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Events of 1934 -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April -  May . June . July  .  Aug. -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec. -  Undated . Ongoing . Births Deaths Nobel Prizes See also -  Notes -  External links

Events of 1934

January

• January 1
  • Alcatraz becomes a prison. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay
  • Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers "
  • New Constitution of Estonia enters into force. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region
• January 7 - The first Flash Gordon comic strip is published. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist
• January 10 - Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Marinus (Rinus van der Lubbe ( 13 January, 1909 – 10 January, 1934) was a Dutch council communist accused of and eventually
• January 13 - The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Kandidat nauk or Candidate of Sciences (Кандидат наук is a first post-graduate scientific degree in the former USSR and in some Post-Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• January 24 - Einstein visits the White House
• January 26
  • The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center
  • The 10 year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed by

Germany and the Second Polish Republic. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II.

February

• February 6 - February 6, 1934 French political crisis. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The 6 February 1934 crisis refers to an Anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by Far-right leagues (antiparliamentarian The French far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, an attempted coup against the Third Republic
• February 9 - Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France
• February 12 - The Export-Import Bank is incorporated. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group Palais Bourbon, a Palace located on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde, Paris (which is on the right bank is The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (Aigues-Vives Gard, 1 August 1863 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives was a French Politician of the Third Republic. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the The Export-Import Bank of the United States ( Ex-Im Bank) is the official Export credit agency of the United States federal government.
• February 12 to February 16 - Austrian Civil War
• February 16 - Commission of Government sworn in as form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Origins of the conflict After the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (following World War I) the state of Austria - comprising by Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols The Commission of Government was a non-elected body that governed Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949 (when the former Dominion became the tenth province of The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British dominion from 1907 (before which the territory had the status of a British colony to 1949
• February 22 - Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film It Happened One Night is a 1934 screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered Socialite ( Claudette Colbert Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage It becomes a smash hit and the first of Capra's great screen classics. It will become the first film to win all five of the major Academy Awards - Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Gable and Colbert will receive their only Oscars for this film.
• February 23 - Léopold III becomes King of Belgium. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Leopold III (born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (French or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those

March

• March 1 - Manchuria becomes Manchukuo following an invasion by the Japanese
• March 3 - John Dillinger escapes from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, using a wooden pistol
• March 8 - Prince Sigvard of Sweden loses his titles because of his marriage. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Manchukuo (ja [[wikt満州国 満州国]] Manshūkoku lit "State of Manchuria " was a Puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian John Herbert Dillinger (June 22 1903–July 22 1934 was a notorious Bank robber in mid-western America Crown Point is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte Count of Wisborg ( 7 June 1907 – 4 February 2002) formerly known by his royal title as
• March 12 - A coup in Estonia by Konstantin Päts and general Johan Laidoner. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Konstantin Päts VR I/1 and III/1 ( February 23 1874 &ndash January 18 1956) was a Politician and the first President Johan Laidoner Born in Viiratsi Parish Viljandi County, Estonia on February 12, 1884. All parties are banned.
• March 13 - John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and their gang rob the First National Bank in Mason City, Iowa. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. John Herbert Dillinger (June 22 1903–July 22 1934 was a notorious Bank robber in mid-western America Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6 1908—November 27 1934 ("George" was a bank robber in the 1930s better known as Baby Face Nelson due to his youthful Mason City is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
• March 20 - All the police forces in Germany come under command of Heinrich Himmler
• March 20 - 1934 Great Hakodate fire, 4,170 square kilometers has lost, caused fire. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture Japanese authority estimated 2,165 killed, injured 9,485, 145,500 homeless. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The great urban fire has worst disaster, except air bomb, earthquake fire in Japanese history.

