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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1934.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1934: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1934?


Events

  • 01 May 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
  • 05 May 1934 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04.
  • 07 May 1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley
  • 11 May 1934 Over two days, the most severe dust storm to date in the USA sweeps an estimated 350 million tons of topsoil from the Great Plains across to the eastern seaboard.
  • 12 May 1934 Cocktails For Two, by Duke Ellington hits #1
  • 13 May 1934 Great dustbowl storm
  • 15 May 1934 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for John Dillinger, dead or alive.
  • 18 May 1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print
  • 19 May 1934 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in Sat Review of Lit Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
  • 21 May 1934 Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens
  • 23 May 1934 Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66).
  • 24 May 1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia.
  • 26 May 1934 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
  • 28 May 1934 The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.
  • 29 May 1934 May 31 ampndash The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church meets in Barmen, Germany to write the Barmen Declaration.

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Movies

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The Thin Man

The Thin Man

Release year: 1934

Directed by: W.S. Van Dyke

Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton

Country: United States of America

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser

Country: United States of America

Little Man, What Now?

Little Man, What Now?

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Frank Borzage

Starring: Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catherine Doucet

Fog Over Frisco

Fog Over Frisco

Release year: 1934

Directed by: William Dieterle

Starring: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Mitchell Leisen

Starring: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle