December 1934

Saturday 01:

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev.

Wednesday 05:

Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Ethiopia (it took four days to capture the city).

Tuesday 11:

A fire at the Hotel Kerns in Lansing, Michigan kills 34 people.

Saturday 29:

Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.