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1934 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1934th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 934th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1930s decade.
July 5 – 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: Police in San Francisco open fire on a crowd of striking longshoremen, killing two. July 15 – The American film industry begins to rigorously enforce the Motion Picture Production Code.
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A flood in Montrose, California killed at least 45 people. [1]The International Telecommunication Union was established.; The National Council for Civil Liberties was established in the UK by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith.
The last of the executions in the Night of the Long Knives purge took place by 4 a.m. [5]; German President Paul von Hindenburg sent a message congratulating Hitler for his "determined action and gallant personal intervention which have nipped treason in the bud and rescued the German people from great danger."
1934 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) * 1934 events in the United States by month (8 C) / 1934 disestablishments in the United States (30 C, 13 P)
The following events occurred in June 1934: June 1, 1934 (Friday) Germany and Yugoslavia signed a trade agreement. [1] [2]
27 March – The Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed. Part 1 (betting) is designed to restrict betting on racecourses and tracks to a maximum of 104 days. [4] Part 2 (lotteries) prohibits the sale of lottery tickets, primarily directed against the Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake. [5]