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1935
January 11 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, flying from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
January 24 - Beer is sold in cans by the Kruger Brewing Company in Newark, New Jersey.
February 13 - The first heart surgery for the relief of pain from angina pectoris is performed at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
April 27 - Congress establishes the Soil Conservation Service to be part of the Department of Agriculture.
May 22 - National Maritime Day is first proclaimed.
May 29 - The French liner Normandie leaves Le Harve on her maiden voyage to New York.
June 10 - Thomas Callahan receives a patent for the first American window envelope.
August 14 - The Social Security Act is signed by President Roosevelt.
August 15 - Legendary American humorist Will Rogers is killed in a plane crash.
September 8 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana is assassinated in Baton Rouge by Dr. Carl A. Weiss.
November 22 - The first transpacific airmail flight is under way.