April

• April 1 - Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker kill two young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States and a suburb of Fort Worth and Dallas.
• April 6 - Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet
• April 14 - Black Sunday, where twenty of the worst dust storms within the Dust Bowl
• April 19 - Surgeon R. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in The Dust Bowl, or the dirty thirties, was a period of severe Dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental K. Wilson allegedly takes a photograph of the Loch Ness Monster. A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic The Loch Ness Monster ( Nessiteras rhombopteryx) is an alleged animal family and upward Incertae sedis, purportedly inhabiting Scotland 's Loch Ness
• April 22 - John Dillinger and two others shoot their way out of an FBI ambush in northern Wisconsin

May

• May 7 - Pearl of Lao Tzu, 24 x 14 cm, is found in a giant clam off Palawan, Philippines. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses The Pearl of Lao Tzu (also referred to as Pearl of Lao Tze and Pearl of Allah) is the largest known " Pearl " in the world In Japanese cuisine, Geoduck (mirugai is sometimes referred to as "giant clam" Palawan is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• May 11 - Dust Bowl: A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople The Dust Bowl, or the dirty thirties, was a period of severe Dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada Topsoil is the upper outermost layer of soil usually the top 2 to 8 inches
• May 15
  • The United States Department of Justice offers a $25,000 reward for John Dillinger. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department John Herbert Dillinger (June 22 1903–July 22 1934 was a notorious Bank robber in mid-western America
  • Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. Kārlis Vilhelms Augusts Ulmanis (b September 4, 1877 in Bērze, Latvia – d Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region.
• May 23 - A team of police officers, led by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, ambush bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow near their hide-out in Black Lake, Louisiana, killing them both. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Bienville Parish (Paroisse de Bienville is a Parish located in the U
• May 24
  • Tomáš Masaryk re-elected president of Czechoslovakia. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (ˈtomaːʃ ˈɡarɪk ˈmasarɪk sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English ( March 7, 1850 – September 14, Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
  • The five-day "Battle of Toledo" occurs during the Auto-Lite strike in Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo Auto-Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL against the Electric Auto-Lite company of This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article
• May 28 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling The Municipality of Callander (formerly the Township of North Himsworth) is a township in central Ontario, Canada located at the southeast end The Dionne quintuplets, born on May 28, 1934, are the first Quintuplets known to survive their Infancy. A multiple birth occurs when more than one Fetus is carried to term in a single Pregnancy.
• May 29 - May 31 - The Confessional Synod of the German Evangelical Church met in Barmen, Germany to write the Barmen Declaration. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. EKD redirects here For the Basque political party see Democracia Cristiana Vasca. Barmen is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal. The Barmen Declaration or The Theological Declaration of Barmen 1934 is a statement of the Confessing Church opposing the Nazi-supported "German-Christian"

June

• June 6 - New Deal: U. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is a law governing the secondary trading of securities ( Stocks bonds, and Debentures. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility
• June 9 - Release of the animated short The Wise Little Hen, directed by Bert Gillett for the Silly Symphonies series, featuring the debut of Donald Duck. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney 's Silly Symphonies Cartoon, based on the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. Silly Symphonies is a series of Animated Short subjects 75 in total produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939 Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company.
• June 10 - Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 after extra time to win the 1934 World Cup. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second World Cup staged and was hosted in Italy from 27 May to 10 June
• June 12 - Political parties banned in Bulgaria
• June 14 - Max Baer defeats champion Primo Carnera for the world heavyweight boxing title. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Max Baer may refer to Max Baer (judge (born 1947 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer (boxer (1909&ndash1959 boxer This article is about the historical boxer for the wrestler having same nickname see Primo Carnera. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight,
• June 18 - Indian Reorganization Act was enacted. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries The Indian Reorganization Act, 1934, also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act or informally the Indian New Deal, was a U
• June 27 - Emir of Yemen and ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia conclude a peace treaty
• June 30
  • The Nazi SA camp Oranienburg becomes national camp, taken over by the SS. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Emir ( Arabic: ar أمير;, female أميرة; emira;) ( Farsi and Urdu: امیر) Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the
  • Night of the Long Knives - Nazis purge the SA

