• Major League's first night game is played at Cincinnati's Crosley Field-- the Reds beat the Phillies 2-1.
• Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.
• Congress passed the Social Security act. Plane crash killed comedian Will Rogers and Aviator Wiley Post in Alaska.
• Louisiana senator Huey Long was assassinated.
• Best Selling fiction  Green Light (Lloyd C. Douglas)
• Best Selling non-fiction North to the Orient (Ann Morrow Lindbergh)
• Best Picture- Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM)
• Best Director John Ford, (The Informer)
• Best Actress- Bette Davis, Dangerous
• Best Actor- Victor McLaglen, The Informer

Sport Champions in 1935

• MLB Detroit Tigers
• NFL- Detroit Lions
• NHL- Montreal  Maroons
• NCAA- Basketball
• KY Derby- Omaha
• U.S. Open Golf Sam Parks, Jr
• U.S. Open Tennis (Men) Wilmer Allison
• U.S. Open Tennis (Women) Helen Jacobs

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