January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
Day of marriage August 7, 1935
The temperature on August 7, 1935 was between 9.6 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Day of death March 23, 1937
The temperature on March 23, 1937 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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