Events in year of 1935
- 01-011st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
- 01-01Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
- 01-01Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
- 01-02Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
- 01-04Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
- 01-04Ft Jefferson National Monument, Florida established
- 01-08Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
- 01-10Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks
- 01-11Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
- 01-13Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
- 01-14Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use
- 01-15300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
- 01-19KLM begins flight path between Curacao and Aruba
- 01-2112.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record)
- 01-21WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
- 01-21Wilderness Society forms
- 01-241st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale, " is sold by Kruger Brewing Company
- 01-28Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
- 01-30Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos"
- 02-011st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
- 02-01James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
- 02-02Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc)
- 02-06"Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
- 02-061st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
- 02-07Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
- 02-081st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of University of Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
- 02-09US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
- 02-09US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 02-101st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
- 02-10Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
People born in year of 1935
- 01-01Harold Martina: Netherland Antilles -- Pianist / conductor
- 01-01Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov: Russia -- Cosmonaut
- 01-04Kenneth Money: Canada -- Astronaut (STS 42-alt)
- 01-05Nancy L Johnson: (Rep-R-Connecticut, 1983- )
- 01-06Nino Tempo: Niagara Falls, New York -- Rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
- 01-06Paul Wilson: US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
- 01-07Noam Sheriff: Composer
- 01-07Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov: Cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36 / 35)
- 01-08Jesse Garon Presley: Stillborn twin Brother of Elvis
- 01-08Nolan Miller: Burkburnett, Texas -- Fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
- 01-09Kenneth "Buddy" Scott: Blues guitarist / singer
- 01-10Georg Katzer: Composer
- 01-10Ronnie Hawkins: Arkansas, United States -- Rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?)
- 01-10Sherrill Milnes: Hinsdale, Illinois -- Baritone
- 01-11Chuck Barksdale: US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
- 01-12"Amazing" Kreskin: Montclair, New Jersey -- Mentalist / telepath
- 01-12Ron Harper: Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania -- Actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes)
- 01-12William Lee Gloden: Brewton, Alabama -- Country singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
- 01-15Malcolm Frager: St. Louis, Missouri -- Pianist
- 01-17Jimmy Powell: Dallas, Texas -- PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic)
- 01-17Paul O[sborne] Williams: United States -- Sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle)
- 01-18Raymond Briggs: English author (Fungus the Bogeyman)
- 01-22Pierre S Du Pont IV: (Gov-Delaware)
- 01-22Sam Cooke: Chicago, Illinois -- Soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me)
- 01-22Seymour Cassel: Detroit, Michigan -- Actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino)
- 01-26Henry Jordan: Emporia, Virginia -- NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland, Green Bay)
- 01-26Peter Ronnefeld: Composer
- 01-26Zbigniew Penherski: Composer
- 01-27Gillian Beer: Professor / President (Clare Hall-Cambridge)
- 01-28David John Lodge: English writer (Soul & Bodies)
People died in year of 1935
- 01-06George P Baker: US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
- 01-10Edwin H Flack: English 800 / 1500m runner (1896 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 60
- 01-16Richard Wetz: Composer, dies at 59
- 01-28Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov: Russian composer, dies at 75
- 02-08Max Liebermann: German impressionist Painter / graphic artist, dies at 87
- 02-09Karl Nef: Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
- 02-13Violet Paget: British Author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
- 02-23Jan Duiker: Dutch Architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
- 02-28Alexander W F Idenburg: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
- 03-16John J R Macleod: Scot / Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
- 04-05Emil Mlynarski: Composer, dies at 64
- 04-06Edward Arlington Robinson: US poet
- 04-08Edwin Cannan: Economist
- 04-18Ignazio Guidi: Italian orientalist / archaeologist, dies at 90
- 04-20Juliaan de Vriendt: Flemish painter, dies at 92
- 04-24Paul Klengel: Composer, dies at 80
- 04-28Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: Scotish composer, dies at 87
- 04-29Leroy Carr: Rocker
- 05-11Edward H Thompson: US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
- 05-12Josef Pilsudski: Polish Dictator (1926-35)
- 05-19Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler: French composer, dies at 74
- 05-19Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia): Dies in a motorcycle crash
- 05-20Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven]: Lawyer / detective writer, dies at 68
- 05-21Hugo de Vries: Botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
- 05-21Jane Addams: A founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
- 05-29Josef Suk: Czech violinist / composer, dies at 61
