Today in History for February 1935

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 26 of 26

1st - 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
1st - James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
2nd - Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc)
2nd - Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
6th - "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
6th - 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
7th - Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
8th - 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
9th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
9th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
10th - 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
10th - Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
11th - -11°F (-24°C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
11th - 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
12th - Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
13th - 1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland
13th - Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap & murder of Lindbergh's infant
19th - Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC
20th - Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
22nd - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
26th - Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 26th - NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
26th - RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt)
26th - The Luftwaffe is re-formed.
28th - Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
28th - Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 41 of 41

1st - Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
1st - Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
3rd - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
4th - Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso
4th - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan)
5th - Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
5th - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South African army
7th - Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
8th - Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
9th - Paul Flynn, MP
10th - Conrad Klapheck, German painter (typewriters)
10th - Salvator Pueyo, composer
10th - Theodore Antoniou, composer
11th - Bent Lorentzen, composer
11th - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
12th - Gene McDaniels, US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
12th - Ken Still, golfer
13th - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
13th - Dr. Don Panoz, American entrepreneur and motorsports impresario (ALMS)
14th - Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown)
14th - David Wilson, British governor (Hong Kong)
14th - Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
14th - Mickey Wright, San Diego CA, LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champ)
14th - Peter Phillips, printer
15th - John R Block, US Secretary of Agriculture (1981-86)
15th - Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
15th - Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author (Against Our Wills)
16th - Brian Bedford, England, actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue)
16th - Robin Clark, chemist (FRS)
16th - Sonny Bono, Detroit, vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98)
16th - Kenneth Price, Los Angeles, California, ceramic artist and print maker (Hot Bottoms, Tamed), (d. 2012)
17th - Johnny Bush, country singer
17th - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
18th - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
21st - Mark McManus, actor (Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night)
21st - Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative
22nd - Ineke [R M] Haas-Berger, Dutch MP (PvdA)
24th - Renata Scotto, singer
27th - Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
27th - Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
28th - Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

3rd - Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859)
8th - Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87
9th - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
12th - Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
13th - Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
23rd - Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
28th - Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
28th - Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (b. 1847).