January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of marriage August 23, 1935
The temperature on August 23, 1935 was between 15.6 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
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