was a car produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1935 to 1937. During that period 96,553 cars were produced. It was powered by an 1172 cc Ford Sidevalve engine.
1935 Ford Eifel is First Produced
Ford Eifel was a car manufactured by Ford Germany and Ford Hungary between 1935 and 1940. It was derived from the Ford Model C platform, and is related to the contemporary Ford Anglia and...
1935 Ford Model 48 is First Produced
The Model 48 was an update on Ford's V8-powered Model 40A, the company's main product. Introduced in 1935, the Model 48 was given a cosmetic refresh annually, begetting the 1937 Ford befo...
1935 Frank Sinatra joins his first group The Hoboken Four
Sinatra's first cousin, Ray Sinatra, had an orchestra and his own network radio program ("Cycling the Kilocycles") in the mid-1930s, but Ray and Frank did not work together.[14] Instead,...
1935 Jay Berwanger wins Heisman Trophy
There wasn’t great fanfare when Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy presented by the New York Downtown Athletic Club in 1935. Instead of an arsenal of cameras highlighting his f...
1935 Jesse Owens marries Minnie Ruth Solomon
Owens and Minnie Ruth Solomon met at Fairmount Junior High School in Cleveland when he was 15 years old and she was 13 years old. They dated steadily throughout high school and Ruth gave ...
1935 Mercedes-Benz 150 is First Produced
The Mercedes-Benz 150 was derived in 1935 from the 130 with only two seats and a more powerful engine, with 1498 cm³ and a power of 55 PS (40 kW). The top speed of the car was 125 km/h. ...
1935 Sir Harold Percival Himsworth Distinguishes Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
The distinction between what is now known as type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes was first clearly made by Sir Harold Percival (Harry) Himsworth, and published in January 1936.
1935 "The Informer" Is Released
The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film, released by RKO. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence, set in 1922. It stars Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Fost...
1935 Volvo PV 36 Carioca is First Produced
Volvo PV 36 Carioca is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1935 and 1938. The word Carioca describes someone from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was also the name of a dance that was...
1935 Jan Agatha Christie publishes Three Act Tragedy
Three Act Tragedy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1934 under the title of Murder in Three Acts and in UK by th...
1935 Jan 8 Elvis Presley is born
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977; middle name sometimes spelled Aron)a was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is...
1935 Jan 11 Amelia Earhart becomes first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California
On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California. Although this transoceanic flight had been attempted by many others, most no...
1935 Jan 11 "The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer" Is Released
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. The plot of the movie, which bears little resemblance to ...
1935 Jan 18 "David Copperfield" Is Released
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (usually shortened to David Copperfield) is a 1935 film based upon the Charles Dickens novel D...
1935 Feb 19 "Ruggles Of Red Gap" Is Released
Ruggles of Red Gap was serialized beginning December 26, 1914 in the Saturday Evening Post and became a best selling novel in 1915 by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted for the Broadway stage as ...
1935 Feb 26 Babe Ruth is sold to the Boston Braves
By this time, Ruth knew he had little left as a player. His heart was set on managing the Yankees, and he made no secret of his desire to replace McCarthy. However, Ruppert wouldn't consi...
1935 Feb 27 7th Academy Awards
The 7th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1934, were held on February 27, 1935 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb. Frank Capr...
1935 Mar 10 Agatha Christie publishes Death in the Clouds
Death in the Clouds is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company on March 10 1935 under the title of Death in the Air and in U...
1935 Mar 12 Edward R. Murrow Marries Janet Huntington Brewster
Janet Huntington Brewster graduated from Middletown High School in Middleton, Connecticut in 1929. While attending high school, she was an outstanding student, head of the debating societ...
1935 Mar 25 'Pylon' Is Published
Pylon is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. Published in 1935, Pylon is set in New Valois, a fictionalized version of New Orleans. It is one of Faulkner's few novels set out...
1935 Apr 4
to 1935 Apr 8
 Gene Sarazen Wins The Second Annual Masters
Hitting the "shot heard 'round the world," Gene Sarazen holed a double eagle (235 yards,4 wood) at the par 5, No. 15 to tie Craig Wood and force the Tournament's only 36-hole playoff. Sar...
