What Happened in 1934 Important News and Events, Key Technology and Popular Culture. 1934 Major News Stories including rise of fascists and dictators including Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung, drought including Oklahoma temperatures leaves 35 million acres of farmland in the US destroyed, Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act signed into law, FBI ends the ...

Historical Events in 1934. Jan 1 Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring". Jan 13 The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.

05/11/2016 · 1934. 1934 was marked by a number of political events that set the stage for World War II. In May, the 1934 Constitution establishes the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria. On June 30th, The Night of the Long Knives began in Germany.

1934 in Sport. Mar 25 1st Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins with 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, 1 stroke ahead of Craig Wood. Sep 24 2,500 fans see Babe Ruth 's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium.

May 1 – The May Constitution of 1934 heralds the beginning of the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria. May 5 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters , is released. May 15 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia .

The Communications Act of 1934 creates the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasting. It Happened One Night sweeps the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress. Science

February 12, 1934 Bill Russell, Basketball; February 27, 1934 Ralph Nader, Activist and Presidential Hopeful; March 11, 1934 Sam Donaldson News; March 26, 1934 Alan Arkin,, Entertainer; April 5, 1934 Frank Gorshin, Entertainer; April 24, 1934 Shirley MacLaine, entertainer; May 22, 1934 Peter Nero, Entertainer; June 1, 1934 Pat Boone, Entertainer

December 10, 1934 SS chief Himmler creates the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps under the leadership of SS General Theodor Eicke. This move formalizes the SS takeover and centralization of the concentration camp system that had taken place in July 1934.

Physicist Leo Szilard comes up with the idea for a nuclear chain reaction on the 12th of September while in London. In 1934 he filed for a patent on his idea of a "neutronic reactor." He continued to work on this idea and joined forces with another famed physicist Enrico Fermi.