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August 1935

The following events occurred in August 1935: August 1, 1935 (Thursday)The August 1 Declaration was made by the Chinese Communist Party, calling for an end to the Chinese Civil War and for the nation to unite in resistance of Japan.Born:Mohinder Pratap Chand, Urdu writer and poet, in Karor Lal Esan, British India (d. 2020)August 2, 1935 (Friday)The Government of India Act was passed by the British Parliament receiving its Royal assent on that day.Born:Hank Cochran, country music singer and songwriter, in Isola, Mississippi (d. 2010)August 3, 1935 (Saturday)Defrocked Anglican priest Harold Davidson was arrested and charged with attempting suicide, having been on exhibition for the past ten days with a sign that he was "fasting unto death" in protest against a ruling prohibiting him from performing church duties.The August issue of Vanity Fair was banned in Japan because a caricature of Emperor Hirohito appeared in the magazine.About 25,000 people in Harlem, New York marched in protest against the threatened Italian invasion of Ethiopia.Born:Georgy Shonin, cosmonaut, in Rovenky, USSR (d. 1997)August 4, 1935 (Sunday)The New Farmers of America organization was officially created.August 5, 1935 (Monday)A typhoon struck Quanzhou, China killing hundreds.Field Marshal August von Mackensen published a letter resigning his honorary chairmanship of Der Stahlhelm.

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