1935 Apr 7 Theodore Seuss Geisel's 'Hejji' is Published
Hejji was an early creation of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and his only venture into the sunday comics pages. Hejji was a young apprentice Genie in the land of Baako. Hejji's extraordi...
1935 Apr 8 Congress Approves The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Created by President Frankli...
1935 Apr 9 Montreal Maroons win Stanley Cup
The 1935 Stanley Cup FinalNHL championship series was contested by the Montreal Maroons and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maroons would win the series 3–0 to win their second and final Sta...
1935 Apr 19 Amelia Earhart becomes first person to fly solo from Los Angeles to Mexico City
That year, once more flying her faithful Vega which she had tagged "old Bessie, the fire horse," Earhart soloed from Los Angeles to Mexico City on April 19. The next record attempt was a ...
1935 Apr 19 Dudley Moore is Born
Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, composer and musician. Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers...
1935 Apr 20 "Les Miserables" Is Released
Les Misérables is a 1935 United States drama film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. This was ...
1935 Apr 30 "The Scoundrel" Is Released
The Scoundrel (1935) is a drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noel Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, a...
1935 May 4 John Robinson Is Born
John Robinson (4 May 1935 - 6 April 2007) was a British sculptor and co-founder of the Bradshaw Foundation. Accounts of his work may be seen at the Robinson estate website, the website of...
1935 May 21 Jane Addams Dies
The Jane Addams Burial Site is located in Cedarville Cemetery in the village of Cedarville, Illinois, United States. Jane Addams' burial site is located on a family plot which also contai...
1935 May 25 Jesse Owens sets 3 world records in 45 minutes at Ohio State
Owens attended The Ohio State University only after employment was found for his father, ensuring the family could be supported. Affectionately known as the "Buckeye Bullet," Owens won a ...
1935 May 30 Babe Ruth plays his last Major League game
On May 25, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Ruth went 4-for-4, drove in 6 runs and hit 3 home runs in an 11–7 loss to the Pirates. These were the last three home runs of his career. His las...
1935 May 31 Balochistan Earthquake of 1935
The town of Quetta saw most of the fatalities, and this earthquake has since been known as the Quetta Earthquake. The civil lines was completely destroyed and up to 15,000 people are thou...
1935 Jun John F. Kennedy Graduates from The Choate School
At 13, John Kennedy went to the Canterbury School, a private school in New Milford, Connecticut, but he fell ill and never returned. He later graduated from Choate Preparatory School in W...
1935 Jun 10 Alcoholics Anonymous is Founded
Bill Wilson, a stockbroker and a drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip to Akron, Ohio, in May he found himself outside a...
1935 Aug 29 Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
On September 1, 1935, storm warnings were posted for all of south Florida, including the Keys. This was on Sunday, the day before Labor Day. Miamians wasted little time in beginning the t...
1935 Sep Gerald Ford Accepts Assistant Coaching Job at Yale
Following his graduation in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, he turned down contract offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League t...
1935 Sep 2 George Gershwin Completes Porgy And Bess
On September 2, 1935, George Gershwin signed his name to the completed orchestral score of the opera, Porgy and Bess. The composer called the 700-page score his masterpiece and never ceas...
1935 Sep 8 Huey Long is Fatally Shot at the Louisiana State Capitol Building
Shortly after leaving the house chamber and paying a short visit to the governor's office, Huey Long was shot in a narrow corridor outside the governor's office that Sunday, Sept. 8, 1935...
1935 Sep 15 Hitler Announces Nuremberg Laws
The following month two measures were announced at the annual Party Rally in Nuremberg, becoming known as the Nuremberg Laws. Both measures were hastily improvised (there was even a short...
1935 Oct 2
to 1935 Oct 7
 1935 World Series
The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five Series appearances. They had lost in 1907...
1935 Oct 7 United Airlines Trip 4 Crashes, Killing 12
United Airlines Trip 4, a Boeing 247D, was a scheduled flight departing from Salt Lake City, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 7, 1935. The aircraft last contacted Cheyenne at 2:16 or ...
1935 Oct 12 Luciano Pavarotti is Born
Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the...