March 16, 1935. Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

March 21, 1935. Persia is officially renamed Iran.

June, 1935. Bolivia and Paraguay sign an armistice to end their three-year dispute over the Chaco region.

June 10, 1935. Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

August 14, 1935. United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law, introducing welfare for the sick, old, and unemployed.

September 15, 1935. Hitler’s Nuremburg Decrees deprive German Jews of their citizenship and ban them from a long list of jobs, including teaching and journalism. Existing marriages between non-Jews and Jews are now illegal, and those couples who will not divorce are subject to imprisonment.

October 3, 1935. Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in North Africa.

October 20, 1935. After 12 months of long and difficult marching and fighting, Mao and his diminished Communist army reach relative safety. The Long March is ended, but the Communists are still on the defensive against Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang troops.

November 14-15 1935. Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Philippines becomes semi-independent with its own elected government and constitution and is promised full independence after a suitable period of time.

December, 1935. Monopoly, a new board game produced by the company Parker Brothers, goes on sale in the U.S. for $2.50.