July

• July 1
  • The world famous Brookfield Zoo opens. The Night of the Long Knives (German) or " Operation Hummingbird " was a Purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Brookfield Zoo is a Zoo located in the Chicago Suburb of Brookfield Illinois.
  • The Hays Office censorship code for motion pictures goes into full effect in the United States. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• July 10 - German social democrat and author Erich Mühsam killed in Oranienburg concentration camp
• July 17 - Supreme court of North Dakota declares lieutenant governor of the state, Ole H. Olson, the legitimate governor and tells William Langer to resign. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left Erich Mühsam ( 6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German-Jewish anarchist, writer poet dramatist and cabaret performer Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Ole H Olson ( September 19, 1872 – January 29, 1954) was born in Mondovi Wisconsin. William "Wild Bill" Langer ( September 30 1886 November 8 1959) was a prominent American Politician from Langer proceeds to declare North Dakota independent. He revokes the declaration after the Supreme Court justices meet him.
• July 22 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. John Herbert Dillinger (June 22 1903–July 22 1934 was a notorious Bank robber in mid-western America
• July 25
  • Austrian Nazis assassinate chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss during a failed coup attempt. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
  • Birth of Luang Por Sumedho in Seattle, Washington. Luang Por Ajahn Sumedho (อาจารย์สุเมโธ (born Robert Jackman July 27, 1934, Seattle) is the most senior representative

August

• August 2 - Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• August 8 - The Wehrmacht swears a personal oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately
• August 13 - The comic strip Lil' Abner is first published. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Li'l Abner was a Satirical American Comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional
• August 19 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. The Soap Box Derby is a youth Soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934 Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County.
• August 25 - Anti-union vigilantes seize the town of McGuffey, Ohio, during the Hardin County onion pickers strike. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the McGuffey is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 522 at the 2000 census. The Hardin County onion pickers strike was a strike by agricultural workers in Hardin County Ohio, in 1934

September

• September 8 - Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner Morro Castle kills 134 people. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Construction of the SS Morro Castle In the spring of 1928 the U
• September 19
  • Soviet Union joins the League of Nations
  • Bruno Richard Hauptmann arrested in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Bruno Richard Hauptmann ( November 26, 1899 &ndash April 3, 1936) was a German carpenter sentenced to death and executed for The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, the Toddler son of world famous Aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, occurred
• September 21 - Typhoon in Honshū, Japan - 3036 reported killed. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Mainly destroy temple, schools, and other buildings at Osaka. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū
• September 22 - A gas explosion took place at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales which led to the death of 266 miners and rescuers. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians For the small towns of Gresford and East Gresford in New South Wales, Australia, see East Gresford New South Wales. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region This was one of the worst tragedies in Welsh mining history.
• September 28
  • Afghanistan joins the League of Nations
  • Trial for the custody of young Gloria Vanderbilt begins. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924 in New York City New York) is an American artist actress and socialite most It lasts seven weeks and ends with a compromise.
• September 29 - Stanley Matthews makes his England debut, beginning a record 23-year international career

October

• October 2 - Tornado in Osaka and Kyoto destroys the rice harvest - 1660 dead, 5400 injured
• October 5 - Asturian miners rebel. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE ( 1 February 1915 — February 23 2000) was an English football player The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Injury or bodily injury is Damage or Harm caused to the Structure or function of the Body caused by an outside agent or Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople (Asturias, Spain). The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• October 6 - Catalonian separatists rebel
• October 9 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseilles. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Separatism refers to the advocacy of a state of cultural ethnic tribal religious racial or gender separation from the larger group often with demands for greater political autonomy Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Alexander of Yugoslavia may refer to King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (reigned 1921 to 1934 Alexander Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, born Jean Louis Barthou (25 August 1862 – 9 October 1934 was a French politician of the Third Republic. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ
• October 16 - The Long March of Chinese communists begins. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western The Long March ( was a massive Military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP the forerunner of the People's Liberation The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the
• October 22 - Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd shot and killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus

