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1935 The years of depression continued in 1935 with unemployment still running at 20.1% , and the war clouds were gathering as Germany began to rearm and passed the Nuremburg laws to strip Jews of their civil rights, and Mussolini's Italy attacked Ethiopia. The Gallup Poll was introduced and a reformed drinker named Bill Wilson formed Alcoholics Anonymous , also for the first time a completely synthetic fibre was produced called nylon by a Dupont chemist. Also this was the year of the birth of "Swing" by Benny Goodman and the world was ready to boogie.

How Much things cost in 1935
Average Cost of new house $3,450.00
Average wages per year $1,600.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $22.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents
Average New Car Price $625.00
Canada Dry Ginger Ale 20 Cents

Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling

Average House Price 530

Popular Culture 1935

  • Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City
  • First Canned beer goes on sale
  • Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly
  • Porgy and Bess opens in New York
  • Penguin produce the first paperback books

    • What Events Happened in 1935

    • The Luftwaffe is created as Germany's air force and Germany announces rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
    • Persia is renamed as Iran
    • Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Pacific
    • Presedent Roosevelt signs the US Social Security Act
    • The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act creates The WPA or Works Progress Administration to create millions of jobs
    • 1,200,000 people face starvation in Illinois due to lack of funding.
    • First Public Housing Project launched in New York
    • Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan - 26,000 dead
  • First Orange Bowl


    • Technology

    • The Peoples car ( Volkswagen Beetle ) is launched in Germany
    • First Experimental Radar is developed in UK
    • GE Starts selling the first Fluorescent Tube for light
    • Toyota Cars are launched in Japan


      • Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
      Radar (for Aircraft) Scotland by Robert Watson-Watt )
      Helicopter USA by Igor I. Sikorsky )