What Happened in 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

Fallingwater Constructed

Fallingwater is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of... Read more

"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... Read more

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,... Read more

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).... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

"David Copperfield" Is Released

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (usually shortened to David Copperfield) is a 1935... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more