Today in History for May 1935

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Boulder Dam completed
1st - Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated
4th - 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
5th - Jesse Owens of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8½"
6th - British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
6th - KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
6th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
8th - Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
11th - 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
14th - Griffith Planetarium opens in LA
14th - LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US
14th - Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement
14th - Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
15th - Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
15th - The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
18th - Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
19th - NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
23rd - 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
24th - 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 25th - Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
25th - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
27th - Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
29th - Hague local museum opens
30th - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
31st - Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
31st - Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 45 of 45

1st - Ann Robinson, American actress
2nd - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I
2nd - Hussain ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952- )
2nd - Lance LeGault, American actor, (d. 2012)
2nd - Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
3rd - Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89)
3rd - Ron Popeil, American inventor
5th - Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)
7th - Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
7th - Isobel Warren, Canadian author
8th - Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
8th - Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
8th - Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
9th - Nokie Edwards, Lahoma, Oklahoma, American guitarist (The Ventures)
10th - Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
10th - Larry Williams, rocker
11th - Doug McClure, Glendale California, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
11th - Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
12th - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
13th - Nigel Butterley, composer
13th - Yizhak Sadai, composer
13th - Dominic Cossa, American baritone
15th - Ted Dexter, cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
16th - James Bolam, English actor
17th - Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright (Karaoke, Midnight Movie)
17th - Ivan Slone, world-famous watchmaker
19th - David Hartman, Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America)
19th - F R Fries, writer
21st - Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
22nd - Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player
23rd - Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
23rd - Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
24th - Joan Micklin Silver, American director
25th - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
25th - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
26th - Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
27th - Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
27th - Lee Meriwether, LA California, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
27th - Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
28th - Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
29th - Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)
29th - Denis J Worrall, South African politician/leader (DP)
29th - Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)
31st - Bruce Bolton, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1959)
31st - Jim Bolger, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

24th - Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
11th - Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
12th - Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
12th - Józef Piłsudski, Polish statesman (b. 1867)
15th - Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
17th - Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865)
19th - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74
19th - Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia), dies in a motorcycle crash
20th - Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
21st - Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
21st - Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
25th - Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
29th - Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
30th - Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49