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History on the year of 1935

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01 Jan 1935 WW2 Werner Mölders began receiving fighter pilot instructions at the flying school in Tutow, Germany and the Jagdfliegerschule near Munich, Germany. 
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01 Jan 1935 WW2 Admiral Canaris was appointed head of the German Abwehr (Military Intelligence Department). 
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04 Jan 1935 WW2 HMS Hermes arrived at Hong Kong. 
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07 Jan 1935 WW2 The League of Nations approved the results of the Saar plebiscite, which allowed Saar to be incorporated into German borders. 
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07 Jan 1935 WW2 The prototype Ki-9 trainer aircraft took its first flight. 
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08 Jan 1935 WW2 The Gestapo prison Columbia-Haus in Berlin, Germany became a concentration camp. 
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11 Jan 1935 WW2 Hull was commissioned into service. 
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11 Jan 1935 WW2 Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii to Oakland, California, United States. 
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13 Jan 1935 WW2 The plebiscite for Saar began; result of votes would later reveal that 90% of residents voted to join Germany. 
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19 Jan 1935 WW2 The US Marine Corps' Fleet Marine Force units began their participation in the Fleet Landing Exercise No. 1 at Culebra, Puerto Rico under Brigadier General Charles H . Lyman and in the joint exercises with the Special Service and Training Squadrons of the US Fleet in the Caribbean area. 
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23 Jan 1935 RELIGIOUS British biblical expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Growth in grace is like the growth of a cow's tail
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28 Jan 1935 WW2 Émile Bertin was commissioned into service. 
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30 Jan 1935 WW2 A decree for the Structure of the German Commune was published. This gave the NSDAF the authority to approve all office holders at communal level. Most local town mayors were already Nazi Party members and this decree strengthened the Party's control over every subsequent public appointment. 
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08 Feb 1935 WW2 US Congress voted for a 10-year transition for the full independence of the Philippine Islands. 
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08 Feb 1935 WW2 The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines was approved by the Filipino Constitutional Convention by a vote of 177 to 1. 
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12 Feb 1935 WW2 The US Navy's dirigible USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashed into the sea off California, United States as a result of a tail unit structural failure. Two crewmen perished and four F9C-2 fighters were lost in the accident. 
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12 Feb 1935 WW2 ShCh-320 was launched at Leningrad, Russia. 
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18 Feb 1935 WW2 The British Air Ministry issued Contract No. 357483/34 to Hawker Aviation for one example of what was later to be called Hurricane fighter for evaluation. 
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21 Feb 1935 WW2 British firm Rolls-Royce conducted the first flight test of the PV-12 engine, which would later be known as Merlin. 
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23 Feb 1935 WW2 Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the first time. 
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25 Feb 1935 WW2 The prototype He 111 medium bomber made its maiden flight with test pilot Gerhard Nitschke at the controls. 
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26 Feb 1935 WW2 Adolf Hitler officially created the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) with Hermann Göring as its Commander-in-Chief. Walther Wever assumed the role of the Chief of Air Staff and Erhard Milch became the Secretary of State for Air. The independent branch started off with 1,888 aircraft and 20,000 men. 
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26 Feb 1935 WW2 During the Daventry Experiment, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration that led to the development of radar in the United Kingdom. 
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01 Mar 1935 WW2 Saar officially became part of Germany after the Jan 1935 plebiscite. 
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01 Mar 1935 WW2 The US Army Air Corps established the General Headquarters Air Force as a new formation, under the command of Brigadier General Frank M. Andrews. This was seen by many proponents of air power as the first move towards establishing an autonomous US Air Force. 
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01 Mar 1935 WW2 US Army established the General Headquarters Air Force to control all combat air units based within the United States. 
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02 Mar 1935 WW2 Henry Arnold was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general. 
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03 Mar 1935 WW2 The keel of the German battlecruiser Gneisenau was laid down at Deutschewerke Kiel, Germany. 
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09 Mar 1935 WW2 The German government announced the establishment of a new national air force-the Luftwaffe. 
