1934: On This Year

1934

1934 (MCMXXXIV in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1934th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1934 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1934 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1934, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1934, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1934, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1934, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1934.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1934 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

history

What was 1934 known for ?

  • 1934 was marked by a number of political events that set the stage for World War II.
  • In May, the 1934 Constitution establishes the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria. On June 30th, The Night of the Long Knives began in Germany. Through to July 2nd, the Nazis would conduct a series of political assassinations to ensure Hitler’s hold on the country’s government. In August, Hitler officially became Führer of Germany, a title under which the powers of Chancellor of the Republic and President, essentially making him the absolute leader of Germany. This move was supported by 90% of the population during a referendum.
  • In China, the People’s Liberation Army began the Long March under the command of Mao Zedong, covering over 5600 miles while fleeing from Nationalist forces. Mao would go on to become the leader of communist China.
  • In the Americas, revolutionary leader Augusto César Sandino is assassinated in Nicaragua on February 21st. In the United States, famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are apprehended and killed on May 23rd. Another American outlaw, John Dillinger, a bank robber who captured the imagination of the Western World, escaped from jail in Crown Point, Indiana using a wooden pistol on March 3rd. He would be shot and killed a few months later in Chicago.
  • In culture, the classic comic strip Flash Gordon debuted on January 7th and Disney character Donald Duck made his first appearance ever in “The Wise Little Hen” on June 9th. The Gothenburg Prize for Poetry was awarded to Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats. Notable births in 1934 include Canadian former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Israeli economist and Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman, Italian actress Sophia Loren, Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, American inventor Robert Moog, French actress Brigitte Bardot and American astronomer Carl Sagan.

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Oscar

1934: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1934, during the 7th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 27/02/1935 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 6 categories honoring the films released in 1934:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1934?

It Happened One Night
The Oscar for Best Movie went to It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1934?

It Happened One Night
The Oscar for Best Director went to Frank Capra, for the movie It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1934?

It Happened One Night
The Oscar for Best Actor went to Clark Gable, for the movie It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1934?

It Happened One Night
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Claudette Colbert, for the movie It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1934?

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to , for the movie , starring produced in the .

Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1934?

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to , for the movie , starring produced in the .
world population

1934: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. In 1934, Roosevelt's New Deal reforms were beginning to bear fruit.
Dog chinese zodiac sign

1934: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1934?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1934 was the Year of the Dog.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Dog sign.

Nobel Prize

1934: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Harold Urey

1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • William P. Murphy

1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • George Whipple

1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • George Minot

1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Luigi Pirandello

1934: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1934 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Arthur Henderson
world population

1934: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1934 were Robert, James and John for boys and Mary, Betty and Barbara for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1934: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1934 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Robert
  • James
  • John
  • William
  • Richard
  • Donald
  • Charles
  • George
  • Thomas
  • Joseph

1934: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1934 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Mary
  • Betty
  • Barbara
  • Shirley
  • Dorothy
  • Patricia
  • Joan
  • Margaret
  • Helen
  • Nancy

vinyl songs

1934: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1934, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Solitude by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra

1934: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1934 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Solitude by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
  2. You're the Top by Ethel Merman
  3. Love is Just Around the Corner by Bing Crosby

1934: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1934 were:

Wheels of Destiny

Wheels of Destiny

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Alan James

Starring: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Philo McCullough, Frank Rice

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Frank Capra

Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns

Country: United States of America

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

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

Release year: 1934

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Starring: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns

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

history

What happened in 1934?

Here's what happened in 1934:

