What was happening in the world when you were born?

We were almost at war.  I was born in 1935.  World War II began in 1939-1945.  Soldiers camped near us near the depot.  They had a large search light, very exciting to a child, not realizing the seriousness of the times.  My Mom and Granddaddy had a Cafe, that served many soldiers and civilians as.  Dot(a cousin) and I would walk to church with Grandmama Oliver.  We all lived in a two-story house.  There were no streetlights.  On dark nights when the moon wasn't shining you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.  If you passed anyone you wouldn't know it until you heard footsteps on the road.  In which was unpaved, no sidewalks, no flashlights.  Things like sugar, gas, and many other things were rationed.  We would get stamps (not like food stamps).  It didn't matter how much money we may have had you had have a stamp to buy these things.  (Money was short too).  When stamps ran out you did without until the next month.  We had running water, but no sink in the kitchen.  We used dish pans for washing dishes.  Washed clothes outside on a washboard and in tubs, they were hung on a line to dry.  Clothes were made out of cotton and had to be ironed.  Irons were heated on the stove.  We had no electricity.  We had a toilet outside with two holes.  Had a chamber pot to use at night .  Guess who had to empty it every morning.  A part of being the oldest.  In the winter you had to have enough covers to keep warm.  You could barely turn over.  Houses weren't insulated, or the ones we lived in weren't.