November

• November 13 - Italian government decreed that teachers must use a military or party uniform in a class. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St
• November 21
  • MCC makes an ultimately controversial decision to alter the lbw rule so a batsman can be lbw to a ball pitching outside off stump. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 In the Sport Cricket, leg before wicket (LBW is one of the ways in which a Batsman can be dismissed. The change is later blamed for many problems developing during the 1950s - primarily negative bowling outside leg stump to a field of short-leg fieldsmen.
  • Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes, starring Ethel Merman, premieres in New York City. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Ethel Merman ( January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American Actress and Singer for Musical The City of New York
• November 23 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled Ogadēn ]] is the international name of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. Welwel (also transliterated Walwal; Italian Ual-Ual) is a town in eastern Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page This encounter leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. The Abyssinia Crisis was a diplomatic crisis during the interwar period originating in the conflict between Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia
• November 26 - Universal Pictures releases the first film version of Fannie Hurst's novel, Imitation of Life, starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Fannie Hurst ( October 19, 1889 - February 23, 1968) was an American Novelist Although her books are not well remembered Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage Louise Beavers ( March 8, 1902 - October 26, 1962) was an American Film Actress. It gives Beavers, who was usually featured in small roles as a maid, her best screen role, and features the largest supporting role played by a black person in a Hollywood film up till then. Its storyline is extremely daring for a 1934 film - part of it revolves around a young mulatto girl rejecting her mother and trying to "pass for white". Mulatto is a term used to describe a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person whose Ancestry is a mixture of black and white It is the first Hollywood film to seriously deal with this subject. The 1936 film version of Show Boat, also from Universal, will deal with a similar storyline. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
• November 27 - A running gun battle between FBI agents and bank robber Baby Face Nelson results in the death of one FBI agent and the mortal wounding of special agent Sam Cowley, who is still able to mortally wound Nelson. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6 1908—November 27 1934 ("George" was a bank robber in the 1930s better known as Baby Face Nelson due to his youthful

December

• December 1 - In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolaev (it is widely thought that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered this murder). Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of Political parties, most notably Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров ( &ndash December 1, 1934) was a prominent early Bolshevik leader whose assassination A Political party described as a communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of Communism through a communist form of Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Leonid Nikolaev (1904&ndash December 29, 1934) was the assassin of Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Leningrad branch of the Communist Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party In Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas is inaugurated as President of that country. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. This article is about Gen Lázaro Cárdenas del Río For his grandson see Lázaro Cárdenas Batel.
• December 5 - Abyssinia Crisis: Ethiopian and Italian troops exchange gunfire. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. The Abyssinia Crisis was a diplomatic crisis during the interwar period originating in the conflict between Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia Reported casualties for the Ethiopians are 150, and for the Italians 50.
• December 18 - Low-key fascist conference in Moreaux
• December 24 - Actor Lionel Barrymore begins what will become an annual tradition of the Golden Age of Radio - playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in dramatizations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Léon Moreaux (1862 - ? was a successful French sports shooter and Olympian who competed in Pistol and Rifle shooting in the Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Lionel Barrymore ( April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award -winning actor of stage radio Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens Barrymore will continue playing Scrooge on radio until shortly before his death in 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) He will also make a 78-RPM record album of the classic story, which will later be released on LP. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter
• December 26 - American Airlines aircraft crashes in Adirondack Mountains
• December 27 - Persia becomes Iran
• December 29 - Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. American Airlines Inc (AA is a US -based airline and the world's Largest airline in total passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size The Adirondack Mountains are a Mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, limited the naval armaments of its five signatories the United States of America, the The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed

Undated

• The sonoluminescence effect is discovered. Sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of Light from imploding bubbles in a Liquid when excited by Sound.
• The GPU becomes the NKVD. The State Political Directorate was the Secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR) and the Soviet Union from 1922 until The NKVD ( НКВД, ru Народный Комиссариат Внутренних Дел ''Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del'') or People's Commissariat
• Abidjan becomes the capital of the French colony of Côte d'Ivoire. Abidjan is the largest city and former Capital of Côte d'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a

Ongoing

• Rise of the Nazi Party. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945

