The 39 Steps
Release year: 1935
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Country: United States of America
May 1935 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1935.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 1935?
Events
- 01 May 1935 Boulder Dam is completed.
- 04 May 1935 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05.
- 06 May 1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
- 08 May 1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th beat Phils 15-4
- 11 May 1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4.
- 12 May 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.
- 14 May 1935 Griffith Planetarium opens in LA
- 15 May 1935 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
- 18 May 1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on cricket debut for Somerset.
- 19 May 1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
- 23 May 1935 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain
- 24 May 1935 Swedish Princess Ingrid marries Danish crown Prince Frederik
- 25 May 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.
- 27 May 1935 US Supreme Court declares President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act unconstitutional.
- 29 May 1935 Hague local museum opens
- 30 May 1935 Eventual Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth appears in his last career game, playing for the Boston Braves in Philadelphia against the Phillies.
- 31 May 1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
Famous Birthday
II of Iraq (d. 1958).
French psychologist and writer.
French writer, a journalist for a dozen years writing columns that reviewed cultural events, restaurants and media productions.
Italian industrialist, a producer of fashion sporting goods with his three siblings.
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Famous Deaths
Composer, dies at 49.
French composer, dies at 74.
Dies in a motorcycle crash.
Lawyer / detective writer, dies at 68.
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Movies
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Last Stop
Release year: 1935
Directed by: E.W. Emo
Starring: Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser, Josefine Dora, Toni von Bukovics
Black Sheep
Release year: 1935
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Starring: Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, Tom Brown, Eugene Pallette
Public Hero Number 1
Release year: 1935
Directed by: J. Walter Ruben
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia
The Clairvoyant
Release year: 1935
Directed by: Maurice Elvey
Starring: Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Mary Clare, Ben Field