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09 Mar 1935 WW2 Henry Arnold was named the wing commander of the First Wing of the US Army Air Corps, based at March Field, Moreno Valley, California, United States. 
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13 Mar 1935 WW2 The US Marine Corps' Fleet Marine Force units completed the Fleet Landing Exercise No. 1 at Culebra, Puerto Rico. 
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14 Mar 1935 WW2 Germany re-established conscription into the armed forces. 
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15 Mar 1935 WW2 In the Hohnstein trial in Dresden, Germany, members of the SA organization who staffed the Hohenstein Concentration Camp were sentenced to prison for mistreating concentration camp prisoners; in Nov of the same year, they were all pardoned without exception. 
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15 Mar 1935 WW2 Nobutake Kondo was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. 
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15 Mar 1935 WW2 Do 18A prototype flying boat took its maiden flight. 
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16 Mar 1935 WW2 Adolf Hitler announced mandatory military conscription; it was the first of many violations of Versailles Treaty restrictions to be committed by Germany. 
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16 Mar 1935 WW2 Heinrich Himmler established the SS-Verfügungstruppe (Special Task Troops). 
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23 Mar 1935 WW2 US President Franklin Roosevelt approved the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. 
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24 Mar 1935 WW2 Avro Type 652 Anson took its first flight. 
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26 Mar 1935 WW2 Driving tests were introduced in the United Kingdom. 
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28 Mar 1935 WW2 Dr. Robert H. Goddard recorded the first successful launch of his gyroscopically stabilized rocket, attaining an altitude of 4,800 ft and a speed of 560 mph. 
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29 Mar 1935 WW2 The US House of Representatives passed the bill HR 4016 which provided the US Marine Corps the same system of promotion and retirement as that of the US Navy. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 In Germany a nationwide network of clinics for racial hygiene was established with the aim of collecting and processing data about citizens' racial purity. The information obtained would provide a perverse instrument for social discrimination throughout the country. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Rudolf Höss was promoted to the rank of SS-Scharführer. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Hitler formally announced the re-establishment of the German armed forces outside the terms permitted by the Versailles treaty. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) was established with Hermann Göring as its Commander-in-Chief. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 The construction for U-27 was ordered. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Georg von Küchler was made the inspector of the military academy. 
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01 Apr 1935 WW2 Maximilian von Weichs was promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant. 
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02 Apr 1935 WW2 He Yingqin was promoted to the rank of general first class. 
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02 Apr 1935 WW2 Robert Watson-Watt received a patent to develop a device to detect aircraft. 
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03 Apr 1935 WW2 Jiang Dingwen was promoted to the rank of general second class. 
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10 Apr 1935 WW2 Reichminister Hermann Göring married his second wife, Emmy Sonnemann. His devotion to his first wife, Countess Carin von Kantzow and Emmy was accounted a weakness by the Nazis. 
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10 Apr 1935 WW2 Submarine ShCh-324 was launched at Gorkiy, Russia. 
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13 Apr 1935 WW2 The first through passenger air service between Brisbane, Australia, and London, England, United Kingdom was opened. QANTAS Empire Airways flew the initial stages and the cost of the 12.5 day journey was £195. 
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18 Apr 1935 WW2 Captain Shojiro Mizusaki was named the commanding officer of Settsu. 
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19 Apr 1935 WW2 Monaghan was commissioned into service. 
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19 Apr 1935 WW2 Chen Changjie was promoted to the permanent rank of brigadier general. 
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25 Apr 1935 WW2 Prince Nagahisa married Sachiko Tokugawa. 
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29 Apr 1935 WW2 The US Marine Corps' Fleet Marine Force units on the west coast of the United States began their participation in the landing operations of US Fleet Problem XVI and in the establishment of a base at Midway. 
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01 May 1935 WW2 A mistake by the US Government Printing Office, which leaked the construction of three air bases in northern United States per War Plan Red in preparation of war against the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, was published on the front page of the New York Times. War Plan Red was to be officially terminated in 1939. 
