Year of record

1934

10 verified events recorded in 1934.

10 events From Jan 30, 1934 To Nov 20, 1934 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1934-11-20Marine General Smedley Butler Testifies to Congressional Committee About Wall Street Plot to Overthrow FDR 3 src
Du Pont family · Franklin D. Roosevelt
 confirmed
1934-08-22American Liberty League Founded by Du Pont Family and Corporate Elite to Oppose New Deal 3 src
Du Pont family · General Motors · U.S. Steel · Standard Oil
confirmed
1934-07-02Joseph Kennedy Appointed First SEC Chairman - Wall Street Insider to Police Wall Street 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Securities and Exchange Commission · Wall Street
confirmed
1934-06-27Federal Housing Administration Created, Institutionalizes Racial Segregation 3 src
Federal Housing Administration · Federal Home Loan Bank Board · U.S. Chamber of Commerce
confirmed
1934-06-19Communications Act of 1934 Creates FCC and Consolidates Federal Media Regulation Under Public Interest Standard 4 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission
confirmed
1934-06-19Office of Legal Counsel Established in DOJ Reorganization; Becomes Binding Interpreter of Executive Authority 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings · U.S. Department of Justice
 confirmed
1934-06-16Pecora Commission Issues Final Report on Wall Street Corruption 3 src
Ferdinand Pecora · U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency · Senator Duncan Fletcher
confirmed
1934-06-06Securities Exchange Act Creates SEC, Regulates Secondary Markets 7 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Ferdinand Pecora
 confirmed
1934-04-12Nye Committee Begins Investigation of War Profiteering and Munitions Industry "Merchants of Death" 3 src
U.S. Senate
confirmed
1934-01-30Gold Reserve Act Nationalizes Gold Holdings and Devalues Dollar Over Wall Street Opposition 3 src
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Reserve · Wall Street · +1
confirmed