- 05-30Lothar Windsperger: Composer, dies at 49
- 06-01Alberto Cametti: Composer, dies at 64
- 06-06Jacques Urlus: Tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
- 06-07Ivan V Mitsjoerin: Russian botanist
Events in year of 1936
- 01-011st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune
- 01-021st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri
- 01-02Bradman scores 357 for South Africa vs. Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours
- 01-04Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
- 01-04Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa
- 01-07Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
- 01-09Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army
- 01-11Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
- 01-14L M (Mario) Giannini elected President of Bank of America
- 01-151st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
- 01-15Horace Stoneham elected President of New York Giants
- 01-15Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates
- 01-161st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Florida
- 01-16Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as President
- 01-16Spanish socialists / communists / anarchists form Unidad Popular
- 01-20Edward VIII succeeds British King George V
- 01-22French Laval government falls
- 01-291st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson
- 01-30New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
- 01-31"Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
- 02-041st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
- 02-05National Wildlife Federation forms
- 02-064th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- 02-07A flag is authorized for Vice President
- 02-07Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
- 02-081st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
- 02-081st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota
- 02-081st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs. Rangers
- 02-08Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as Chairman of India Congress Party
- 02-11Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
People born in year of 1936
- 01-01Eve Queler: NYC, New York -- Conductor
- 01-01Willye B White: US jumper (1956 Olympics - Silver Medalist)
- 01-03Betty Rollin: Actress (Crossing Delancey) / author (Last Wish)
- 01-03Jos Kunst: Composer
- 01-07Eldee Young: US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
- 01-08Ferdinand Hartzenberg: South African Minister of Education (1979-82)
- 01-09Peter Fletcher: Music teacher
- 01-11Meindert Leerling: Dutch TV director / MP (RPF)
- 01-13Ami Maayani: Composer
- 01-13Edward R Madigan: (Rep-R-Illinois, 1973- )
- 01-14Clarence Carter: US singer (Thread the Needle)
- 01-14John Paul Cain: Sweetwater, Texas -- PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids)
- 01-14Ludmila Pinayeva: USSR -- 500m kayak (1964, 68, 72 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-14Reiner Klimke: German FR, equestrian dressage (1984 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 01-16Michael White: Theater / film producer (From Russia With Love)
- 01-17Jerry Fogel: Rochester, New York -- Actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow)
- 01-19Elliott Schwartz: Composer
- 01-20Eldred G Maduro: Minister (Netherland Antilles)
- 01-23Jerry Kramer: Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
- 01-24Daniel Goode: Composer
- 01-25Dan Schaefer: (Rep-R-Colorado, 1983- )
- 01-25Diana Hyland: Cleveland Heights, Ohio -- Actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough)
- 01-26Noel Harrison: London, England -- Singer / actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE)
- 01-27Ismail Kadare: Albanian author / poet (Dimri i Madh)
- 01-28Bill Jordan: British trade unionist
- 01-28Robert Suderburg: Composer
- 01-29Malcolm Binns: Concert pianist
- 01-31Marvin Junior: Singer (Dells-Oh What a Night)
- 02-01G H Blake: Principal (Collingwood College, Durham University)
- 02-04Daan van Golden: Dutch sculptor
People died in year of 1936
- 01-06Charles A Stoneham: President (New York Giants)
- 01-09John Gilbert: Actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40
- 01-18Rudyard Kipling: Author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
- 01-20George V: King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
- 01-22Louis Glass: Composer, dies at 71
- 01-23Dame Clara Butt: Alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
- 02-09Jacques Bainville: French Historian / essayist / journalist, dies at 57
- 02-17Erich Schaeder: German Theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
- 02-20John Hope: President of Atlanta University, dies at 67
- 02-22Johan M Skjoldborg: Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
- 02-27Ivan P Pavlov: Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
- 03-04Ruben Mattias Liljefors: Composer, dies at 64
- 03-06Josef Stransky: Composer, dies at 63
- 03-06Rubin Goldmark: Composer, dies at 63
- 03-08Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne: Director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52
- 03-19John Larkin IV: Actor / writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63
- 03-21Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov: Composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
- 04-01Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky: Composer, dies at 61
- 04-03Bruno Hauptmann: Convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
- 04-11Mitya Stillman: Composer, dies at 44
- 04-13Demertzis: Greek Premier
- 04-17Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck: Dutch Prime Minister (1918-23, 29-33)
- 04-18Ottorino Respighi: Italian Composer (Belkis), dies at 56
- 04-18Seaborn M Denson: Composer, dies at 82
- 04-24Alphons Diepenbrock: Composer, dies at 73
- 04-24Bernard van Dieren: Composer, dies at 51
- 04-27Frederik A Stoett: Linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
- 04-27Karl Pearson: Mathematician
- 04-28Foead I: King of Egypt (1922-36)
- 04-29Florentinus M Wibaut: Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76
