About the day » Monday May 20, 1935Calender converter

• Bertha ELBURG, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Hendrik Schrier, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• David Lawrence Ellet, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Duifje Turksma, 'sGravenhage († 1942)
• Janice Marilyn Kruse, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2023)
• George Bernhard Kooinga, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois († 2019)
• Gerrit de Ruiter, Wilsum († 2007)
• Gijsbert van Duinkerken, Soest († 2009)
• Bartholomeus Johannes van der Lans, Hillegom († 2023)
• Donna Mae Dralle, Butler County, Iowa († 2014)

• Adam Vos (56), Haarlem NH, NL
• Annigje Roelofs Klaver (76), Wanneperveen, Nederland
• Adam van Raan (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Eelman (59), Eierland (Texel)
• Adriana Buis (77), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Lambert Willem Janssen (73), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Hermanus Mannessen (40), Utrecht
• Antonia Maria van den Oever (46), Uden
• Andrina Buis (78), Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnold Hubert Franssen (54), Veldwezelt

• 1930 » Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach († 2009)
• 1931 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager († 1982)
• 1931 » Louis Smith, American trumpeter († 2016)
• 1933 » Constance Towers, American actress and singer
• 1935 » José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay
• 1936 » Anthony Zerbe, American actor
• 1937 » Dave Hill, American golfer († 2011)
• 1937 » Derek Lampe, English footballer
• 1939 » Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1940 » Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1969)

• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
• January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
• April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
• May 31 » A 7.7 M_w  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
• July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
• 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.
• December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.

The temperature on May 20, 1935 was between 5.8 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.