Sergey Kirov
Dec 1 Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov is assassinated, Joseph Stalin uses it as an excuse to begin his Great Purge of 1934-38
Toronto Maple Leafs
Dec 1 Toronto Maple Leafs beat St. Louis Eagles, 4-3 to set an NHL record for the most wins to start the season with 8; Leafs do it again 59 years later; won 10 in a row to start 1993-94 season
NY Giants vs. Chicago Bears
Dec 9 National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears, 30-13
- Dec 10 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
- Dec 10 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
- Dec 10 Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
- Dec 11 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland
- Dec 11 1st successful penalty shot by a Toronto Maple Leaf - Charlie Conacher stopped by New York Rangers Andy Aitkenhead at Madison Square Garden
- Dec 11 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers
- Dec 11 Ford C. Frick becomes president of baseball's National League
- Dec 11 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
- Dec 13 Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC
- Dec 14 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced in Albany, NY
The 'Snip' Departs
Dec 15 Dutch airplane the 'Snip' (Fokker F.XVIII) departs the Netherlands for the 1st flight to Paramaribo and Curacao, takes 55 hours 58 minutes
- Dec 19 Japan agrees to naval treaty of 1922 & 1930
"Zouzou"
Dec 21 French film "Zouzou" premieres in Paris, starring Josephine Baker; 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture
- Dec 22 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)
- Dec 22 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games
- Dec 24 Clarrie Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430
- Dec 25 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 v Qld before 6,180
- Dec 25 Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth" premieres in NYC
- Dec 26 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
- Dec 27 1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass)
"Thumbs Up"
Dec 27 Musical revue "Thumbs Up", including music and lyrics by Vernon Duke, James Hanley, and Ira Gershwin (among others), premieres at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 156 performance
Persia Renamed Iran
Dec 27 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi declares Persia now Iran
"Bright Eyes"
Dec 28 Film "Bright Eyes" premieres starring Shirley Temple and featuring the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
- Dec 28 First ever Women's cricket international begins England vs Australia in Australia
- Dec 29 Federico Garcia Lorca's "Yerma" premieres in Madrid
- Dec 29 First collegiate basketball doubleheader is played at Madison Square Garden, NYC; New York University beats Notre Dame, 25-18; Westminster edges St. John's, 37-33
- Dec 29 Japan renounces Wash Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930
- Dec 30 New York Rangers and Boston Bruins battle out a 0-0 tie; first of a 37-game overtime undefeated streak for the Bruins, the longest in NHL history; streak spans over 4 years and includes 27 ties
- Dec 31 Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
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