WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1934
Find out what all happened July to September 1934

Labor unrest in the U.S.: as police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven. (20. July 1934)

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

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

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

The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations. (18. September 1934)

"Bloody Thursday" – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. (5. July 1934)

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

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

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

Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take off. (11. July 1934)

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

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

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

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

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

Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. (22. July 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)

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

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

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

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