An Anglo-German naval agreement is announced, allowing Germany to exceed limits on naval tonnage placed on it by the Treaty of Versailles, so long as German tonnage does not exceed 35 percent of the combined fleets of the British Commonwealth.

25 July-20 Aug.

At the meeting of the Third International in the Soviet Union, the Communist Party announces the strategy of creating Popular Front coalitions of liberals, Communists, and other leftists to combat the spread of fascism.

2 Aug.

The British parliament approves the Government of India Act, radically restructuring the administration of British possessions in Asia.

30 Aug.

Soviet coal miner Aleksey Grigorievich Stakhanov and his crew bring in a record tonnage of coal mined in a single night, becoming the symbol of Stalin's Stakhanov movement to increase industrial productivity.

15 Sept.

The Nuremberg Laws, depriving Jews of the rights of citizenship and forbidding intermarriage between Gentiles and Jews, are decreed in Germany...