by Maggie & Maureen

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The year 1934 is a very interesting year and has many different events. There are a lot of different inventions that are made and significant people in our history that lived in 1934. The Dust Bowl in the west is driving framers our of business. This is The Great Depression. President Roosevelt is working on "The New Deal" to help the economy and to help people find jobs. The Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Housing Authority are all created to help people. There are also many events in world history that are happening, many other countries are suffering from a depression. WWII is approaching due to tensions in Europe. In the 30s, jazz and other new ideas are coming into every day life including changes in fashion. The '30s are a very interesting and important time in American history and 1934 contribute a lot to the events of the '30s.

• On January 31 the Farm Mortgage Financing Act is passed by Congress January 31, it creates a Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation to help farmers whose mortgages are being foreclosed.
• On March 20 German navy research chief Rudolph Kuhnold conducts the first practical radar test at Kiel Harbor. He has developed a 700-watt transmitter working on a frequency of 600 megacycles plus a receiver and disk reflectors. It succeeds in receiving echoes from signals bounced off the battleship Hesse anchored 600 yards away.
• Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker die on May 23. They are ambushed and shot by Texas Rangers and sheriffs on a road 50 miles east at Shreveport, La., after a 2 year career in which they killed twelve people in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa.
• The first quintuplets on record were born to Elzire Dionne, 24 on May 28. The five girls, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie, and Annette averaged about 2 pounds, 11 ounces.
• The Securities Act of 1933 creates the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6. Joseph P. Kennedy is appointed to head the commission. The commissions job is to police the securities industry.
• The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) created by Congress on June 10, is established to supervise the US telephone, telegraph and radio industries.
• On June 19 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is created by a joint resolution of Congress, replacing the National Labor Board established in 1933.
• On June 30, Hitler leads "The Night of the Long Knives," killing or arresting at least 77 party members alleged to have plotted against Adolph Hitler.
• Heinrich Himmler is appointed head of German concentration camps on July 13.
• On July 22 John Dillinger is betrayed by a female friend in Chicago. He is shot by FBI agents after a brief career in robbing banks in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin.
• President Hindenburg of Germany dies on August 2. Adolph Hitler declares himself "Fuhrer."
• September 20- NY police arrest German American furrier Bruno Richard Hauptmann for possession of ransom money paid to recover Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
• Famed bank robber, Pretty Boy Floyd is captured by FBI agent Melvin Purvis on October 22.
• "Lil' Abner" debut as a comic strip
• Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and Cream of Mushroom Soup are introduced.
• The US Army turns over the former military prison at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to the Bureau of Prisons. "The Rock," as it is known is converted into a federal prison. Alcatraz (Spanish for pelican) housed the most notorious US criminals such as Al Capone, George (Machine-Gun) Kelly, and Robert Stroud, the famous Birdman of Alcatraz.
• Shirley Temple becomes a "STAR" when she stars in four films: Now and Forever, Little Miss Marker, Baby Take a Bow, and Bright Eyes.

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