11,000 public transit workers went on strike in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
The 8thNuremberg Rally formally opened in Nazi Germany.Adolf Wagner read a proclamation written by Hitler which first established the concept of a "Thousand Year Reich", declaring that the Nazi revolution was complete and there were to be no more revolutions in Germany for the next 1,000 years.[6][7]
The ocean linerMorro Castle caught fire off the coast ofNew Jersey. Only six of the twelve lifeboats were lowered and a total of 137 people died in the disaster.[10]
Gunshots were fired at the home of Austrian Vice-ChancellorErnst Rüdiger Starhemberg. After a commotion the shots were attributed to a careless guard who bumped his rifle against a wall.[11]
7,000 police and guardsmen were dispatched to London'sHyde Park, looking to head off any potential violence on the occasion of a rally by 1,200 members ofOswald Mosley'sBritish Union of Fascists. About 8,000 to 9,000 anti-fascists and onlookers also turned out, but the police cordon was so thick that no one on the outside of it could hear the speeches. A total of eighteen arrests were made, mostly for disorderly conduct.[12]
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Ludwig Müller was proclaimed the supreme head of the German Protestant church at theBerlin Cathedral, despite hundreds of opposition pastors denouncing him from their pulpits.[33]
The RMSQueen Mary was launched into theRiver Clyde atClydebank in the presence of KingGeorge V and the ship's namesake, Queen consortMary of Teck who launched it.. It was the largest ship in the world at the time.[37]
Former Cuban presidentRamón Grau fled the country by plane with seven members of his family. The executive committee of his party, thePartido Auténtico, issued a statement saying it had advised him to leave after receiving reports that he was in personal danger.[38]
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^"Cuba Finds Five Bombs Mailed to U. S. Envoy".Chicago Daily Tribune. September 12, 1934. p. 17.
^French, Jack; Siegel, David S. (2014).Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 123.ISBN978-0-7864-7146-1.
