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1935

1935 (MCMXXXV) 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.

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Notable deaths

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Decade

1930s

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Defining events of 1935

  1. 1935 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.

    Central Bank of India

    The Reserve Bank of India,, is the central bank of India, regulatory body for the Indian banking system and Indian currency. Owned by the Ministry of Finance, Government of the Republic of India, it is responsible for the control, issue, and supply of the Indian rupee. It also manages the country's main payment systems.

  2. 1935 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.

    1935 agreement between France, Italy, and Britain

    The Stresa Front was an agreement made in Stresa, a town on the banks of Lake Maggiore in Italy, between French prime minister Pierre-Étienne Flandin, British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald, and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini on 14 April 1935. Practically, the Stresa Front was an alliance between France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, aimed against Nazi Germany.

  3. 1935 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.

    1935 dust storm in Oklahoma

    Black Sunday was a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl in the United States. It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural damage. It is estimated that 300,000 tons of topsoil were displaced from the prairie area.

  4. 1935 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

    2nd constitution of the Second Polish Republic, adopted in 1935

    The April Constitution of Poland was the general law passed by the act of the Polish Sejm on 23 April 1935. It introduced in the Second Polish Republic an authoritarian presidential system that no longer operated on the basis of the functional separation of powers. The constitution was adopted in violation of the previous March Constitution of 1921 as well as the rules of procedure of parliament, which is why it was questioned by a significant part of the opposition to the Sanacja government.

  5. 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.

    President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II.

  6. 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.

    American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)

    William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films, and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns.

  7. 1935 In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
  8. 1935 The Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
  9. 1935 Douglas DC-3: The twin-engine airliner makes its maiden flight from Santa Monica.
  10. 1935 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.

Arrivals

Born in 1935

Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist

Farewells

Died in 1935

John Cameron Scottish footballer and manager
Lucy British fashion designer and Titanic survivor (1863–1935)
Victor Grignard French chemist (1871–1935)
Ted Birnie English footballer (1878–1935)
Kurt Tucholsky German journalist, satirist and writer
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (born 1868) British princess (1868–1935)
Szymon Askenazy Polish historian
Julian Byng British Army officer & 12th Governor-General of Canada (1862-1935)
John Cameron Scottish footballer and manager
Lucy British fashion designer and Titanic survivor (1863–1935)
Victor Grignard French chemist (1871–1935)
Ted Birnie English footballer (1878–1935)

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