What Happened in April 1935

Historical Events

Apr 1 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY

RADAR

Apr 2 Scottish physicist Robert Watson-Watt receives a British patents for RADAR

Apr 3 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
Apr 5 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
Apr 6 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more

2nd Augusta National

Apr 8 2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes

Bartók's 5th String Quartet

Apr 8 Béla Bartók's 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.

Apr 8 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress

Maroons Wrap Up Finals

Apr 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 for 3-0 series sweep; Maroons last defunct team to win the Cup

Apr 10 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
Apr 12 First flight of the Bristol Blenheim
Apr 12 Germany prohibits publishing of works by "not-Aryan" writers
Apr 12 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
Apr 14 Black Sunday dust storm ravages the US Midwest, leading to the region being named the "Dust Bowl"
Apr 15 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley in 2:32:07.4
Apr 16 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"

Babe Ruth's NL Debut

Apr 16 40-year-old future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth debuts in the NL with a HR and single in Boston Braves 4-2 win over the NY Giants, in Boston

Apr 17 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%, 44 chairs)
Apr 18 Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
Apr 18 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)

Bride of Frankenstein

Apr 19 "Bride of Frankenstein" horror film classic and sequel to "Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lancaster is released

Apr 20 "Your Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
Apr 21 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
Apr 23 Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted
Apr 26 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
Apr 27 Brussels World Exposition opens
Apr 27 Yanks pull a 1st inning triple-play & beat Philadelphia A's 9-8
Apr 28 Moscow underground railway opens (81 km long)
Apr 30 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul

Events in 1935

Famous Birthdays

Apr 1 Billy Whelan, Irish soccer forward (4 caps, Rep Ireland; Manchester United 79 games; died Munich air disaster), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1958)
Apr 1 Hans Boswinkel, Dutch stage and screen actor (Surprise Attack; Tutorials in Love), theater director, and trade unionist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1999)
Apr 1 John Murray, England cricket wicketkeeper (21 Tests; 55 dismissals, 1 x 100, HS 112; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2018)
Apr 1 Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
Apr 2 Hamid Zouba, Algerian soccer manager (Algerian national team x 6 separate spells), born in Bologhine, Algeria (d. 2022)
Apr 2 Ivo Trumbić, Croatian water polo player (Olympic gold 1968 Yugoslavia) and coach (Olympic bronze Netherlands 1976), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2021)
Apr 2 Sharon Acker, Canadian character actress (The New Perry Mason - "Della Street"), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2023)
Apr 2 Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter ("Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)"'; "Talkin' to the Wall"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2022)
Apr 4 Easton McMorris, West Indian cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), born in St Andrew, Jamaica (d. 2022)
Apr 4 François-Bernard Mâche, French composer, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Apr 4 Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Association)
Apr 4 Trevor Griffiths, English stage and television playwright (Absolute Beginners; Comedians), born in Manchester, England (d. 2024)
Apr 5 Donald Lynden-Bell, British theoretical astrophysicist, born in Dover, Kent (d. 2018)
Apr 5 Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), born in South Norwood, England (d. 1995)
Apr 6 James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, Southern Rhodesia-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland
Apr 6 John Pepper Clark, Nigerian poet (A Decade of Tongues; Mandela), playwright (Song of a Goat), and magazine editor (The Horn), often published as J.P. Clark, born in Kiagbodo, Nigeria (d. 2020)

Apr 6 Luis del Sol, Spanish soccer midfielder (16 caps; Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma) and manager (Betis), born in Arcos de Jalón, Spain (d. 2021)
Apr 7 Bobby Bare, American country singer ("500 Miles Away From Home"; "Come Sundown"; "Marie Laveau"), born in Ironton, Ohio
Apr 7 Hodding Carter III, American White House press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
Apr 7 Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder (Childhelp USA)
Apr 8 Albert G. Bustamante, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1985-93), born in Asherton, Texas (d. 2021)
Apr 8 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
Apr 9 Aulis Sallinen, Finnish contemporary classical composer, born in Salmi, Russia
Apr 9 Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
Apr 9 Reuben Wilson, American jazz organist ("Got to Get Your Own"), born in Mounds, Oklahoma (d. 2023)
Apr 10 Jorge Mester, Mexican conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1967-79), born in Mexico City
Apr 10 Ken Squier, American sportscaster (NASCAR on CBS, TBS 1983–99; first lap-by-lap commentary of Daytona 500 1979), born in Waterbury, Vermont (d. 2023)
Apr 10 Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), born in England (d. 2013)
Apr 11 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands (d. 2022)
Apr 11 Richard Berry, American doo-wop bass vocalist and songwriter ("Louie, Louie"), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)

Richard Kuklinski (1935-2006)

