Rulers:
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-45)
Events:
• Kröller-Müller Museum is established in Otterlo.
• May 19: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) is canonized.
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is opened in San Francisco.
Births:
• Allen, Woody (1935)
• Andersson, Bibi (1935-2019)
• Andrews, Julie (1935)
• Boyle, Peter (1935-2006)
• Cazale, John (1935-1978)
• Citti, Franco (1935-2016)
• Delon, Alain (1935)
• Grodin, Charles (1935-2021)
• Harris, Barbara (1935-2018)
• Karras, Alex (1935-2012)
• Moore, Dudley (1935-2002)
• Parfitt, Judy (1935)
• Puglisi, Aldo (1935)
• Ralli, Giovanna (1935)
• Raymond, Gary (1935)
• Sutherland, Donald (1935)
• Topol (1935-2023)
• Vukotic, Milena (1935)
• Widmaier-Picasso, Maya (1935-2022)
• Winner, Michael (1935-2013)
Deaths:
• Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
• Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
Literature:
• García Lorca, Federico (1898-1936): Doña Rosita la soltera (1935)
• García Lorca, Federico (1898-1936): Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (1935)
Music:
• Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Porgy and Bess (1935)
Art:
• Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968): Rotoreliefs (1935/1953)
• Ensor, James (1860-1949): Le Coup de lumière (1935)
• Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Étude de mode (1934-40)
• Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Jeux interdits (1935)
• Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Pearly King collecting money (1935)
• Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Photogramme de femme de profil (c.1935)
• Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Sphinx-Hôtel (1935)
• Magritte, René (1898-1967): La condition humaine (1935)
• Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Femme à la fenêtre (1935)
• Moore, Henry (1898-1986): Reclining Figure (1935-36)
• Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940): Femme dans un intérieur (1935)