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The volume of retail trade in all five boroughs of New York in 1935 was $2,847,332,000, an increase of more than 20 per cent over 1933, but still more than 25 per cent below 1929, according to the final report of the business census for last year conducted by the Bureau of Census of the Department of Commerce, public yesterday. made day.
With Countess Potocha to entertain at 1st official dinner, Wash, D C
1936Prince Karim al-Husayn Shāh, Aga Khan IV, Swiss humanitarian and religious leader (died 2025)[†]
Shah Karim al-Hussaini, who went by the self-styled title Aga Khan IV, was the 49th imam of Nizari Isma'ilism from 1957 until his death in 2025. He inherited the Nizari imamate and the title of Aga Khan at the age of 20 upon the death of his grandfather, the Aga Khan III. During his imamate, he was also known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Isma'ili followers.
1936J. C. Martin, American baseball player[†]
Joseph Clifton Martin is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1959 to 1972. Martin played the bulk of his career with the Chicago White Sox, but is most prominent for his involvement in a controversial play that occurred during the 1969 World Series as a member of the New York Mets. He ended his career playing for the Chicago Cubs. After his playing career, he worked as a White Sox color commentator alongside Harry Caray on WSNS television in 1975.