  • Jan 1, 1934: Nazi Germany passes the ''Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring''.
  • Jan 2, 1934: First state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania.
  • Jan 5, 1934: National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball.
  • Jan 7, 1934: Flash Gordon comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
  • Jan 8, 1934: Jaap Speyers Bluejackets premieres in Amsterdam
  • Jan 13, 1934: The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
  • Jan 15, 1934: 8.4 earthquake in India / Nepal, 10,700 die
  • Jan 17, 1934: Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants
  • Jan 20, 1934: Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria.
  • Jan 26, 1934: Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
  • Jan 27, 1934: VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe.
  • Jan 28, 1934: First US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock, Vermont).
  • Jan 30, 1934: 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by US government, New York City
  • Jan 31, 1934: FDR devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
  • Feb 1, 1934: Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his own.
  • Feb 2, 1934: The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
  • Feb 6, 1934: Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
  • Feb 7, 1934: 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Mississippi
  • Feb 8, 1934: Gaston Doumergue forms new French government.
  • Feb 9, 1934: Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, and Romania).
  • Feb 10, 1934: Thomson / Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City
  • Feb 12, 1934: Export-Import Bank incorporates
  • Feb 13, 1934: The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean.
  • Feb 14, 1934: NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Feb 16, 1934: Over Texas, USA, a pilot swerves to avoid crashing with a fireball.
  • Feb 17, 1934: First high school auto driving course offered (State College, Pennsylvania).
  • Feb 19, 1934: Bob and Dolores Hope marry
  • Feb 21, 1934: Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard.
  • Feb 22, 1934: Frank Capra's ''It Happened One Night'', starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first of Capra's great screen classics. It becomes the first film to win all 5 of the major Academy Awards ampndash Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Gable and Colbert receive their only Oscars for this film.
  • Feb 23, 1934: Casey Stengel becomes manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • Mar 1, 1934: Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
  • Mar 2, 1934: Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha. Nebraska.
  • Mar 3, 1934: John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol.
  • Mar 4, 1934: Easter Cross on Mt Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
  • Mar 5, 1934: Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo, Texas).
  • Mar 8, 1934: Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.
  • Mar 10, 1934: US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis.
  • Mar 11, 1934: Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer.
  • Mar 12, 1934: Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
  • Mar 13, 1934: John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and their gang rob the First National Bank in Mason City, Iowa.
  • Mar 15, 1934: US Information Service opens.
  • Mar 16, 1934: US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
  • Mar 20, 1934: Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia Athletics in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Mar 21, 1934: Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
  • Mar 22, 1934: Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000).
  • Mar 23, 1934: US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.
  • Mar 24, 1934: US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
  • Mar 31, 1934: Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission
  • Apr 6, 1934: 418 Lutheran ministers are arrested in Germany.
  • Apr 7, 1934: In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience.
  • Apr 12, 1934: The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • Apr 13, 1934: US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act.
  • Apr 18, 1934: First "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Texas).
  • Apr 19, 1934: Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, Stand Up & Cheer
  • Apr 20, 1934: Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector of Prussian secret state police.
  • Apr 21, 1934: Moe Berg, Washington Senators' catcher, plays American League record 117th consecutive errorless game.
  • Apr 22, 1934: John Dillinger and two others shoot their way out of an FBI ambush in northern Wisconsin.
  • Apr 28, 1934: FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
  • Apr 30, 1934: The first S-train line in Copenhagen is opened. The Line started in Klampenborg and ended in Frederiksberg.
  • May 1, 1934: Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
  • May 5, 1934: 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04.
  • May 7, 1934: Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley
  • May 11, 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.
  • May 12, 1934: Cocktails For Two, by Duke Ellington hits #1
  • May 13, 1934: Great dustbowl storm
  • May 15, 1934: Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for John Dillinger, dead or alive.
  • May 18, 1934: Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print
  • May 19, 1934: Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in Sat Review of Lit Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
  • May 21, 1934: Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens
  • May 23, 1934: Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66).
  • May 24, 1934: Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia.
  • May 26, 1934: Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
  • May 28, 1934: The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.
  • May 29, 1934: May 31 ampndash The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church meets in Barmen, Germany to write the Barmen Declaration.
  • Jun 3, 1934: Dr Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted.
  • Jun 5, 1934: 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars
  • Jun 6, 1934: Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
  • Jun 9, 1934: 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
  • Jun 10, 1934: USSR and Romania regain diplomatic relations
  • Jun 11, 1934: Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
  • Jun 12, 1934: Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
  • Jun 13, 1934: Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as ''a silly little monkey''.
  • Jun 14, 1934: Hitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna
  • Jun 15, 1934: Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated.
  • Jun 18, 1934: US Highway planning surveys nationwide are authorized.
  • Jun 19, 1934: US Congress pases the Silver Purchase Act, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase silver until market price reaches $1.2929 per ounce, or until value of silver stock reaches one-third of gold stock.
  • Jun 25, 1934: Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia
  • Jun 26, 1934: FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions
  • Jun 27, 1934: Federal Savings and Loan Association created.
  • Jun 28, 1934: Hitler flies to Essen
  • Jun 30, 1934: Night of Long Knives, Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party
  • Jul 1, 1934: First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York.
  • Jul 2, 1934: The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Rohm.
  • Jul 3, 1934: FDIC pays off first insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois.
  • Jul 4, 1934: Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment
  • Jul 5, 1934: ''Bloody Thursday'' : Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
  • Jul 7, 1934: Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship.
  • Jul 10, 1934: 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York
  • Jul 11, 1934: FDR became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal
