What Happened In December 1935 In History

Historical Events for December, 1935

• 9th » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
• 9th » The Downtown Athletic Club named 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.
• 12th » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
• 17th » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
• 18th » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka named Ceylon.
• 28th » 'Pravda' publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1935

• 1st » Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2nd » David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic
• 2nd » Harry Taylor (1957 pitcher) or Harry Taylor, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
• 4th » Robert Vesco, American financier (d. 2007)
• 5th » Calvin Trillin, American journalist, author, and poet
• 5th » Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
• 6th » Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician
• 8th » Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician
• 8th » Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player
• 10th » Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
• 11th » Ron Carey (actor) named Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
• 11th » Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician, 13th President of India
• 11th » Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
• 12th » John Wise (Ontario) named John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Minister of Agriculture (Canada) known as Minister of Agriculture (d. 2013)
• 13th » Joe Christopher, Virgin Islander baseball player
• 13th » Kenneth Hall (American football) or Kenneth Hall, American football player
• 13th » Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player
• 14th » Lewis Arquette, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 14th » Barbara Leigh-Hunt, English actress
• 14th » Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991)
• 14th » Arvo Valton, Estonian author and screenwriter
• 17th » Brian Langford, English cricketer (d. 2013)
• 17th » Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
• 18th » Rosemary Leach, English actress
• 18th » Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author
• 19th » Barbara Bostock, American actress
• 19th » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (d. 1974)
• 19th » Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 20th » Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 21st » John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer
• 21st » Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
• 21st » Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
• 21st » Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
• 21st » Edward Schreyer, Canadian politician, 22nd Governor General of Canada
• 22nd » Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster
• 23rd » Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)
• 25th » Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, List of heads of government of Sudan named Prime Minister of Sudan
• 25th » Stephen Barnett, American academic and scholar (d. 2009)
• 25th » Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American politician (d. 2007)
• 25th » Anne Roiphe, American author and activist
• 26th » Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (Four Tops)
• 26th » Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Michael Turnbull, English bishop
• 29th » Virgil Johnson (singer) or Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (d. 2013)
• 30th » Omar Bongo, Gabonese lieutenant and politician, List of heads of state of Gabon or President of Gabon (d. 2009)
• 30th » Sandy Koufax, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 30th » Jack Riley (actor) known as Jack Riley, American actor

Famous Deaths for December 1935

• 1st » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 2nd » Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (b. 1875)
• 3rd » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 4th » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 4th » Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 9th » Walter Liggett, American journalist (b. 1886)
• 13th » Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 14th » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 16th » Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (b. 1905)
• 21st » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 24th » Alban Berg, Austrian composer (b. 1885)
• 25th » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 28th » Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (b. 1874)

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