WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1934
Find out what all happened May to October 1934

Leo Szilard patented the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb. (4. July 1934)

The American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. (23. May 1934)

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

Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. (15. May 1934)

In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd. (22. October 1934)

The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. (2. July 1934)

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

An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers. (22. September 1934)

Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen. (9. 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 USSR is admitted to the League of Nations. (18. September 1934)

The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March. (15. October 1934)

The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. (25. July 1934)

Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. (2. August 1934)

A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people. (21. September 1934)

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

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

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