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02 May 1935 WW2 With the announcement that Germany was rearming, and the failure of a French plan to create an alliance of Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union, France concluded a separate alliance with the Soviet Union. 
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02 May 1935 WW2 Aging Australian cruiser HMAS Brisbane was recommissioned for the purpose of transferring a crew to Britain for operating the future cruiser HMAS Sydney (currently HMS Phaeton). Brisbane departed for Britain later on this day. 
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06 May 1935 WW2 King George V of Great Britain celebrated his Silver Jubilee. 
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13 May 1935 WW2 In Russia, the Central Committee ordered a purge to be carried out to investigate the illicit use of Party membership cards. 
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14 May 1935 WW2 The people of the Philippine Islands ratified the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines via a popular vote. 
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18 May 1935 WW2 The world's worst air disaster to date, involving a heavier-than-air craft, occurred when the Soviet ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" collided with another aircraft near Tushino, Russia, killing 56 on board. 
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19 May 1935 WW2 T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) died after being involved in a motorcycle accident six days earlier. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 German military required "Aryan heritage" for service. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 Werner Mölders received the Pilot's Badge of the Luftwaffe. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 Zheng Xiaoxu resigned as the Prime Minister of the puppet state of Manchukuo. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 Zhang Jinghui was named the second Prime Minister of the puppet state of Manchukuo. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 Zang Shiyi was named the Manchukuo Speaker of the Legislature. 
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21 May 1935 WW2 Xi Qia stepped down as the Minister of Finance of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state of Manchukuo and became the Imperial Household Minister of the Aisin Gioro royal clan. 
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25 May 1935 WW2 "The Tentative Landing Operations Manual, 1935" was approved by US Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, containing theories on amphibious landings. 
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25 May 1935 WW2 Captain Tadashige Daigo was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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28 May 1935 WW2 The first flight of Willy Messerschmitt's Bf 109 fighter took place. Powered by a 695 horsepower Rolls Royce Kestrel engine, the Bf 109 fighter was the first all-metal stressed-skin monocoque single seat fighter monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable undercarriage to enter service. The Bf 109 fighter proved so successful that over 30,000 would ultimately be built before the end of the war. 
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28 May 1935 WW2 Eva Braun attempted suicide by taking Phanodorm, which was a drug usually prescribed to help with sleeping. 
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29 May 1935 WW2 The French luxury liner Normandie departed Le Havre, France on her maiden voyage, reaching New York, United States in four days, three hours and thirteen minutes, winning the Blue Riband from the Italian liner Rex. 
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01 Jun 1935 WW2 First World War fighter ace Ernst Udet joined the Luftwaffe with the rank of colonel (Oberst). Official funds were made available to purchase two American Helldiver aircraft for Udet's personal use as a bribe to entice him back into the military fold. 
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01 Jun 1935 WW2 German Army formed the Mountain Brigade. 
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06 Jun 1935 WW2 The keel of submarine Permit was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States. 
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07 Jun 1935 WW2 Pierre Laval became the 112th Prime Minister of France. 
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12 Jun 1935 WW2 The US Marine Corps' Fleet Marine Force units on the west coast of the United States completed their participation in the landing operations of US Fleet Problem XVI. 
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15 Jun 1935 WW2 China instituted the Order of the Cloud and Banner to award those who contributed to the cause of national security. 
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15 Jun 1935 WW2 Haiqi departed Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. 
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18 Jun 1935 WW2 The Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed, limiting the German Navy to 35% of the British Navy. 
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19 Jun 1935 WW2 Xie Jieshi was made the Manchukuo ambassador plenipotentiary to Japan. 
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28 Jun 1935 WW2 ShCh-313 was launched at Leningrad, Russia. 
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30 Jun 1935 WW2 Werner Mölders completed fighter pilot training at the flying school in Tutow, Germany and the Jagdfliegerschule in Schleißheim, Germany. 
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30 Jun 1935 WW2 The active duty strength of the US Marine Corps was reported to be 1,163 officers and 16,097 enlisted men for a total of 17,260. 
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01 Jul 1935 WW2 Quintin Brand was promoted to the rank of group captain. 
