Editing 1935 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1935}}
* [[August 2]] – The [[Government of India Act 1935|Government of India Act]] is passed by the British Parliament, making provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India" and a degree of autonomy.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Agnihotri |editor1-first=V.K. |date=2010 |title=Indian History, Twenty-Sixth Edition |publisher=Allied Publishers |page=C-257 |isbn=978-81-8424-568-4 }}</ref>
* [[August 13]] – An estimated 250 people are killed when a dam bursts near [[Ovada]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 15, 1935 |title=Search Mud for Victims of Dam Break in Italy | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=9 }}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Social Security Act]] into law.
* [[August 16]] – Representatives of France, Britain and Italy meet in Paris in an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a solution to the [[Abyssinia Crisis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1935.htm |title=Chronology 1935 |date=2002 |website=indiana.edu |access-date=July 24, 2015 }}</ref>