Video: 'The Assassination of Huey Long'
(Tuesday, September 10, 1935, 4:10 a.m. CST) — U.S. Senator Huey Long, the “Kingfish” of Louisiana politics, died today in Baton Rouge, two days after being shot in the state Capitol, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss. Continue reading U.S. Senator Huey Long, 42, dies two days after being shot 90 years ago this hour (Sep 10 1935)
Video: 'The Assassination of Huey Long'
(Sunday, September 8, 1935, 9:20 p.m. CST) — U.S. Senator Huey Long, the “Kingfish” of Louisiana politics, was shot through the stomach and mortally wounded tonight inside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge (he would die two days later on Sept. 10, 1935). Continue reading U.S. Senator Huey Long fatally shot in Baton Rouge 90 years ago this hour (Sep 8 1935)
Video: 'This 1935 Florida Hurricane Has a Devastating Impact'
(Monday, September 2, 1935, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — A Labor Day hurricane, the strongest and most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States, slammed into the Florida Keys today, claiming more than 400 lives. Continue reading Labor Day hurricane slams Florida Keys, claims 423 lives 90 years ago this hour (Sep 2 1935)
Video: 'Senator Nye announces the Neutrality Act of 1935 in an interview in Washington DC...HD Stock Footage'
(Saturday, August 31, 1935, afternoon EDT) — The neutrality resolution providing for an embargo on shipments of arms to countries at war, and laying down other rules of conduct designed to assure the maintenance of a strictly neutral position by the United States, was signed today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt today. Continue reading FDR signs Neutrality Act of 1935 90 years ago today (Aug 31 1935)
Video: 'Anna Karenina' trailer
(Friday, August 30, 1935, 10:45 a.m. EDT) — Anna Karenina, a film adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love, premiered this morning at the Capitol theater in New York. Continue reading ‘Anna Karenina’ premieres in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Aug 30 1935)
Video: 'Top Hat' trailer
(Thursday, August 29, 1935, 10:05 a.m. EDT) — Top Hat, a screwball musical comedy film about a woman who thinks the man who loves her is her best friend’s husband, opened today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading ‘Top Hat’ musical comedy film opens in New York City 90 years ago this hour (Aug 29 1935)
Video: 'Benny Goodman At the Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles Calif 1935'
(Wednesday, August 21, 1935) — The Benny Goodman Orchestra played a concert today at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles that’s considered to mark the beginning of the Swing Era.
Video: 'USA: World-famous Americans Will Rogers and Wiley Post die in Alaskan air-crash (1935)'
(Thursday, August 15, 1935, 8:18 p.m. AKST; during the Great Depression) — Will Rogers, beloved humorist, and Wiley Post, master aviator, were crushed to death tonight when a shiny, new airplane motor faltered and became an engine of tragedy near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory. Continue reading Will Rogers, Wiley Post killed when their airplane crashes 90 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1935)
Video: 'Depression - Social Security Act 1935'
(Wednesday, August 14, 1935, 3:30 p.m. EDT, during the Great Depression) — The Social Security Act, providing a broad program of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions, and counted upon to benefit some 30 million persons, became law today when it was signed today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presence of those chiefly responsible for putting it through Congress. Continue reading FDR signs Social Security bill, providing pensions to aged, jobless 90 years ago today (Aug 14 1935)
Video: 'Oklahoma City site of first parking meter'
(Tuesday, July 16, 1935) — The first parking meters, a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time, were installed today in Oklahoma City.