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01 Jul 1935 WW2 Rudolf Höss was promoted to the rank of SS-Oberscharführer. 
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01 Jul 1935 WW2 Werner Mölders was posted to I./JG 162 "Immelmann". 
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01 Jul 1935 WW2 Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. 
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06 Jul 1935 WW2 HMS Amphion was commissioned into service. 
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09 Jul 1935 WW2 Tatsuta Maru arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. 
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10 Jul 1935 WW2 Stalin and Molotov signed the Central Committee resolution "On the master plan for the reconstruction of Moscow". The ten-year programme, it was proposed, would more than double the area of the capital. 
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10 Jul 1935 WW2 Lawrence Bell founded the Bell Aircraft Corporation at Buffalo, New York, United States. 
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12 Jul 1935 WW2 Aging Australian cruiser HMAS Brisbane arrived in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom with a crew for operating the future cruiser HMAS Sydney (currently HMS Phaeton). 
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17 Jul 1935 WW2 Marseillaise was launched at Nantes, France. 
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26 Jul 1935 WW2 A group of anti-Nazi demonstrators boarded the German ship Bremen in New York harbour in eastern United States, tore down the Nazi flag and threw it in the Hudson river. A protest by the German consul was met by US officials declaring that the swastika flag was not the recognised national flag of Germany. 
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26 Jul 1935 RELIGIOUS The Open Bible Standard Churches was formed when two smaller revival movementswith similar objectives merged. OBSCI is headquartered today in Des Moines.
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28 Jul 1935 WW2 Mogami was commissioned into service. 
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28 Jul 1935 WW2 The company-funded Boeing Model 299 prototype aircraft (later B-17 Flying Fortress), piloted by Leslie R. Tower, made its maiden flight from Boeing Field, Seattle, United States. 
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31 Jul 1935 WW2 Jean de Vienne was launched at Lorient, France. 
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01 Aug 1935 WW2 Edward Brooks was promoted to the rank of major. 
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01 Aug 1935 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Japanese Army and was given command of 59th Infantry Regiment based in Utsunomiya, Japan. 
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01 Aug 1935 WW2 Lieutenant General Ryuhei Ogisu was named the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. 
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02 Aug 1935 WW2 Yosuke Matsuoka was named the President of the South Manchuria Railway. 
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04 Aug 1935 WW2 ShCh-307 was commissioned into service. 
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05 Aug 1935 WW2 The popular Hollywood actor Will Rogers was killed along with the noted long-distance pilot, Wiley Post, when their floatplane crashed in the US Territory of Alaska. 
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09 Aug 1935 WW2 The Headquarters of the Fleet Marine Force of the US Marine Corps was transferred from Quantico, Virginia, United States to San Diego, California, United States. 
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14 Aug 1935 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law at 1530 hours, which aimed to provide protection against poverty related to old age, unemployment, and disability. 
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15 Aug 1935 WW2 Bernard Kuehn and his family arrived in Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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17 Aug 1935 WW2 Viktor Abakumov was assigned to the Department of Guards of the GULAG of the Soviet NKVD. 
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20 Aug 1935 WW2 Roger Backhouse was made the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, with his flag aboard battleship HMS Nelson. 
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23 Aug 1935 WW2 John Winant became the first Chairman of the United States Social Security Board. 
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25 Aug 1935 RELIGIOUS English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'None but the Lord himself can afford us any help from the awful workings of unbelief, doubtings, carnal fears, murmurings. Thank God one day we will be done forever with "unbelief."'
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28 Aug 1935 WW2 Iwane Matsui retired from the Japanese Army. 
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29 Aug 1935 WW2 The pregnant Queen Astrid of Belgium was killed in a motoring accident in Switzerland. 
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29 Aug 1935 WW2 Mikuma was commissioned into service. 
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31 Aug 1935 WW2 At the Nikanor-East section of the Central Irmino coal mine in the Ukrainian Donbass coalfield, a young hewer named Aleksei Stakhanov was challenged by his supervisor to attempt a record breaking shift. In just five and three quarters hours, Stakhanov hewed 102 tonnes (the norm was 6.5 tonnes per worker) to set a new world record. 
