Articles related to "1935"

Unmentioned at two years of age, Gallant Fox, the first major American winner bred from foreign stock, came to the forefront in 1930 as a Triple Crown winner.

As the large wall of dust clouds roared through the Dust Bowl, the light of day instantly turned into the darkness of night.

Captain Blood, Charge of the Light Brigade, Robin Hood, and Four's a Crowd pair Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland together for the first four of their eight films.

Ring Lardner and Joe E. Brown combined talents on two baseball films, Elmer the Great, and Alibi Ike, the former a smash hit. Both were consummate sports stories.

Voice actor for Voltron, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Scrappy-Doo passed away at a Chilean hospital.

In Omaha's Triple Crown season, he lost to Rosemont in the Withers Stakes between the Preakness and the Belmont. In June, Omaha bested Rosemont for the TC title.

Remembering animator Sheila Rae Brown, who worked on films like Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Home on the Range and Tom and Jerry: The Movie.

Hitler had Hermann Pohlman design the Junkers 87 dive bomber specifically to be used as a weapon of terror. The Stuka was to drastically change warfare forever.

On August 21, 1935, Congress passed the Historic Sites Act, allowing the National Park Service to designate National Historic Sites and expand its holdings.

The ambitious attempt to create a federal pension fund earned the devotion of America's impoverished elderly population and admonishment from the political establishment.

The Roosevelt administration's anti-business policies made it harder for employers to hire workers and made the economy worse during the Great Depression.

Here are the best hitters to play for that team which currently spends it's summers in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

By the 1930s new interpretations of the South, the Civil War, and slavery were being considered because of the first person perspectives of former slaves.

Amelia Earhart as more than just a celebrated woman aviator. She was also a traliblazing feminist, and an independent minded spirit who campaigned for women's rights.

The mystery of the history of the 567-year-old shoes popped up again when Geraldine Stickney got married on Christmas Day in 1935

Not an immediate favorite in the American classics, Gallant Fox earned his status slowly and won nine races in 1930, after a bleak two-year-old season.

Camille took a sudden turn and battered the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 5 hurricane and caused widespread damage as far north as the Appalachian Mountains.

Lameness curtailed Omaha's 1935 season. He raced in England the next year. One of his bloodline mares foaled the great stallion, Nijinsky.

DiMaggio, whose work afield was sparkling all afternoon, made a spectacular ninth inning throw to home, cutting off the potential game tying run.

When the Federal Government found revenue lacking in the early 20th century, it once against turned to an income tax to make up for the shortfall.

Known for inspiring actors such as Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean, Stevens has amassed an impressive filmography.

From 1923 when he won the 1923 Junior TT to 1939 with his 10th victory Stanley Woods created an unforgettable legacy in TT history.

The Second New Deal was a collection of legislation in 1935 centered around the goal of economic security for everyone.

It took time to get funding to build Grand Coulee Dam. But once federal money was reserved for the project, construction got under way. Even so, it still took 7 years.

Walter Rusk is still remembered warmly in his native Ulster, and with his shock of blonde hair he was labeled the 'Blonde Bombshell.'

Bruno Hauptman, a 36-year-old German-born carpenter, was executing for kidnapping and killing Charles Lindbergh's son on April 3, 1936 in the New Jersey .

During World War II, prior to America being officially involved, Japan rents spies from Germany to watch Pearl Harbor.

Radial engines were traditionally used for powering aircraft, but two extraordinary Grand Prix cars embraced them, although neither raced.

Santa Claus, Indiana pulls out all the stops for Christmas to honor the town's namesake. There is Santa's Candy Castle, Santa's Lodge and a Festival of Lights.

The Gilmer Yamboree is an annual festival in Gilmer, Texas that entices crowds from all over East Texas.

Thomas Wolfe was a great American author whose writing style has been compared to William Faulkner and Jame Joyce.

Brief biography of American author, dramatist, and short-story writer, Thomas Wolfe, famous for autobiographical novel Of Time and the River and Look Homeward, Angel.

As well as the popular horror films of the 1930s, science fiction films had also caught the public's imagination by the middle of the decade.

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States and he was the first Catholic president. His first term was suddenly cut short by his assassination in 1963.

Tiger cagers have lived in football's shadow and have been erratic over the decades, but they have produced some of basketball's most memorable teams, players and coaches

Anna Akhmatova, a 20th century Russian poet, may be most famous for 'Requiem," which details mothers' grief for their sons' imprisonment during the 1930's and '40's.

Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk, England. This historic site offers a pleasant walk along the shingle beach, and is part of the Suffolk Area of Natural Beauty.

Days at the beach and dreamy sea coasts painted by Impressionist, Expressionist, Ashcan and Pointillist artists.

Eliot Ness of Untouchables fame was Safety Director of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1942. During his tenure he was plagued with the grisly, unsolved Torso Murders.

When Lawrence, with his wife Freida, moved to Cornwall in1916 he saw it as a first step toward emigrating to America and away from a war he did not support..

During World War I U.S. farmers planted an abundance of crops to feed the hungry in Europe during Turkish blockades. Twenty years later over plowing proved disastrous.

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal supposedly lifted the United States out of the Great Depression. However, this program was influenced by Benito Mussolini.

U. S. Social Security Applications contain data on numerous people born after 1865. This data is of genealogical significance to family researchers.

Porgy and Bess, an American opera by George Gershwin: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Gershwin opera information.

Since 1901 The Chicago Auto Show has exhibited the lated innovations in the automotive industry. When the first show was held cars were called horseless carriages.

No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed did it in 1978 and only 11 have ever won it in the last 89 years.

A little-known factor of the successful sneak attack on Pearl Habor was that German spies supplied intelligence to the Japanese for the six years before Devember 7, 1941.

Brief biography and works of British author John Buchan, famous for The Thirty-Nine Steps.

Born near Claremore Oklahoma, Will Rogers' quotes, rope tricks and radio broadcasts led him to become one of the era's most popular movie stars and political pundits.

John Donald Hicks's autobiography, "My Life With History," is a personal lesson in 19th and 20th century American history.