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1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1935th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 935th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1930s decade.
Official Secrets Act 1935 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021
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January 1: Great Britain’s walking charity the Ramblers Association is founded. In 2021, the Ramblers boasted over 100,000 members nationwide. January 1:In college football, the Orange Bowl, Sun Bowl and Sugar Bowl games are all played for the first time, won by Bucknell, El Paso and Tulane respectively. January 1:Associated Press transmits the fir...
February 13: Richard Hauptmann is found guilty by jury and sentenced to death. He would die by electrocution on April 3, 1936. February 20:Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot on Antarctica. February 26: In Daventry, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrates the use of radar technology to detect aircrafts. February 26:With the Nazi Pa...
2 March: Porky Pig makes his debut as the first major Looney Tunes character in the Merrie Melodies shortI Haven’t Got a Hat. 6 March: £21,000 (equivalent to over £1.5 million in 2021) worth of gold bullion, gold sovereigns and American Eagles are stolen from the Croydon Aerodrome vault. While three men were later charged with the theft, none of th...
April 6: The Harlem Globetrotters’ Harold ‘Bunny’ Levitt makes 499 consecutive basketball free throws, a world record that would stand until 1975. April 9: The Montreal Maroons defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 (3-0 in the series) to win the Stanley Cup. The Maroons disbanded three years later, and are today the last defunct team to win hockey’s b...
May 6: King George V of England celebrates his silver jubilee. May 13: British officer, diplomat, archaeologist and writer, Colonel T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is fatally injured in a motorbike accident near to his cottage in Dorset. He would die six days later, aged 46. May 15: The Moscow Metro, the first underground railway...
June 1:Compulsory driving tests and licence plates are issued in the United Kingdom. June 3:The SS Normandieearns the Blue Riband for the fastest voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, travelling from Le Harve, France to New York in 4 days, 3 hours and 2 minutes, a speed of just under 30 knots. June 7:Stanley Baldwin, predecessor to Neville Chamberlain,...
July 6:The Dalai Lama was born in the Qinghai Province of China. July 12:Seven are killed in Belfast, Northern Ireland during riots between members of the Protestant Orange Order and Catholic Irish nationalists. July 13: The East London Becontree estate, spanning Ilford, Dagenham and Barking, is completed. With over 25,000 houses, it immediately be...
August 1:The August 1 Declaration is made by the Communist Party of China, calling upon the nation to end its then-eight-year-long Civil War and unite under a National Front in order to resist invasion from Japan. August 2:The Government of India Act is passed by parliament and given royal assent, granting a large measure of autonomy to the Indian ...
September 2: The Great Labor Day Hurricane strikes Florida, killing 423. September 3:The Blue Bird, driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell in Utah, becomes the first automobile to break the 300 miles per hour barrier, setting a new land speed record of 301.337 mph. September 10: US Senator Huey Longdies in hospital 31 hours after being shot. September 13:H...
October 1:Thailand ceases recognising polygamy in civil law. October 3:After months of tension, Italy invades Abyssinia, beginning the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. October 4:Luna Park opens in Sydney, Australia. October 7:The League of Nations declares Italy guilty of committing an act of war against all its members by invading Abyssinia. October 14...
Historical events from year 1935. Learn about 257 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1935 or search by date or keyword.
The Year 1935 Major News Events in History. The Boulder (Hoover) Dam is completed. The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act creates The WPA or Works Progress Administration to create millions of jobs. President Roosevelt signs the US Social Security Act Providing Unemployment compensation and pensions for the elderly.
Events from the year 1935 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Silver Jubilee of King George V . Political events included a general election in November and changes in the leadership of both the Conservative and Labour parties.
1935 1h 26m Approved. 7.6 (62K) Rate. 93 Metascore. A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
