WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1934
Find out what all happened January to November 1934

United States Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth. (24. March 1934)

Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people. (8. September 1934)

The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released. (5. May 1934)

The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. (12. April 1934)

Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. (6. February 1934)

1934 West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, Washington, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks. (20. July 1934)

Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman. (16. October 1934)

Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority. (6. November 1934)

An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. (23. November 1934)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions. (26. June 1934)

The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote. (19. August 1934)

The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers. (23. May 1934)

The Balkan Entente is formed. (9. February 1934)

German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed. (26. January 1934)

The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. (11. August 1934)

Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. (28. May 1934)

The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (19. June 1934)

The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean. (13. February 1934)

The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. (19. August 1934)

Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.. (19. September 1934)