1935 History, Trivia and Fun Facts

1935 Fun Facts, Trivia and History

• The Biggest News Event: The great dust storm in the United States hit eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest.
• Biggest Songs include: Cheek to Cheek by Fred Astaire, Isle of Capri by Ray Noble and Red Sails in the Sunset by Guy Lombardo
• The Movies to Watch include Mutiny on the Bounty, A Night at the Opera, The 39 Steps, Bride of Frankenstein, ‘G’ Men, Captain Blood and The Raven
• The Most Famous Person in America was probably Shirley Temple
• Notable books include: Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton and Lost Horizon by James Hilton
• Price of 3 oz. Philadephia brand cream cheese in 1935: 10 cents
• George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess opened on Broadway.
• Of Note: The last American survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, Cudjoe Lewis, died in 1935
• 1 ounce of gold value: $35.00
• The Funny Duo were: Laurel and Hardy
• The Conversation: The first Top Music Countdown Show, Your Hit Parade debuted.

Firsts, Inventions, and Wonders:
The first brief underwear was introduced in Wisconsin, US by the Cooper Underwear Company of Kenosha.

The first SUV was the Chevy Suburban in 1935. The Suburban is the longest continuous use nameplate still in production.

The world’s first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.

The first Penguin paperback book was published,.

Porky Pig made his debut in I Haven’t Got a Hat.

Crackers with a ‘taste of affordable luxury’ started selling nation-wide. The Ritz Cracker was available for 19 cents a box.

In 1935, Detroit’s Red Wings (1935/36 season), Tigers, and Lions won their respective leagues championship trophy. It was also each franchise’s first championship win.

Boxed wine was introduced in 1935, as was beer in a can.

Fibber McGee and Molly debuted on NBC Radio.

The word ‘dumpster’ is a genericized trademark. It was created in 1935 by George R. Dempster, which named his new trash container the “Dempster dumpster”

Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in New York City by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

The Targets:
In the New Deal, FDR called for a new tax program called the Revenue Act of 1935, which imposed an income tax of 79% on incomes over $5 million. This tax rate affected literally one person: John D. Rockefeller.

The Nye Committee, a Senatorial Committee, concluded the U.S. entered World War 1 for financial gain.

When Social Security set the retirement age at 65 in 1935, the average American only lived 61.7 years.

Pop Culture News:
October 31, 1935 – Orson Welles’ famous War Of The Worlds broadcast aired for the first time, causing a bit of panic throughout the United States.

The second Indiana Jones film is actually a prequel to the first film. Temple of Doom was set in 1935, the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark took place in 1936.

Cups, popularized by Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect, was partially based off of the song Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone written by The Carter Family.

Considering that the Schrödinger’s Cat experiment was done in 1935, no matter what, the cat is now dead.

The Cincinnati Reds were the first team in Major League history to host a night game, at Crosley Field with the Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies on May 24, 1935.

Chunosuke Matsuyama, a Japanese Seamen, sent a message in a bottle in 1784 that his ship had wrecked. It washed up in 1935 in Hiraturemura, the village where he was born.

Sir Malcolm Campbell was the first person to drive an automobile at 300 miles per hour in Blue Bird, establishing a new absolute land speed record of 301.337 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

The word ‘drone’, in reference to remote-controlled aircraft, was coined in 1935 when the (pilotless) DH.82 Queen Bee was developed and flown over RF for anti-aircraft gun training.

Avery (later Avery Dennison) introduced self-adhesive labels. The original company name was ‘Kum Kleen Products.’

Any Trivia expert can tell you that Parker Brothers’ Monopoly Game was released in 1935. Not as many can tell you, off the top of their heads, that the starting amount in the ‘bank’ was $15,140, but was recently upped to $20,580. Each player starts with $1,500.

Celebrity Airplane Death: Will Rogers and Wiley Post, in Alaska.

Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on US Senate record, taking 15½ hours.

To verify whether Coca-Cola was kosher, Rabbi Tobias Geffen was provided with its formula on the condition that he did not disclose it. The Rabbi requested that the non-kosher beef tallow be substituted with vegetable-based glycerin, which was done, and the drink was declared kosher. Due to the addition of high fructose corn syrup, it is no longer kosher.