31 events found for 1934
The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mai
A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeded in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima
Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens
American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Gu
Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quin
The landmark Australian Eastern Mission returns from its three-month tour of East and South-East Asia
The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place
The Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings.
"Bloody Thursday": The police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters…
The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President…
Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters…
West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor…
The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.