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01 Sep 1935 WW2 Capitaine de vaisseau Lathan was named the commanding officer of Jeanne d'Arc. 
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01 Sep 1935 WW2 Robert von Greim was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant. 
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03 Sep 1935 WW2 Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, United States with a recorded speed of 301 mph. 
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03 Sep 1935 WW2 The keel of submarine Iride was laid down at the Odero-Terni-Orlando Navy Yard in Muggiani, La Spezia, Italy. 
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12 Sep 1935 WW2 HMS Hermes departed Weihai, Shandong Province, China, a British leased territory. 
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15 Sep 1935 WW2 The passing of the Nürnberg Laws, National Citizens Law, and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor collectively stripped German Jews of rights. 
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15 Sep 1935 WW2 Adolf Hitler ordered the discontinued use of the black-white-red imperial tricolor; only the swastika flag of the Nazi Party was to be used as the national flag. 
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15 Sep 1935 WW2 Italian 1st Submarine Flotilla officially incorporated a unit trained in motored torpedo boat warfare; the new unit was based at La Spezia, Italy. 
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16 Sep 1935 WW2 Remy Van Lierde joined the Belgian Air Force. 
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17 Sep 1935 WW2 The Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber design took its maiden flight. 
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19 Sep 1935 WW2 HMS Hermes arrived at Singapore. 
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20 Sep 1935 WW2 Lorraine's refitting was completed at Brest, France. 
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23 Sep 1935 WW2 Light carrier Hosho's flight was damaged in a typhoon while participating in the annual Combined Fleet Maneuver exercise. 
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24 Sep 1935 WW2 Hitler's Minister for Church Affairs, Hans Kerrl, appointed a Reich Church committee to supervise the local committees of dissident Evangelical Churches. 
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24 Sep 1935 WW2 ShCh-317 was launched at Leningrad, Russia. 
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24 Sep 1935 WW2 In Britain, newly constructed British cruiser HMS Phaeton was commissioned into Australian service as HMAS Sydney. Aging Australian cruiser HMAS Brisbane, which had brought HMAS Sydney's crew to Britain, was decommissioned from service and was prepared to be sold to Thomas Ward and Company for scrapping. 
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28 Sep 1935 WW2 Light cruiser Pinghai was launched at the Jiangnan Arsenal in Shanghai, China. 
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01 Oct 1935 WW2 As a reaction to criticism from the German justice department on the increasing number of "unnatural deaths" in concentration camps, the Gestapo released behavior guidelines for the guards during this month. 
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01 Oct 1935 WW2 Fregattenkapitän Otto Backenköhler took command of cruiser Köln. 
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01 Oct 1935 WW2 Hugo Sperrle was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. 
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01 Oct 1935 WW2 The keel of submarine Pollack was laid down. 
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02 Oct 1935 WW2 The French Battleship Dunkerque was launched at Brest shipyard in France. 
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03 Oct 1935 WW2 100,000 Italian troops and Askari mercenaries headed by Emilio De Bono attacked from Eritrea into Abyssinia without declaration of war. 
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06 Oct 1935 WW2 The Italian 2nd Army Corps entered Adowa, Abyssinia. 
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07 Oct 1935 WW2 The League of Nations branded Mussolini a covenant-breaker and aggressor. 
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08 Oct 1935 WW2 The Italian Army entered Makalle, Abyssinia. General Emilio de Bono declared that slavery was abolished in Abyssinia, and dispatched emissaries all over the Tigre province to spread the news that Italian rule was going to be beneficent. Benito Mussolini was livid. 
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10 Oct 1935 WW2 General Georgios Kondylis forced the Greek President, Alexandros Zaimis, to resign, abolished the republic and declared himself Premiere and Regent. 
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15 Oct 1935 WW2 The first three Panzer Divisions were established in the German Army. The 1st Panzer Division was placed under General Freiherr Maximilian von Weichs at Weimar, 2nd Panzer Division under Colonel Heinz Guderian at Würzburg and 3rd Panzer Division under General Fessmann at Berlin, Germany. 
