- June. Kim Il Sung leads 150–200 guerrillas in the Battle of Pochonbo.EN
- 보천보 전투KO
- 19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government.
- 1935민족 혁명당 창당
- 19361936年智异山双溪寺地震
- 1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직
- 1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu.
- 1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설
- 1939국민 징용령 제정
| - December — Nanjing Massacre: Nanjing fell to the Japanese Central China Area Army. A six-week massacre began in which tens of thousands of women were raped and as many as three hundred thousand civilians were killed.EN
- March — Marco Polo Bridge incident: Roughly one hundred Chinese soldiers were killed defending the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing from a Japanese attack.EN
- 淞沪会战
- December — Battle of Nanking: The Japanese Central China Area Army launched a full-scale assault on Nanjing.EN
- 太原會戰
- 忻口會戰
- 平型关战役
- Defense of Sihang WarehouseEN
- 通州事件
- Guanganmen incidentEN
- 廊坊事件
- September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command.EN
- 7月7日盧溝橋事變,抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作,成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰,8月14日中日首次空戰,獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败,随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民,十年建設(1928-1937)結束。
- 1935一二·九运动
- 1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi.
- 1935中共举行遵義會議(毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心)。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。
- 1936December — Xi'an Incident: Zhang Xueliang arrested Chiang in Xi'an due to concerns he was insufficiently committed to anti-Japanese resistance.
- 1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo.
- 1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變,兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日,事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝,章炳麟逝,胡漢民逝。
- 1938June — 1938 Yellow River flood: KMT forces destroyed a major dyke in an effort to create a flood to slow down Japanese forces. Nearly a million citizens died.
- 1938武汉会战
- 1938台兒莊戰役
- 1938徐州会战
- 1938February — Bombing of Chongqing: The Japanese army and naval air services began a bombing campaign against civilian targets in Chongqing which would kill some ten thousand people.
- 1939南昌会战
- 1939昆仑关战役
- 1939随枣会战
- 1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces.
- 1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha.
- 1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月,為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷,國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。
| - 淞沪会战
- 보천보 습격EN
- 乾岔子島事件
- Guanganmen incidentEN
- 廊坊事件
- Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace ExpositionEN
- July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins.EN
- 1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。
- 1936방공 협정
- 1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later.
- 1938津山事件
- 1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China.
| - Golden Gate Bridge completed in San FranciscoEN
- Hindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travelEN
- Ponce massacreEN
- Memorial Day massacreEN
- Battle of the OverpassEN
- Neutrality ActsEN
- Look magazine publishes first issueEN
- Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of NanjingEN
- January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms.EN
- 1935Roerich Pact
- 1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded
- 1935Social Security Act
- 1935Works Progress Administration
- 1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director.
- 1935Huey Long assassinated
- 1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed
- 1935Motor Carrier Act
- 1935Middletown is published
- 1935Neutrality Act
- 1935National Labor Relations Act
- 1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
- 1935Revenue Act of 1935
- 1936Hoover Dam
- 1936第二次伦敦海军条约
- 1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
- 1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president
- 1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame
- 1936Robinson-Patman Act
- 1936Life magazine publishes first issue
- 19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
- 1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional
- 1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
- 1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast
- 1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize
- 1938Fair Labor Standards Act
- 1938Wheeler-Lea Act
- 19391939年紐約世界博覽會
- 1939Golden Gate International Exposition
- 1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
- 1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning
- 1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
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