January 1 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison January 1 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective January 1 International Telecommunication Union established January 2 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania January 2 Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 minutes, 29 fours 4 sixes January 4 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres January 5 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) January 5 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball January 7 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts January 7 Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld January 8 Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam January 15 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die January 15 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) January 17 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants January 17 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated January 17 New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract January 18 Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in New York City January 19 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement January 20 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria January 22 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad January 26 Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes January 26 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years January 27 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) January 27 French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) January 27 VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe January 28 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) January 30 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by U.S. government, New York City January 30 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days January 30 Hitler proclamation on German unified states January 31 Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce February 1 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his February 2 Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism February 6 Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 February 7 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss February 8 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, D.C. February 8 Gaston Doumergue forms new French government February 9 -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City February 9 -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record) February 9 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) February 10 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine February 10 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; 1st unperforated ungummed U.S. stamp February 10 Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in New York City February 10 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier" February 10 Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City February 12 Export-Import Bank incorporates February 12 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists February 13 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party February 14 NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto February 17 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) February 19 Bob and Dolores Hope marry February 19 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months February 20 Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in New York City February 21 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard February 22 "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall February 23 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers February 23 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium March 1 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria March 1 Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title March 2 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha March 3 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol March 4 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (SF) dedicated March 5 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas) March 6 Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in New York City March 8 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars March 10 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) March 10 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis March 10 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner March 11 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer March 12 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia March 12 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail March 12 Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin March 15 U.S. Information Service opens March 16 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act March 17 Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) March 20 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers March 20 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany March 20 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany March 21 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play March 21 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 March 22 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Georgia March 22 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) March 23 U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 March 24 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 March 25 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284 March 26 Driving tests introduced in Britain March 29 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt March 31 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) April 1 Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers April 6 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany April 7 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience April 10 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 April 12 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph April 13 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments April 13 U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act April 17 New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5 April 18 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft. Worth, Texas) April 18 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament April 19 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 April 19 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" April 20 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police April 21 Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game April 28 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act April 28 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms April 28 Spanish government of Samper forms April 28 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays April 29 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday April 30 Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution May 1 Austria signs pact with Vatican May 1 Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence May 1 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert May 2 Nazi-Germany begins People's court May 3 Bradman scores 206 Australia vs. Worcestershire, 210 minutes, 27 fours May 5 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04 May 6 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters May 7 Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal May 7 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region May 7 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) May 7 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines May 9 Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! May 12 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 May 12 "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 May 13 Great dustbowl storm May 15 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive May 15 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia May 18 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) May 18 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense May 18 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers May 18 TWA began commercial service May 19 Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria May 19 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars May 21 Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens May 23 Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66) May 24 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia May 25 Bela Bartok's "Enchanted Deer," premieres May 26 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago May 28 Bradman gets 160 Australia vs. Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5 May 28 Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days June 1 AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar June 5 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (New York City) June 6 Securities and Exchange Commission established June 6 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game June 9 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released June 9 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA June 9 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 June 9 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen") June 9 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for U.S. Open June 10 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome June 10 U.S.S.R. and Romania regain diplomatic relations June 11 Disarmament conference in Geneva fails June 12 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines June 14 Hitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna June 14 Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City June 14 WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air June 15 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated June 18 U.S. Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized June 19 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created June 25 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) June 25 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, June 25 Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times June 26 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions June 26 Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty June 26 W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP June 27 Federal Savings and Loan Association created June 28 Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes June 30 French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit June 30 NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions June 30 "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party July 1 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York July 2 General Lazaro Cardenas elected president of Mexico July 3 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois July 4 Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment July 7 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship July 9 SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps July 10 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia July 10 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York July 10 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game July 11 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal July 12 U.S. Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned July 12 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0) July 13 Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit July 14 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) July 14 New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time July 14 Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0 July 14 Ruth hits 700th career home run July 16 Bradman scores 140 Australia vs. Yorkshire, 120 minutes, 22 fours 2 sixes July 17 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland July 20 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) July 21 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) July 23 Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 minutes, 43 fours 2 sixes July 24 1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, New York July 25 Failed nazi coup in Austria July 27 French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms July 28 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record) July 29 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park CC Williamsville NY July 31 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) July 31 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant August 2 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it August 2 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany August 2 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour August 4 New York Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game and beats Phillies 21-4 August 6 U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 August 7 U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" August 10 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player August 11 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay August 16 U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere August 18 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64) August 18 Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 minutes, 32 fours 1 six August 18 Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng August 19 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) August 19 Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters) August 19 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament August 20 Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match August 22 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes August 22 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 August 27 Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City August 31 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432) September 1 Spelling-Marchand Laws enforced September 3 Tunisia began its move for independence September 4 Bradman scores 149* Australia vs. England XI, 104 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes September 7 Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off New Jersey, killing 134 September 8 54th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) September 8 Bradman scores 132 vs. Leveson-Gower XI, 90 minutes, 24 fours 1 six September 8 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die September 9 Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0) September 9 G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City September 12 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. September 13 Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 September 17 RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th) September 17 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switzerland and Portugal vote no) September 18 St. Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1 September 18 U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations September 19 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby September 21 St. Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-0 September 21 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 September 24 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium September 24 Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0 September 25 John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City September 25 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game September 25 Rainbow (U.S.) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup September 26 British liner Queen Mary is launched September 29 Rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh September 30 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 September 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) September 30 St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year October 1 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles October 8 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son October 9 St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series October 14 "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres October 16 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March October 17 "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio October 18 Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March October 20 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan October 20 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" October 23 Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec) October 26 While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox October 28 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game November 2 Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan November 3 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP November 3 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP November 4 Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 November 6 NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0 November 7 Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) November 8 Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president November 11 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful November 11 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM November 15 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C. Urey (deuterium) November 17 Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor November 20 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 November 20 Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City November 20 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers) November 20 Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period November 21 New York Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) November 21 "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race November 22 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show November 24 CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto November 24 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in New York City November 26 German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi November 26 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names November 28 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power November 29 Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally November 29 English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark December 2 5.08-m (200") Mount Palomar Observatory mirror is cast December 3 Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya December 3 KYW-AM in Chicago, Illinois moves to Philadelphia Penn December 7 Wiley Post discovers jet stream December 8 Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich December 9 New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship December 10 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp December 10 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season December 10 Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite December 11 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland December 11 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers December 11 Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League December 11 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) December 13 Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St. New York City December 14 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany New York) December 15 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies December 19 Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930 December 22 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) December 22 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games December 24 Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430 December 25 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 December 25 Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in New York City December 26 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms December 27 1st youth hostel in U.S. opens (Northfield, Mass) December 27 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran December 27 Vernon Duke and James Hanley's musical premieres in New York City December 29 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG) December 29 Federico Garcia Lorca's "Yerma," premieres in Madrid December 29 Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 December 31 Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
