WORLD HISTORY · 1935 日本語
Events of 1935Showa 10 (Japan) · Year of the Pig
What happened in 1935?
In 1935, Japan was shaken by a controversy over the "emperor-as-organ" constitutional theory, and Major General Nagata Tetsuzan was killed in the Aizawa Incident within the army. Abroad, Germany announced rearmament and Italy invaded Ethiopia.
- Emperor-as-organ theory controversy eruptsAsia
- Germany announces rearmamentEurope
- He–Umezu Agreement concludedAsia
- Kyoto floods inundate the cityAsia
- Chinese Communist Party issues August First DeclarationAsia
- Nagata Tetsuzan killed in Aizawa IncidentAsia
- Social Security Act passes in United StatesNorth America
- Italy invades EthiopiaEurope
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1935 at a glance
| Japanese era | Showa 10 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Pig |
| Age of people born in 1935 | Turn 91 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1934 (Showa 9) ／ 1936 (Showa 11) |
| Events | 64 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1935
Our birthday pages list 559 people born in 1935. Here are some of them.
- Elvis PresleyBorn January 8 · turns 91 this year · American singer and actor known as the King of Rock 'n' Roll, whose 1950s hits…
- Julie AndrewsBorn October 1 · turns 91 this year · English actress and singer beloved for starring in Mary Poppins and The Sound o…
- Frank RobinsonBorn August 31 · turns 91 this year · Hall of Fame baseball slugger, MVP in both leagues, and the first African Ameri…
- Jerry Lee LewisBorn September 29 · turns 91 this year · American rock and roll pioneer and piano showman known for Great Balls of Fire…
- Johnny MathisBorn September 30 · turns 91 this year · American pop singer famed for romantic ballads such as "Chances Are" and "Misty…
- Luciano PavarottiBorn October 12 · turns 91 this year · Italian operatic tenor whose powerful, pure voice and Three Tenors concerts bro…
- Gary PlayerBorn November 1 · turns 91 this year · South African golf legend who won nine major championships and completed the ca…
- Akihiro MiwaBorn May 15 · turns 91 this year
- Isao TakahataBorn October 29 · turns 91 this year
- Om Prakash ChautalaBorn January 1 · turns 91 this year
- Raymond GarneauBorn January 3 · turns 91 this year
- Floyd PattersonBorn January 4 · turns 91 this year
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- Ian MeckiffBorn January 6 · turns 91 this year
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- Kenny DavernBorn January 7 · turns 91 this year
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- Valery KubasovBorn January 7 · turns 91 this year
- Bob DenverBorn January 9 · turns 91 this year
- Brian HarradineBorn January 9 · turns 91 this year
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- John GrahamBorn January 9 · turns 91 this year
- Ronnie HawkinsBorn January 10 · turns 91 this year
- Sherrill MilnesBorn January 10 · turns 91 this year
- KreskinBorn January 12 · turns 91 this year
- Teresa del CondeBorn January 12 · turns 91 this year
- Robert SilverbergBorn January 15 · turns 91 this year
- A. J. FoytBorn January 16 · turns 91 this year
- Udo LattekBorn January 16 · turns 91 this year
- Ruth Ann MinnerBorn January 17 · turns 91 this year
- Albert MillaireBorn January 18 · turns 91 this year
- Eddie JonesBorn January 18 · turns 91 this year
- Gad YaacobiBorn January 18 · turns 91 this year
- Jon StallworthyBorn January 18 · turns 91 this year
- Johnny O'KeefeBorn January 19 · turns 91 this year
- Dorothy ProvineBorn January 20 · turns 91 this year
- Mike AgostiniBorn January 23 · turns 91 this year
- Tom ReamyBorn January 23 · turns 91 this year
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- António Ramalho EanesBorn January 25 · turns 91 this year
- Conrad BurnsBorn January 25 · turns 91 this year
Events of 1935 (timeline · 64)
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Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to no more being a "region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France".
Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
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.
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.
New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
In Regina, Saskatchewan, police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
Nazi Germany announces two new laws related to race and the rights of Jews. These became known as the Nuremberg Race Laws.
Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
The Committee for Industrial Organization, the precursor to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Walter Liggett, an American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Student protests occur in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and are subsequently dispersed by government authorities.
The Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Douglas DC-3: The twin-engine airliner makes its maiden flight from Santa Monica.
The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
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FAQ
What year was 1935 in the Japanese calendar?
1935 was Showa 10 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1935?
1935 is the Year of the Pig.
How old is someone born in 1935?
They turn 91 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1935?
In 1935, Japan was shaken by a controversy over the "emperor-as-organ" constitutional theory, and Major General Nagata Tetsuzan was killed in the Aizawa Incident within the army. Abroad, Germany announced rearmament and Italy invaded Ethiopia.
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