Man of the Year
Emperor Haile Sellassie of Ethopia
An excellent year for cars, an excellent year for movies
"It Happened One Night" won the Oscar.
Alice Adams
Bride of Frankenstein
Captain Blood
Dangerous
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The Littlest Rebel
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mutiny on the Bounty
Naughty Marietta
A Night at the Opera
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Scoundrel
A Tale of Two Cities
The 39 Steps
Top Hat
The term "Hot" became a superlative for good
World Series
Chicago Cubs 2---Detroit Tigers 4
Konrad Zuse, in Berlin, Germany, developed his Z-1 computer in his parent's living
room, a relay computer, using binary arithmetic.
Television was first broadcast.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane, this one was truly extraordinary and one for the record
books. 200 mph winds struck the Florida coast in "the storm of the century."
Nuremberg Laws ended German citizenship for Jews.
Publication of Sex and Temperment in Three Primative Societies by Margaret
Mead.
Elvis and Geraldine Ferraro were born, Andre Citroen and T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence
of Arabia) died.
Iran became the new name for Persia.
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded
After a whirlwind tour of the Soviet Union, actor Paul Robeson contemplates resettling
his family in the socialist nation, where he finds all races treated equally.
Navy dirigible Macon crashed at sea off the California coast.
Russian liquid-propellant meteorological rocket, designed by M. K. Tikhonravov, successfully
flown.
Goddard rocket attained altitude of 7,500 feet in New Mexico. |
World's largest airplane, the Russian Maxim Gorky, crashed
near Moscow, killing all aboard.
James Chadwick won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the neutron.
Helena Montana was hit by a 6.25 earthquake.
15 people died constructing Hoover Dam
Duke Ellington records In a Sentimental Mood
The Swing band era opens with the sudden rise
of Benny Goodman. Benny's band toured the U.S.
Top Songs
(Count the number that are still around)
Alone
In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
Red Sails In The Sunset
In The Middle Of A Kiss
Moon Over Miami
On Treasure Island
Cheek To Cheek
East Of The Sun
And Then Some
Chasing Shadows
I'm In The Mood For Love
Life Is A Song
What's The Reason
I'll Never Say Never Again
A Little Bit Independent
Lovely To Look At
Lullaby Of Broadway
Paris In The Spring
You Are My Lucky Star
You're All I Need
Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)
Top Hat White Tie And Tails
I Won't Dance
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
About A Quarter To Nine
L've Got A Feeling You're Fooling
I Found A Dream
Accent On Youth
In October 1935, musician Coleman Hawkins records his famous piece "Body
and Soul" in New York City. That same month of October, the opera "Porgy
and Bess" opened in New York.
Judy Garland appeared with Wallace Beery on NBCs The Shell Chateau Hour. She
sang Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart. Her father, Frank Gumm died the next
day.
"Les Créateurs du Cubisme" exhibition at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts,
with a catalogue by Raymond Cogniat and introduction by Maurice Raynal.
The Yo Yo replaced the chain letter as as the latest fad. |
