WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1935
Find out what all happened February to May 1935

"Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl. (14. April 1935)

Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (25. May 1935)

Roerich Pact signed in Washington, D.C. (15. April 1935)

The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field. (24. May 1935)

The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk. Hindenburg disaster (6. May 1935)

Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. (23. March 1935)

The classic board game Monopoly is invented. (7. February 1935)

The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law. (8. April 1935)

First flight of the Bristol Blenheim. (12. April 1935)

A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh. (13. February 1935)

India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India is formed. (1. April 1935)

Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling. (12. May 1935)

The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement. (14. May 1935)

USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks. (12. February 1935)

The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted. (23. April 1935)

Percy Shaw founded his company Reflecting Roadstuds Limited to make "cat's eye"s (15. March 1935)

A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000. (31. May 1935)

Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, meaning "Land of the Aryans". (21. March 1935)

Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht. (16. March 1935)

Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. (26. February 1935)

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