29 events found for 1935
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…
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida,…
Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the…
US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
Nazi Germany announces two new laws related to race and the rights of Jews. These became known as the Nuremberg Race…
The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.