Births

1934 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1934 MCMXXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2687
Armenian calendar	1383 ԹՎ ՌՅՁԳ
Bahá'í calendar	90 – 91
Berber calendar	2884
Buddhist calendar	2478
Burmese calendar	1296
Chinese calendar	4570/4630-11-16 (癸酉年十一月十六日) — to — 4571/4631-11-25 (甲戌年十一月廿五日)
Coptic calendar	1650 – 1651
Ethiopian calendar	1926 – 1927
Hebrew calendar	5694 – 5695
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1989 – 1990
- Shaka Samvat	1856 – 1857
- Kali Yuga	5035 – 5036
Holocene calendar	11934
Iranian calendar	1312 – 1313
Islamic calendar	1352 – 1353
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 9 (昭和9年)
Korean calendar	4267
Thai solar calendar	2477
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January-February

• January 7 - Charlie Jenkins, American runner
• January 9 - Bart Starr, American football player
• January 11 - Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada
• January 16 - Marilyn Horne, American mezzo-soprano
• January 18 - Raymond Briggs, British writer and illustrator
• January 20 - Tom Baker, British actor
• January 22 - Bill Bixby, American television actor (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Charles ("Charlie" Lamont Jenkins (born January 7, 1934) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. The American Opera singer Marilyn Horne (b January 16 1934 Bradford Pennsylvania) is a Mezzo-soprano who is particularly associated with Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934 is an English Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic novelist, and Author who has achieved Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Bill Bixby (born Wilfred Bailey Bixby on January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) was an American Film and 1993)
• January 24 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Stanisław Grochowiak (born January 24 1934 in Leszno, died September 2 1976 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet and 1976)
• February 5 - Hank Aaron, American baseball player
• February 7 - Earl King, American musician (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5 1934 in Mobile Alabama) nicknamed "Hammer" "Hammerin' Hank” or "Bad Henry” is a retired Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Earl King ( February 7[[ 934]] – April 17[[ 003]] was a Singer, Guitarist, and Songwriter, most active in Blues music 2003)
• February 10 - Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
• February 11
  • Tina Louise, American actress
  • Mary Quant, British fashion designer
  • John Surtees, British race car driver
• February 12
  • Anne Krueger, American economist
  • Bill Russell, American basketball player
• February 13 - George Segal, American actor
• February 14
  • Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor
  • Florence Henderson, American actress
• February 15 - Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
• February 17
  • Alan Bates, British actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Fleur Adcock, CNZM, OBE (born February 10 1934 in New Zealand) is a Poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry who has Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American model, Singer and actress. Mary Quant OBE FCSD (born 11 February 1934 in Blackheath, London, England) is an English Motorcycle racing career Born in Tatsfield, Surrey, Surtees was the son of a south London motorcycle dealer Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the (The following is almost verbatim from Anne O Krueger -- Biographical Information copyrighted by the International Monetary Fund used under Fair use; see) William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana) is a retired American professional Basketball Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed George Segal (born February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York) is an American film and stage actor Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Michel Corboz (born February 14, 1934) is a Swiss conductor Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland and educated in his native Canton Florence Agnes Henderson (born February 14, 1934) is an American actress and singer perhaps best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the Television Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Niklaus Emil Wirth (b February 15, 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist, best known for designing several Programming languages including Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003 was a British Actor. 2003)
  • Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
• February 20 - Bobby Unser, American race car driver
• February 21 - Rue McClanahan, American actress
• February 22
  • Sparky Anderson, baseball manager
  • Van Williams, American actor
• February 24
  • Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs Colorado) is a retired U Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan; February 21, 1934) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actress, known for Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (born February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater South Dakota) is fifth on the all-time list for manager career wins Van (Van Zandt Williams is a former American Actor (born February 27, 1934, in Fort Worth Texas) best known for his brief Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Benedetto (Bettino Craxi ( February 24, 1934 – January 19, 2000) was an Italian politician head of the Italian Socialist Party In Italy, the Prime Minister of Italy (officially the President of the Council of Ministers, Italian Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the country's 2000)
  • Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
• February 27
  • Vincent Fourcade, French-born interior designer and socialite (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Renata Scotto (born February 24, 1934) is an Italian Soprano. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Vincent Gabriel Fourcade ( February 27 1934 &ndash December 23 1992) was a French Interior designer and the business 1992)
  • Ralph Nader, American consumer activist

