What happened in 1935

29 events　World 1, Japan 1, North America 8, Europe 13, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 5

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Highlights of 1935

World1

  • Jun 24Ten people, including musician Carlos Gardel, are killed in a collision between two Ford Trimotor airplanes at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia.

Japan1

  • Dec 10Hanshin Tigers, a well known professional baseball club of Japan, is founded in Osaka.

North America8

  • Feb 6Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States.
  • Apr 15The Roerich Pact, a Pan-American treaty on the protection of cultural artefacts, is signed in Washington, D.C.
  • May 31Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation merge to form Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
  • Jun 10Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
  • Aug 14United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law.
  • Sep 13American aviator Howard Hughes, flying the Hughes H-1 Racer, sets an airspeed record of 352 mph (566 km/h).
  • Sep 30U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Hoover Dam.
  • Dec 17The Douglas DST, prototype of the Douglas DC-3 airliner, first flies in the United States. More than 16,000 of the model will eventually be produced.

Europe13

  • Jan 7Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
  • Jan 13A referendum in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany.
  • Feb 26In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler orders reinstatement of the air force, the Luftwaffe, in violation of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
  • Mar 11935 Greek coup d'état attempt: Nikolaos Plastiras, Anastasios Papoulas and other Venizelists lead a coup against the People's Party government in Greece. The attempt is suppressed by March 11, and the leaders condemned to death for treason.
  • May 13T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") is involved in a motorcycle accident, near his home in Dorset, England, resulting in his death a few days later.
  • May 21In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler announces the reintroduction of conscription to the Wehrmacht, in violation of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
  • Jun 18Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.
  • Aug 2The Government of India Act is passed by the British Parliament, making provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India" and a degree of autonomy.
  • Sep 29The London and North Eastern Railway's first A4 Class streamlined steam locomotive A4 2509 Silver Link makes her inaugural journey, from London King's Cross.
  • Oct 2The Second Italo-Ethiopian War begins, as Italian General Emilio De Bono invades Ethiopia.
  • Nov 3A Greek monarchy referendum is held by self-proclaimed Regent Georgios Kondylis. Almost 98% of the votes favor restoration of the monarchy, although the referendum's integrity is dubious.
  • Dec 12The Lebensborn program in support of Nazi eugenics is founded by Heinrich Himmler in Germany.
  • Dec 12The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill-on-Sea, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, a pioneering example of International Style architecture, opens in England.

USSR / Russia1

  • May 15Joseph Stalin opens the Moscow Metro to the public.

Asia5

  • May 311935 Quetta earthquake: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan, killing 40,000.
  • Jun 9He–Umezu Agreement: China's Kuomintang government concedes Japanese military control of north-eastern China.
  • Sep 17Manuel L. Quezon is elected 2nd President of the Philippines.
  • Oct 22The Chinese Communist Party settles in Shaanxi after the Long March.
  • Dec 18The socialist party of Sri Lanka, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, is founded.