Apr 11 American mafia hit man, born in Jersey City, New Jersey

Apr 12 Wendy Savage, British obstetrician and gynaecologist, born in Surrey, England
Apr 13 Kenneth Hayr, Air Marshal, born in Whangarei, New Zealand (d. 2001)
Apr 13 Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2020)
Apr 14 Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer (Chariots of the Gods), born in Zofingen, Aargau
Apr 14 Ioannis V. Yannas, Greek-American chemist and engineer, co-inventor of artificial skin [1]
Apr 14 Joan Darling (née Kugell), American actress (Owen Marshall Counselor at Law - "Frieda"), and dramatic arts teacher, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 14 Susan Cunliffe-Lister [Lady Marsham of Ilton], British disability campaigner and paralympic athlete (longest-serving female member of UK House of Lords), born in Caithness, Scotland (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 15 Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Bobby Vinton, American pop singer, known as "The Polish Prince" ("Roses Are Red (My Love)"; "Blue Velvet"; "My Melody Of Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 16 Haskell Sadler, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Sarah Kirsch, German poet, born in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony (d. 2013)
Apr 17 Lamar Lundy, American NFL football defensive end, 1957-69 (Los Angeles Rams), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 2002)
Apr 17 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (Eternity and a Day, The Travelling Players), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2012)
Apr 18 Joel Hefley, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado), born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Apr 18 Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (Janis Joplin's final album - "Pearl"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 1995)

Dudley Moore (1935-2002)

Apr 19 English comedian, actor (10; Arthur; Bedazzled), jazz pianist, and composer, born in London

Apr 19 Josef Vojta, Czech soccer midfielder (7 caps; AC Sparta Prague 351 games; Olympic silver 1964), born in Plzeň, Czech Republic (d. 2023)
Apr 20 Jon Arnett, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (USC; 5 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
Apr 21 Charles Grodin, American stage and screen actor (Heartbreak Kid; Midnight Run; Ishtar: Beethoven series), writer, and talk show host, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2021) [1]
Apr 21 Pat Rebillot, American jazz and session pianist, arranger, and composer (Herbie Mann), born in Louisville, Ohio
Apr 21 Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic gold 1960)
Apr 21 Thomas Kean, American politician
Apr 22 Christopher Ball, British linguist and Warden of Keble College, Oxford (1980-88)
Apr 22 Dick Conway, New Zealand rugby union flanker/#8 (10 Tests; Otago RFU, Bay of Plenty RU), born in Whakatāne, New Zealand (d. 2022)
Apr 22 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (Miles Davis Quintet, 1955-63; Wynton Kelly Trio, 1963-68), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
Apr 22 Rita Johnston, Canadian politician (first female premier in Canada, Premier of British Columbia 1991), born in Melville, Saskatchewan [1]
Apr 22 W. S. "Fluke" Holland, American rockabilly session and touring drummer (Sun Records; Carl Perkins; Johnny Cash), born in Saltillo, Tennessee (d. 2020)
Apr 23 Milton Banana [Antônio de Souza], Brazilian bossa nova jazz drummer (João Gilberto and Stan Getz), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1998)
Apr 23 Vernice "Bunky" Green, American jazz saxophonist (Healing The Pain), and educator, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 24 Louis Keith, physician (expert on multiple-births), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 25 April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021)
Apr 25 James Peebles, Canadian American astrophysicist (Ostriker–Peebles criterion), 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Apr 26 James Cecil "Humpy" Parker, American disgraced ex-Sheriff convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture, born in San Jacinto County, Texas (d. 1994)
Apr 29 Lennie "Len" Weinrib, American comedian and actor (H.R. Pufnstuf, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in New York City (d. 2006)
Apr 29 Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in Philadelphia. Mississippi (d. 2018)
Apr 29 Otto Zykan, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2006)

Born in 1935

Famous Weddings

Hermann Goering

Apr 10 Nazi politician Hermann Goering (42) weds Emmy Sonnemann (42) in Berlin

Ben Hogan

Apr 14 PGA golfer Ben Hogan (22) weds Valerie Fox in Cleburne, Texas

Famous Divorces

Mary Astor

Apr 12 American actress Mary Astor (28) divorces Dr. Franklyn Thorpe after 4 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Apr 5 Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 64
Apr 6 Edward Arlington Robinson, American poet, dies
Apr 8 Edwin Cannan, British economist and historian (A History of the Theories of Production and Distribution), dies at 74
Apr 14 Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882)
Apr 18 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist & archaeologist, dies at 90
Apr 18 Panait Istrati, Romanian writer, dies at 50
Apr 20 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
Apr 20 Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer, dies at 71
Apr 24 Paul Klengel, German pianist, violinist, composer and educator, dies at 80
Apr 28 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
Apr 29 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), dies of nephritis of the kidneys at 30

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