Timeline August 1935

Events in August 1935 14

• 1859 – 1935 Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Died 27 August 1935, aged 75 Hassam was a leading American Impressionist painter, known for his series of flag paintings and his street scenes of New York and Boston.
• 1860 – 1935 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) Died 17 August 1935, aged 75 Gilman was an American feminist writer and social theorist best known for the short story The Yellow Wallpaper. Terminally ill with cancer, she took her own life in Pasadena.
• 1873 – 1935 Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) Died 30 August 1935, aged 62 Barbusse was a French novelist whose First World War novel Under Fire won the Prix Goncourt. He later became a communist, and he died in Moscow.
• 1879 – 1935 Will Rogers (1879-1935) Died 15 August 1935, aged 55 Rogers was a Cherokee-American humorist, film star and newspaper columnist, and one of the most popular entertainers of his time. He was killed with pilot Wiley Post when their plane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.
• 1898 – 1935 Wiley Post (1898-1935) Died 15 August 1935, aged 36 Post was the first pilot to fly solo around the world, in 1933, and a pioneer of high-altitude flight and the pressure suit. He died in the Alaska crash that also killed Will Rogers.
• 1905 – 1935 Queen Astrid of Belgium (1905-1935) Died 29 August 1935, aged 29 The Swedish-born queen consort of Leopold III was killed in a car crash near Küssnacht, Switzerland, while the King was driving. Her death caused deep mourning in Belgium.
• 1935 Seventh World Congress of the Comintern Communists adopt the Popular Front strategy The Communist International met in Moscow and dropped its policy of attacking social democrats. Georgi Dimitrov set out a new line calling for broad anti-fascist Popular Fronts. The shift shaped left-wing politics in France and Spain.
• 1935 US Championships 1935 Men: Wilmer Allison · Women: Helen Jacobs Jacobs' 4th consecutive title.
• 1935 Government of India Act Provincial autonomy for British India The British Parliament passed the longest act in its history up to that time. It gave Indian provinces elected, self-governing ministries and proposed an all-India federation. It also separated Burma from India, and parts of it formed the basis of India's later constitution.
• 1935 Social Security Act signed Roosevelt creates US old-age pensions President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. It set up federal old-age benefits, unemployment insurance and aid to dependent children. It became the foundation of the American welfare state.
• 1935 – 2011 Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011) Died 26 March 2011, aged 75 The American politician became the first woman nominated for vice president on a major party ticket when Walter Mondale chose her as his running mate in 1984. She served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York. She died in Boston of complications from multiple myeloma.
• 1935 – 2001 John Phillips (1935-2001) Died 18 March 2001, aged 65 Phillips was the songwriter and leader of The Mamas & the Papas, writing hits including California Dreamin' and Monday, Monday. He also wrote San Francisco for Scott McKenzie and helped organise the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Drug addiction derailed much of his later career.
• 1935 Neutrality Act of 1935 US bans arms sales to warring nations Congress passed and Roosevelt signed the first Neutrality Act, which imposed an embargo on arms exports to all countries at war. It reflected strong isolationist feeling in the United States as war loomed in Europe and Africa.
• 1935 Stakhanov's record shift Soviet miner launches the Stakhanovite movement Coal miner Alexei Stakhanov was reported to have cut 102 tons of coal in a single shift, about 14 times the quota. The Soviet state used the feat to launch a campaign that pressed workers to exceed their production targets.