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William Kennedy Dickson
1935Sep, 28

William Kennedy Dickson

William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a Scottish inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.

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    Treaty of Versailles

    Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • 16Mar

    Treaty of Versailles

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  • 25May

    Big Ten Conference

    Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • 25Jun

    Soviet Union

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  • 15Sep

    Swastika

    Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.