What Happened In February 1935 In History

Historical Events for February, 1935

• 2nd » Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
• 7th » The classic board game Monopoly (game) e.g Monopoly is invented.
• 12th » USS Macon ZRS-5 6, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
• 13th » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh kidnapping e.g Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
• 20th » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
• 26th » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
• 26th » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
• 28th » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1935

• 1st » Dory Dixon, Jamaican-Mexican wrestler
• 2nd » Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist
• 3rd » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 4th » Ali Nassirian, Iranian actor
• 4th » Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)
• 5th » Alex Harvey (musician) called Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
• 5th » Michel Steininger, Swiss fencer
• 7th » Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer) known as Cliff Jones, Welsh footballer
• 7th » Herb Kohl, American politician
• 8th » Council Cargle, American actor (d. 2013)
• 9th » Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
• 9th » Paul Flynn (politician) e.g Paul Flynn, Welsh politician
• 10th » John Alcorn (artist) e.g John Alcorn, American illustrator (d. 1992)
• 10th » Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor
• 11th » Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
• 11th » Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
• 12th » Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 12th » John Quimby, American politician (d. 2012)
• 13th » Don Panoz, American businessman
• 14th » Christel Adelaar, Indonesian-Dutch actress (d. 2013)
• 14th » David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
• 15th » Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
• 15th » Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
• 15th » Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
• 16th » Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (Sonny & Cher) (d. 1998)
• 16th » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (Tennessee) named The Farm (d. 2014)
• 17th » Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 18th » Janette Oke, Canadian author
• 19th » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 20th » Ellen Gilchrist, American author and poet
• 21st » Richard A. Lupoff, American author
• 21st » Mark McManus, Scottish actor (d. 1994)
• 21st » Jean Pelletier, Canadian politician, 37th Mayor of Quebec City
• 22nd » Sven Inge, Swedish painter (d. 2008)
• 22nd » Valdis Muižnieks, Latvian basketball player
• 23rd » Gerrianne Raphael, American actress
• 25th » Sally Jessy Raphael, American talk show host
• 27th » Mirella Freni, Italian soprano
• 27th » Brian Heap, English biologist and academic
• 27th » Alan Jinkinson, English union leader
• 27th » Alberto Remedios, English tenor
• 27th » Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator

Famous Deaths for February 1935

• 4th » J. Henry Birtles, English rugby player (b. 1874)
• 8th » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish politician (b. 1864)
• 11th » Germanos Karavangelis, Greek bishop (b. 1866)
• 12th » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 28th » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)

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