WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1934
Find out what all happened August to December 1934

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

Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes. (22. August 1934)

Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city. (5. December 1934)

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

SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. (1. September 1934)

Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France. (9. October 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)

Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched. (26. September 1934)

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad. (1. December 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 LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. (30. November 1934)

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

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

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

Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer. (3. August 1934)

Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. (29. December 1934)

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

Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time. (11. December 1934)

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

The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened. (11. November 1934)