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(Wednesday, September 19, 1934, morning local time) — German alien Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested this morning in the Bronx, New York City, charged with the kidnap-murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh, pilot of the world’s first non-stop transatlantic flight, at Hopewell, N.J., in March 1932. Continue reading Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 80 years ago this morning (Sep 19 1934) →

Video: 'The World At War: A New Germany 2/5' (Aug. 19, 1934, at 8:23)

(Sunday, August 19, 1934) — 89.9% German voters in today’s plebiscite endorsed Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s assumption of greater power than has ever been possessed by any other ruler in modern times. Nearly 10 per cent indicated their disapproval.

(Monday, August 13, 1934) — The satirical comic strip Li’l Abner, created by Al Capp, made its debut today in eight North American newspapers, including the New York Mirror.

Video: 'The World At War: A New Germany 2/5' (Aug. 2, 1934, at 6:33)

(Thursday, August 2, 1934, 9:00 a.m. local time) — German President Paul von Hindenburg, 86, died this morning from lung cancer at his home in Neudeck, East Prussia, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover.

Image: 'John Dillinger Shot Dead by Federal Agents - News Reel'

(Sunday, July 22, 1934, 10:40 p.m. CWT; during the Great Depression) — John Dillinger, America’s Public Enemy No. 1 and the most notorious criminal of recent times, was shot and killed at tonight by federal agents a few seconds after he had left the Biograph Theatre on Chicago’s North Side.

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(Monday, July 2, 1934; during the Great Depression) — Appointed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., was sworn-in today as chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, charged with regulating the manipulation of stock prices that Kennedy had mastered decades earlier.

Video: 'The Dionne Quintuplets'

(Monday, May 28, 1934) — The Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne today at the family farm in Ontario, Canada. Of the five, Annette and Cecile are still living.

Video: 'Real Bonnie and Clyde - Crime History Documentary' (May 23, 1934, at 38:58)

(Wednesday, May 23, 1934, approximately 9:15 a.m.) — Wanted outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police officers today as they attempted to escape apprehension in a stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe near Bienville Parish, Louisiana.