Timeline November 1935

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• 1859 – 1935 John Jellicoe (1859-1935) Died 20 November 1935, aged 75 Jellicoe was the British admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. He later served as Governor-General of New Zealand.
• 1862 – 1935 Billy Sunday (1862-1935) Died 6 November 1935, aged 72 Sunday was a professional baseball player who became the most famous American evangelist of the early 20th century and a strong supporter of Prohibition.
• 1888 – 1935 Fernando Pessoa Modernist Poet One of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century, famous for his use of heteronyms.
• 1935 – 2003 Edward Said (1935-2003) Died 25 September 2003, aged 67 Edward Said was a literary scholar at Columbia University whose 1978 book 'Orientalism' reshaped the study of how the West depicts the East and helped found postcolonial studies. A Palestinian-American, he was also a leading advocate for Palestinian rights and an accomplished pianist.
• 1935 Greek monarchy restored Referendum brings back King George II After a military coup led by Georgios Kondylis, a heavily manipulated referendum approved restoring the Greek monarchy. George II returned to Athens later in November.
• 1935 – 1999 King Hussein of Jordan (1935-1999) Died 7 February 1999, aged 63 King Hussein bin Talal ruled Jordan for 46 years, one of the longest reigns of any modern monarch. He played a central role in Middle East diplomacy, signing a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. He died of complications from lymphatic cancer at age 63.
• 1935 UK general election National Government re-elected under Baldwin The Conservative-dominated National Government led by Stanley Baldwin won a large majority. Labour, under its new leader Clement Attlee, recovered many of the seats it had lost in 1931.
• 1935 Commonwealth of the Philippines inaugurated Manuel Quezon becomes first president The Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated in Manila as a transitional government on the way to full independence from the United States. Manuel L. Quezon was sworn in as its first president.
• 1935 League of Nations sanctions on Italy Economic sanctions over the Ethiopian invasion The League of Nations imposed economic sanctions on Italy after declaring it the aggressor against Ethiopia. The sanctions left out oil, and the Suez Canal stayed open to Italian shipping. They did little to slow the Italian campaign.
• 1935 First Labour government in New Zealand Michael Joseph Savage wins by a landslide The New Zealand Labour Party won a large majority in the general election. Michael Joseph Savage formed the country's first Labour government, which went on to build an extensive welfare state.
• 1935 Schrödinger's cat Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment Erwin Schrödinger published a paper on the state of quantum mechanics that included the thought experiment of a cat that is both alive and dead. He meant it to show how absurd the Copenhagen interpretation became when applied to everyday objects.