WHAT HAPPENED IN 1934.
Look what happened the 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)

The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. (30. November 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)

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

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

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

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