  • Jul 12, 1934: Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m
  • Jul 13, 1934: Babe Ruth hits home run number 700 against Detroit Tigers.
  • Jul 14, 1934: New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
  • Jul 15, 1934: Continental Airlines commences operations.
  • Jul 16, 1934: Bradman scores 140 Aust vs. Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes
  • Jul 17, 1934: Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
  • Jul 20, 1934: 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record).
  • Jul 21, 1934: 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record).
  • Jul 22, 1934: Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, ''Public Enemy No. 1'' John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
  • Jul 23, 1934: Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes
  • Jul 24, 1934: 1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, New York
  • Jul 25, 1934: Failed Nazi coup in Austria
  • Jul 28, 1934: 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record).
  • Jul 29, 1934: 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park Country Club - Williamsville, New York
  • Jul 31, 1934: 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon
  • Aug 2, 1934: Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany
  • Aug 4, 1934: New York Giants' player Mel Ott sets record of six runs in game and beats Philadelphia Phillies 21-4.
  • Aug 6, 1934: US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
  • Aug 8, 1934: The Wehrmacht swears a personal oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
  • Aug 9, 1934: US President Franklin Roosevelt nationalizes silver.
  • Aug 10, 1934: Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
  • Aug 11, 1934: 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
  • Aug 13, 1934: The comic strip ''Li'l Abner'' is first published in US newspapers.
  • Aug 16, 1934: US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028 feet (1922 m) in Bathysphere.
  • Aug 18, 1934: 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke
  • Aug 19, 1934: 48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan
  • Aug 22, 1934: Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  • Aug 25, 1934: Anti-union vigilantes seize the town of McGuffey, Ohio, during the Hardin County onion pickers strike.
  • Aug 27, 1934: Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
  • Aug 31, 1934: 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0
  • Sep 1, 1934: Spelling-Marchand Laws enforced
  • Sep 3, 1934: Tunisia begins its move for independence.
  • Sep 5, 1934: 10 ampndash 8th Nuremberg Rally
  • Sep 7, 1934: Luxury liner Morro Castle burns off NJ, killing 134
  • Sep 8, 1934: 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison
  • Sep 9, 1934: Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner
  • Sep 12, 1934: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against USSR
  • Sep 13, 1934: Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
  • Sep 17, 1934: USSR joins League of Nations
  • Sep 18, 1934: The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • Sep 19, 1934: Bruno Haptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby
  • Sep 21, 1934: Typhoon strikes Honshu Island, Japan, kills 4,000.
  • Sep 22, 1934: An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
  • Sep 24, 1934: Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
  • Sep 25, 1934: Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive Major League Baseball game.
  • Sep 26, 1934: British liner Queen Mary is launched
  • Sep 28, 1934: Over California, USA, a pilot escapes a fireball shower.
  • Sep 29, 1934: Rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh
  • Sep 30, 1934: FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
  • Oct 1, 1934: Adolph Hitler expands German army and navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles
  • Oct 2, 1934: A tornado in Osaka and Kyoto kills 1,660, injures 5,400, and destroys the rice harvest.
  • Oct 5, 1934: Miners rebel in Asturias, Spain (see Asturian miners' strike of 1934).
  • Oct 6, 1934: Catalonian separatists rebel in Spain.
  • Oct 8, 1934: Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son.
  • Oct 9, 1934: Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
  • Oct 14, 1934: Lux Radio Theatre premieres
  • Oct 15, 1934: The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March.
  • Oct 16, 1934: Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
  • Oct 17, 1934: The Aldrich Family premieres on radio
  • Oct 18, 1934: Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March
  • Oct 20, 1934: All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan
  • Oct 22, 1934: In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
  • Oct 23, 1934: Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m
  • Oct 31, 1934: The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes. Over the two years, there were 38,867,000 visitors.
  • Nov 2, 1934: Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan
  • Nov 3, 1934: Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
  • Nov 6, 1934: NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0
  • Nov 7, 1934: Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman
  • Nov 8, 1934: Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league President
  • Nov 11, 1934: WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM
  • Nov 13, 1934: The Italian government decrees that teachers must wear a military or party uniform in a class.
  • Nov 15, 1934: Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey
  • Nov 17, 1934: Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
  • Nov 20, 1934: New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt
  • Nov 21, 1934: Uiver returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
  • Nov 24, 1934: CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
  • Nov 26, 1934: German Theologist Karl Barth surrenders to Nazi
  • Nov 27, 1934: Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI.
  • Nov 28, 1934: Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
  • Nov 29, 1934: English King George V weds Princess Marina of Greece / Denmark
  • Nov 30, 1934: The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
  • Dec 1, 1934: In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
  • Dec 2, 1934: 5.08-m (200) Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
  • Dec 3, 1934: KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Philadelphia Penn
  • Dec 5, 1934: Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
  • Dec 7, 1934: Wiley Post discovers the jet stream.
  • Dec 9, 1934: New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship.
  • Dec 10, 1934: Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite.
  • Dec 11, 1934: 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Dec 13, 1934: Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St, New York City
  • Dec 14, 1934: First streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany, New York).
  • Dec 15, 1934: Fokker F18 Snip flies to the Netherlands West Indies
  • Dec 18, 1934: A low-key fascist conference is held in Moreaux.
  • Dec 19, 1934: Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930.
  • Dec 22, 1934: Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games
  • Dec 24, 1934: Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430
  • Dec 25, 1934: Four centuries for South Africa as they make 7-644 versus Queensland before 6,180.
  • Dec 26, 1934: An American Airlines aircraft crashes in the Adirondack Mountains.
  • Dec 27, 1934: First youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Massachusetts).
  • Dec 29, 1934: Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.[15]
  • Dec 31, 1934: Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
  • Jan 1, 1934: A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.

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What does the year 1934 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1934 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 35th year of the 20th century and the 4th year of the 1930s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1933 and precedes 1935.

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