10 Dec 1935
- Talented Vickers tank designer, Sir John Carden, was killed when the Belgian airliner in which he was travelling crashes near Biggin Hill, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
- British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Samuel Hoare and French Prime Minister Pierre Laval secretly agreed on a plan to end the Italo-Ethiopian war by with terms strongly favoring Italy. ww2dbase [Hoare-Laval Pact | CPC]
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