Year of record

1934

10 verified events recorded in 1934.

10 events From Jan 30, 1934 To Nov 20, 1934 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1934-11-20Marine General Smedley Butler Testifies to Congressional Committee About Wall Street Plot to Overthrow FDR
Smedley Butler · McCormack-Dickstein Committee · Gerald MacGuire · J.P. Morgan interests · +3
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1934-08-22American Liberty League Founded by Du Pont Family and Corporate Elite to Oppose New Deal
Irénée du Pont · John Jacob Raskob · Jouett Shouse · Al Smith · +5
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1934-07-02Joseph Kennedy Appointed First SEC Chairman - Wall Street Insider to Police Wall Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Joseph P. Kennedy · Securities and Exchange Commission · Wall Street
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1934-06-27Federal Housing Administration Created, Institutionalizes Racial Segregation
Federal Housing Administration · Federal Home Loan Bank Board · U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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1934-06-19Communications Act of 1934 Creates FCC and Consolidates Federal Media Regulation Under Public Interest Standard
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Federal Radio Commission
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1934-06-19Office of Legal Counsel Established in DOJ Reorganization; Becomes Binding Interpreter of Executive Authority
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings · U.S. Department of Justice · Office of Legal Counsel
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1934-06-16Pecora Commission Issues Final Report on Wall Street Corruption
Ferdinand Pecora · U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency · Senator Duncan Fletcher
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1934-06-06Securities Exchange Act Creates SEC, Regulates Secondary Markets
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Joseph P. Kennedy · Ferdinand Pecora · Richard Whitney · +4
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1934-04-12Nye Committee Begins Investigation of War Profiteering and Munitions Industry "Merchants of Death"
Gerald Nye · U.S. Senate · J.P. Morgan Jr. · Pierre du Pont · +2
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1934-01-30Gold Reserve Act Nationalizes Gold Holdings and Devalues Dollar Over Wall Street Opposition
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Reserve · Wall Street · +2
confirmed