– The May Constitution of 1934 heralds the beginning of the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria. May 15 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. May 19 – Kimon Georgiev stages a coup d'état in Bulgaria. May 23 – American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. May 28 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy. June 10 – Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2–1 after extra time, to win the 1934 World Cup, staged in Italy. June 14 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet for the first time, at the Venice Biennale. June 18 – The Indian Reorganization Act is enacted. June 27 – The Emir of Yemen and Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia conclude a peace treaty. June 30 – July 2 – Night of the Long Knives in Germany: Nazis purge the Sturmabteilung (SA), the left-wing Strasserist faction of the Nazi Party, and prominent conservative anti-Nazis, in a series of political murders. June 30 – The Nazi Party SA camp Oranienburg becomes a national camp, taken over by the Schutzstaffel (SS). July–August July 13 – Hitler gives a speech to the Reichstag, justifying his purge. July 25 – July Putsch: Austrian Nazis assassinate chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, during a failed coup attempt. August 2 – Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, or head of state combined with that of Chancellor, following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. August 8 – The Wehrmacht swears a personal oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. August 15 – The United States Marine Corps leaves Haiti. August 19 – 1934 German referendum: In a referendum, 90% of the German population approves of Hitler's assumption of presidential powers, as Führer and Reichskanzler. September–October September 4 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full. September 5 – 10 – The 6th Nuremberg Rally is staged by the German Nazi Party. September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner kills 134 people. September 15 – 1934 Australian federal election: Joseph Lyons' UAP Government is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the Labor Party, led by former Prime Minister James Scullin. Consequently, Lyons is forced to resume the Coalition with the Country Party, and include them in his government. Scullin steps down