In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of kidnapping Charles Lindbergh Jr.; Parker Brothers began selling Monopoly; Porky Pig debuted; Persia was renamed Iran; The Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds played the first nighttime baseball game; Alcoholics Anonymous was founded; President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act; Babe Ruth played in his last Major… Continue reading Eleven years before the first NBA game: A look back at 1935