1935

Years: 1932 1933 1934 - 1935 - 1936 1937 1938
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1935 in architecture 1935 in aviation 1935 in art 1935 in film 1935 in literature 1935 in music 1935 in radio 1935 in science 1935 in sports 1935 in television 1935 in Canada

Events

January 1 - Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya
January 7 - World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
January 7 - In the case Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, the Supreme Court of the United States invalidates "hot oil" petroleum supply restriction orders adopted under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
January 8 - A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.
January 11 - Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
January 13 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany
January 16 - FBI kills Barker gang, including Ma Barker, in a shootout
January 19 - Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.
January - At the Tsunyi Conference, Mao Zedong assumes the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
January 28 - Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion on medical grounds

June 9 - China's Kuomintang government concedes Japanese military control of north-eastern China.
June 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
June 12 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana makes the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours and was filled by 150,000 words.
June 12 - Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
June 18 - Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain agrees to a German navy equal to 35% of her own naval tonnage.
July 16 - World's first parking meters in Oklahoma City
July 27 - Federal Writers' Project established in the United States
June or July - The Giant neotropical toad is introduced to northernQueensland, Australia to counter sugar cane beetles.
August 13 - Dam breaks in Orada, north of Genoa, Italy - hundreds drown
August 28 - Queen Astrid of Belgium dies in an car crash

November 3 - George II of Greece regains his throne.
November 5 - Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly.
November 6 - Before the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (see: FM radio).
November 8 - A dozen labor leaders come together to announce the creation of the Congress for Industrial Organization (CIO), an organization charged with pushing the cause for industrial unionism.
November 22 - The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean (the airplane later reached its destination, Manila, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of mail).
December 9 - Hoare-Laval Pact between Britain and France proposes Ethiopian territorial cessions to Italy.
December 13 - Tomás Masaryk, president of Czechoslovakia, retires
December 18 - Samuel Hoare resigns as British foreign secretary; replaced by Anthony Eden.