Events in year of 1937
- 01-01Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
- 01-01Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
- 01-01US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
- 01-05Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
- 01-05Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
- 01-06Bradman scores 270 Aust vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
- 01-09Italian regime bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians
- 01-12Plow for laying submarine cable patented
- 01-19Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 01-19Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
- 01-201st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
- 01-251st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
- 01-25Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
- 01-25Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio
- 02-01Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
- 02-04Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
- 02-051st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times, " released
- 02-05FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
- 02-06K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer
- 02-10Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
- 02-1144-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Michigan ends
- 02-12Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
- 02-13"Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
- 02-13Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship
- 02-13NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington DC
- 02-13US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 02-13US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
- 02-16DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
- 02-201st automobile / airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, California
- 02-241st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington, DC
People born in year of 1937
- 01-02Marianne McDonald: Classicist / philanthropist
- 01-04Dyan Cannon: Tacoma, Washington -- Mrs Cary Grant / actress (Heaven Can Wait)
- 01-06Doris Troy [Payne]: US soul singer / songwriter (Just One Kiss)
- 01-06Lou Holtz: United States -- Football coach (New Jersey Jets)
- 01-08Robert Moran: Composer
- 01-09K Schlesinger: Writer
- 01-12Liliana Cavani: Bologna, Italy -- Director (Berlin Affair)
- 01-12Marie Dubois: Paris, France -- Actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim)
- 01-14Billie Jo Spears: Country singer
- 01-16Bob Bogle: Portland -- Rock bassist / guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
- 01-16Conny Vandenbos: Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
- 01-20Dorothy Provine: Deadwood, South Dakota -- Actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
- 01-25Don Maynard: NFL receiver (NY Jets) #13
- 01-25Kathleen Tynan Halton: Writer
- 01-26Gerrit Gerritse: Dutch MP (CDA)
- 01-26Joseph Saidu Momoh: General / President (Sierra Leone)
- 01-26S J B Langdale: Headmaster (Shrewsbury School)
- 01-27John Ogdon: Manchester, England -- Pianist / composer
- 01-28Ken Hill: Playwright / director
- 01-29Bobby Scott: Jazz singer
- 01-30Boris Spassky: USSR -- World chess champion (1969-72)
- 01-31Philip Glass: Baltimore, Maryland -- Minimal composer (Einstein on the Beach)
- 02-04Collin Wilcox: Highlands, North Carolina -- Actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
- 02-04John Devitt: Australia -- 100m freestyle swimmer (1960 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 02-04Magnar Solberg: Norway -- 20K biathalete (1968, 72 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- 02-05Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet]: Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
- 02-05Gaston Roelants: Belgium -- World cross-country champion
- 02-05Stuart Damon: Brooklyn, New York -- Actor (Alan Quartermaine- General Hospital)
- 02-06Baldev Singh Chahal: Campaigner
- 02-08Joe Raposa: Composer / songwriter (Sesame Street)
People died in year of 1937
- 01-02Ross Alexander: Actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
- 01-08John Felix August Korling: Composer, dies at 72
- 02-01Marguerite Audoux: Writer
- 02-07Elihu Root: US Minister of War / Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91
- 02-08Scato Gocko de Vries: Dutch paleographer / librarian, dies at 75
- 02-13C A Bernoulli: Writer
- 02-14Erkki Gustav Melartin: Composer, dies at 62
- 03-02Gustav Wohlgemuth: Composer, dies at 73
- 03-06Frank Vosper: Actor / writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
- 03-08Albert Verwey: Dutch Poet / literature Historian (Motion), dies at 71
- 03-11Paul Scheinpflug: Composer, dies at 61
- 03-12Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor: French Organist / composer, dies at 93
- 03-12Jeno Hubay: Composer, dies at 78
- 03-16J Austen Chamberlain: English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
- 03-19Horacio Quiroga: Uruguayan Author / poet, commits suicide at 58
- 03-23Helge Rode: Danish Poet / essayist, dies at 66
- 03-25John Drinkwater: English Poet / playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
- 03-29Karol Szymanowski: Polish / Ukraine Composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
- 04-02Nathan Birnbaum: Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
- 04-04Frantisek X Salda: Czech writer / critic, dies at 69
- 04-08Arthur William Foote: US Organist / composer, dies at 84
- 04-08William Henry Hadow: Composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
- 04-10Algernon Ashton: Composer, dies at 77
- 04-15Nikolai Artzibushev: Composer, dies at 79
- 04-19William M Conway: English Historian / explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
- 04-25Clem Sohn: Air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
- 04-27Antonio Gramsci: Italian philosopher / marxist theorist, dies at 46
- 05-01Snitz Edwards: Actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75
- 05-02Arthur Somervell: Composer, dies at 73
- 05-09Walter Mittelholzer: Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43