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23 Oct 1935 WW2 In England, portions of the prototype Hurricane fighter were transported from Kingston upon Thames to Brooklands for assembly for a soon to be held test flight. 
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24 Oct 1935 WW2 Garland was launched at Govan, Scotland, United Kingdom. 
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26 Oct 1935 WW2 Montcalm was launched at La Seyne-sur-Mer, France. 
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30 Oct 1935 WW2 The Hackenkreuz (Eagle-Swastika symbol) was made a part of military uniform jackets. 
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01 Nov 1935 WW2 Lieutenant Commander Wakita was named the commanding officer of destroyer Yuzuki. 
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01 Nov 1935 WW2 Han Deqin was assigned to the Military Committee in Chongqing, China. 
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02 Nov 1935 WW2 Do 18A prototype flying boat was lost over the Baltic Sea during high speed tests. 
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02 Nov 1935 WW2 Nürnberg was commissioned into service. 
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03 Nov 1935 WW2 Test pilot George Bulman began familiarizing himself with the prototype Hurricane fighter at Brooklands in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. 
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04 Nov 1935 WW2 Hawker engineers informed test pilot George Bulman that the engine of the prototype Hurricane fighter failed the 50-hour endurance test; Bulman ordered a careful evaluation of the engine, but refused to cancel the maiden flight scheduled for two days later. 
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06 Nov 1935 WW2 The League of Nations decided to accept the principle of an oil embargo on Italy, but left it up to the delegates to discuss the proposal with their own governments. 
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06 Nov 1935 WW2 The prototype Hawker Hurricane fighter made its maiden flight over Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, with George Bulman at the cockpit. Bulman failed to file an official report of the flight, but in his casual notes he expressed minor concern with the engine running at high temperatures, minor concerns with the creaking and flexing of the canopy, and general satisfaction with this new aircraft design. Hurricane fighters would later become the first RAF monoplane with enclosed cockpit, eight guns, and retractable landing gear, and the first to exceed 300 mph. 
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11 Nov 1935 WW2 The keel of U-27 was laid down by AG Weser in Bremen, Germany. 
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11 Nov 1935 WW2 Greek Premiere Georgios Kondylis held a plebiscite for a return of the monarchy. 98% of the Greek voters supported the proposal. 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 After lengthy argument a supplement to the German Citizenship law was published, which laid down that a German with two Jewish grandparents, who was himself an orthodox Jew, or was married to a Jew, or was the offspring of a marriage with a Jew, was Jewish under the law. However all other half or quarter Jews were still German citizens. Those who were considered Jews under this supplement were denied voting rights and forbidden to hold public office, regardless of whether he was a WW1 veteran (who had enjoyed special privileges previously despite being Jewish). 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 In Great Britain the Conservative Party was returned to power in the General Election with a very large majority of 247 members. Many voters had decided that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's new Government ought to support the general opinion that sanctions should be imposed on Italy for its acts of aggression. 
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14 Nov 1935 WW2 The Fleet Marine Force units of the US Marine Corps stationed at San Diego, California, United States participated in a two-day exercise with the US Navy fleet on the west coast of the United States. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was placed in command of the First Minelayer Squadron. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Admiral Hideho Wada succeeded Vice Admiral Kichijiro Hamada as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara was named Wada's chief of staff. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 The League of Nations placed economic sanctions on Italy for aggressions against Abyssinia. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Captain Aritomo Goto was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 The Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Vice Admiral Senzo Wada was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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16 Nov 1935 WW2 Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany received the contract for laying down the hull of the future battleship Bismarck; the construction number was BV 509. 
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21 Nov 1935 WW2 Captain Michiaki Kamata was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. 
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21 Nov 1935 WW2 Russian test pilot V. Kokkinaki flying a specially modified TsKB-3 raised the world altitude record to 47,818 feet. 
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22 Nov 1935 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was taken out of service to repair typhoon damage and to receive enhancements. 
