June 1934

Wednesday 06:

New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Saturday 09:

Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.

Wednesday 13:

Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

Friday 15:

The U.S.'s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.

Tuesday 19:

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is established. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts. (see the Communications Act of 1934.)

Tuesday 26:

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

Saturday 30:

The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.