Today in History for April 1935

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 30 of 30

1st - 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
2nd - Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
2nd - Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
3rd - Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
5th - Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
6th - H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
8th - 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
8th - Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Wash DC
8th - Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
9th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
10th - Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
12th - "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
12th - Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
12th - Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
12th - First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
14th - Black Sunday: The worst sandstorm ravages US midwest (creates the Dust Bowl)
16th - 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
16th - Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
17th - Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 18th - Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
18th - Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
19th - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4
20th - "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
21st - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
23rd - Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
26th - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
27th - Brussel's World Expo opens
27th - Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Phila A's 9-8
28th - Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
30th - World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Hans H Boswinkel, actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love)
1st - John Murray, cricketer (Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests)
1st - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
2nd - Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
3rd - Jeffery Bowman, CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
4th - Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris, cricketer (WI batsman of 60's)
4th - Francois-Bernard Mache, composer
4th - Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Association)
4th - Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
5th - Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer
5th - Peter Grant, rock band manager
6th - Duke of Montrose
6th - John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
7th - Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
7th - Hodding Carter III, press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
7th - Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder (Childhelp USA)
8th - Albert G Bustamante, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
8th - Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
8th - Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
9th - Aulis Sallinen, composer
9th - Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car)
10th - Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79)
10th - Patrick Garland, director (Doll House), (d. 2013)
11th - Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
11th - Richard Berry, musician
11th - Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hitman (d. 2006)
12th - Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
13th - Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
13th - Lyle Waggoner, KC Kansas, actor (Carol Burnette Show, Wonder Woman)
13th - Peter Heap, diplomat
14th - Joan Darling, Boston, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall)
14th - Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow Ky, singer (Coal Miner's Daughter)
14th - Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
15th - Gene Cherico, bassist
16th - Bobby Vinton, Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
16th - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
16th - Sarah Kirsch, German poet
17th - Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director
18th - Joel Hefley, (Rep-R-Colorado)
18th - Paul A Rothchild, record producer
Actor Dudley Moore (19th) 19th - Dudley Moore, London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks)
19th - Peter Scott, QC
21st - Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
21st - Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
21st - Thomas Kean, American politician
22nd - Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
22nd - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
23rd - David Evans, MP
23rd - Bunky Green, American musician
24th - Louis Keith, Chicago, physician (expert on multiple-births)
25th - April Ashley, English model
29th - Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
29th - Otto M Zykan, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

5th - Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64
6th - Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies
8th - Edwin Cannan, economist, dies
14th - Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882)
18th - Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90
18th - Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (b. 1884)
20th - Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
24th - Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
28th - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87
29th - Leroy Carr, rocker, dies=