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22 Nov 1935 WW2 Pan-American Airways commenced the first trans-Pacific airmail service, flying Martin M.130 China Clipper from San Francisco, California, United States to Manila, Philippines via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island and Guam. 
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25 Nov 1935 WW2 King George II of Greece returned from exile and retained Georgios Kondylis as Prime Minister. 
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26 Nov 1935 WW2 Filipp Golikov was promoted to the rank of brigade commander. 
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28 Nov 1935 WW2 Mussolini dismissed the 68-year-old General Emilio de Bono as the Italian Commander-in-Chief in East Africa and replaced him with the younger and more energetic Pietro Badoglio, one of Italy's most prestigious soldiers and the Army's Chief of Staff. 
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01 Dec 1935 WW2 Georg von Küchler was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Nobutake Kondo was attached to the Navy General Staff. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Prince Takahito was made the head of his own branch of the Imperial family, Mikasa. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Captain Michitaro Totsuka was named the commanding officer of Nachi. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Kenkichi Ueda was attached to the Army General Staff. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 General Kuniaki Koiso was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Kenkichi Ueda. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Major General Yoshishige Saeda was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea. 
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02 Dec 1935 WW2 Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army. 
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03 Dec 1935 WW2 Douglas MacArthur's mother, Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur, passed away in Manila, Philippine Islands. 
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05 Dec 1935 WW2 Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon failed to fly Gamma 2B "Polar Star" across Antarctica, running out of fuel merely 25 miles (40 kilometers) short of their destination of the camp Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf. 
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06 Dec 1935 WW2 Rolls-Royce issued a certificate of air worthiness for the newly developed Merlin C engine. 
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09 Dec 1935 WW2 Chiang Kaishek was made the Premier of the Republic of China. 
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10 Dec 1935 WW2 Talented Vickers tank designer, Sir John Carden, was killed when the Belgian airliner in which he was travelling crashes near Biggin Hill, England, United Kingdom. 
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10 Dec 1935 WW2 British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Samuel Hoare and French Prime Minister Pierre Laval secretly agreed on a plan to end the Italo-Abyssinian war by with terms strongly favoring Italy. 
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11 Dec 1935 WW2 Details of the Hoare-Laval Plan were published. Brewed by Pierre Laval with the agreement of Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Secretary, the plan suggested that Italy receive large slices of northern and southeast Abyssinia with half the country handed over for future exploitation and settlement. Abyssinia's compensation would be only an outlet to the sea. The Hoare-Laval plan raised such vigorous protests and outrage from British public opinion that Hoare was sacked and the Baldwin government forced to disown the plan. 
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12 Dec 1935 WW2 Heinrich Himmler founded the Lebensborn project to promote Nazi eugenics. 
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13 Dec 1935 WW2 Harsh editorials against the Hoare-Laval Pact were published in British and French newspapers. 
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16 Dec 1935 RELIGIOUS Death of Walter S. Martin, 73, Disciples of Christ clergyman, teacher and evangelist. He is remembered best today as composer of the hymn tune GOD CARES ("Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You").
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17 Dec 1935 WW2 The Douglas Skysleeper Transport aircraft took its first flight. 
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17 Dec 1935 WW2 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein received his Abitur from the Realgymnasium in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. 
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18 Dec 1935 WW2 Edvard Beneš was elected as the President of Czechoslovakia. 
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18 Dec 1935 WW2 The US Army War College G-2 intelligence division submitted a comprehensive plan for a US invasion of Canada and Newfoundland. 
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20 Dec 1935 WW2 Pierre Barjot was named the commanding officer of submarine Bévéziers. 
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20 Dec 1935 WW2 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was made a Commandeur of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. 
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23 Dec 1935 WW2 Chief of Staff General Malin Craig summoned Henry Arnold to Washington DC, United States. 
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24 Dec 1935 WW2 Henry Arnold was made the Assistant Chief of the US Army Air Corps. 
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27 Dec 1935 WW2 US Army Air Corps bombed Hawaii to divert a lava flow from Mauna Loa that was threatening a local water works. 
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