WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 1935
Find out what all happened May to July 1935

The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (24. July 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)

Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. (10. June 1935)

Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests. (18. June 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 Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress. (30. June 1935)

Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa Trek. (1. July 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 world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (16. July 1935)

The Moscow Metro is opened to public. (15. May 1935)

One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. (3. June 1935)

The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (5. July 1935)

Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. (10. June 1935)

Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey. (11. June 1935)

New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration. (6. May 1935)

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

New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). (27. May 1935)

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen. (20. July 1935)

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

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

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