Historical Events In 1935
Saturday, 31 January 2026
Jan 01 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto. 


Jan 01 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM 


Jan 02 Bruno Hauptmann stands trial in New Jersey on charges of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby. Hauptmann is later are discovered guilty and executed 


Jan 02 Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 


Jan 04 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" 


Jan 04 Bob Hope inaugural heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue". 


Jan 04 Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida established. 


Jan 06 George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68 


Jan 07 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC 


Jan 08 Citizen are jailed for failing to salute in Strazsund, Germany. 


Jan 08 Elvis Presley, American rock singer is born. 


Jan 08 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy. 


Jan 09 Bob Denver actor Gillis, Gilligan’s Island was born 


Jan 10 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks 


Jan 10 Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies 


Jan 11 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course) 


Jan 11 Amelia Earhart is recorded as becoming the inaugural person to make a solo airplane flight from Hawaii to California. 


Jan 13 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany. 


Jan 14 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use. 


Jan 15 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition 


Jan 16 Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59. 


Jan 19 KLM begins flight path between Curacao and Aruba 


Jan 21 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record) 


Jan 21 The Wilderness Society founded 


Jan 23 Iroquois Falls Ontario the thermometer hits -60C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Ontario 


Jan 24 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co 


Jan 24 Canned Beer is sold for the inaugural time, in Virginia (United States) 


Jan 24 The inaugural canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA. 


Jan 28 Iceland is recorded as becoming 1st country to legalize abortion. 


Jan 28 Iceland is recorded as becoming inaugural country to legalize abortion 


Jan 28 Iceland is the inaugural country to legalise abortion. 


Jan 28 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 


Jan 30 Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" 


Jan 31 30.5 cm (12.0") of rain falls, Quinault RS WA (state record). 


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