Timeline December 1935

Events in December 1935 14

• 1850 – 1935 Charles Richet (1850-1935) Died 4 December 1935, aged 85 Richet was a French physiologist who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on anaphylaxis.
• 1857 – 1935 Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935) Died 17 December 1935, aged 78 Gómez was the dictator who ruled Venezuela from 1908 until his death. During his rule the country's oil industry was developed. He died in office in Maracay.
• 1868 – 1935 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868-1935) Died 3 December 1935, aged 67 Victoria was the unmarried daughter of Edward VII and a favourite sister of George V. Her death is said to have deeply affected the King, who died seven weeks later.
• 1871 – 1935 Victor Grignard (1871-1935) Died 13 December 1935, aged 64 Grignard was a French chemist who discovered the Grignard reagents, which are widely used in organic synthesis. He shared the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1885 – 1935 Alban Berg (1885-1935) Died 24 December 1935, aged 50 Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School whose works include the opera Wozzeck. He died of septicaemia in Vienna shortly after finishing his Violin Concerto.
• 1890 – 1935 Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935) Died 21 December 1935, aged 45 Tucholsky was a German-Jewish satirist and journalist and one of the sharpest critics of the Weimar Republic's right wing. He died in exile in Sweden.
• 1906 – 1935 Thelma Todd (1906-1935) American comedian, a foil for the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy.
• 1935 Hoare-Laval Pact Secret plan to hand much of Ethiopia to Italy British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare and French Prime Minister Pierre Laval agreed on a plan that would have given Italy large parts of Ethiopia. The plan was leaked to the French press, and the public outcry forced Hoare to resign. The affair badly damaged the credibility of collective security.
• 1935 December 9th Movement Beijing students protest Japanese encroachment Thousands of students in Beijing demonstrated against Japanese moves toward North China and against the Nationalist government's appeasement policy. The protests spread across China and strengthened calls for a united front against Japan.
• 1935 – 2020 Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020) Died 31 August 2020, aged 84 Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017 after a long career as a senior Congress party minister. He died on 31 August 2020 after contracting COVID-19 and suffering complications from brain surgery.
• 1935 – 1991 Lee Remick (1935-1991) American actress, star of Anatomy of a Murder, Days of Wine and Roses and The Omen.
• 1935 Lee Remick born in Quincy Lee Remick is born in Quincy.
• 1935 Thelma Todd dies in Pacific Palisades Thelma Todd dies aged 29.
• 1935 – 2005 Gnassingbe Eyadema (1935-2005) Died 5 February 2005, aged 69 Gnassingbe Eyadema, president of Togo for 38 years, died on 5 February 2005 while in office, making him one of Africa's longest-serving heads of state. His death triggered a disputed military-backed succession by his son, Faure Gnassingbe, that drew international condemnation. Eyadema had ruled Togo since seizing power in a coup in 1967.