March-April

• March 1
  • Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian sculptor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Jean-Michel Folon ( 1 March 1934 &ndash 20 October 2005) was a Belgian artist illustrator painter and sculptor 2005)
  • Joan Hackett, American actress (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Hackett ( March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American actress who appeared on stage in films and on television 1983)
• March 4
  • Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian composer
  • John Duffey, bluegrass musician (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine - American Composer. John Duffey ( March 4, 1934 - December 10, 1996) was a Washington DC-based Bluegrass music innovator and musician 1996)
  • Anne Haney, American actress (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Anne Haney ( March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as social worker Mrs 2001)
  • Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Barbara McNair ( March 4 1934 - February 4 2007) was an African-American Singer and Actress. 2007)
  • Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist
• March 5 - Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• March 7
  • Franklin Clarke, American football player
  • Willard Scott, American television broadcaster
• March 9
  • Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, first man in space (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Janez Strnad (born March 4, 1934) is a Slovene Physicist and populariser of Natural science. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Daniel Kahneman (דניאל כהנמן (born 5 March 1934 is an Israeli American psychologist and Nobel laureate, notable for his work on The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Franklin Clarke (born February 7 1934 in Beloit, Wisconsin) was an American football Wide receiver in the NFL Willard Herman Scott Jr (born March 7 1934 in Alexandria Virginia) is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC 's Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. 1968)
  • Del Close, American actor, improviser, writer, and teacher (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Del Close ( March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) along with Keith Johnstone, Paul Sills, Dudley Riggs and Viola 1999)
• March 11 - Sam Donaldson, American reporter
• March 13 - Barry Hughart, American author
• March 14
  • Eleanor Bron, British actress
  • Paul Rader, General of The Salvation Army
• March 16 - Richard Layard, Baron Layard, British economist
• March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Samuel Andrew "Sam" Donaldson (born March 11 1934, El Paso Texas) is a reporter and News anchor for ABC News, substitute Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Barry Hughart (born March 13, 1934) in Peoria, Illinois, is an American author of Fantasy Novels Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Eleanor Bron (born 14 March, 1938) is a British stage film and television actress and authoress Dr Paul Rader (born March 14 1934) was General or leader of the Salvation Army from 1994 - 1999, and was the President Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king (Peter Richard Grenville Layard Baron Layard (born 15 March 1934) is a British economist Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Ramon John Hnatyshyn PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC (''hc'' (commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, anglicized The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 2002)
• March 20 - Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco, California
• March 22
  • Orrin Hatch, U. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Willie Lewis Brown Jr (born March 20, 1934) served over thirty years in the California State Assembly, fifteen years as its Speaker and afterwards Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977 S. Senator from Utah
  • Larry Martyn, comedy actor (d. Lawrence "Larry" Martyn ( 22 March 1934 - 7 August 1994) was an English Actor known for his comedy performances 1994)
• March 23 - Mark Rydell, American actor and director
• March 25 - Gloria Steinem, American feminist
• March 26 - Alan Arkin, American actor
• March 31 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
• March 31 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• April 1
  • Rod Kanehl, baseball player (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1934 in New York City) is an American Actor, Film director and producer. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon Journalist and women's rights advocate Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26 1934 is an American Actor and director. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is a American Singer and character actress of Stage, Film and Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Carlo Rubbia (born on March 31, 1934 in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy) is an Italian physicist at The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Roderick Edwin Kanehl ( April 1 1934 – December 14 2004) was an American Second baseman and Outfielder in 2004)
  • Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
• April 2
  • Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician
  • Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Vladimir Vladimirovich Posner (also spelled "Pozner" in Russian Владимир Владимирович Познер born April 1, 1934, is a Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Paul Joseph Cohen ( April 2, 1934 &ndash March 23, 2007) was an American Mathematician best known for his proof of Brian Glover ( 2 April 1934 &ndash 24 July 1997) was a well-known English character actor writer and wrestler 1997)
• April 3 - Jane Goodall, British zoologist
• April 9 - Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
• April 11 - Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet
• April 24
  • Shirley MacLaine, American actress
  • Jayakanthan, Tamil writer
• April 25 - Peter McParland, Irish footballer
• April 29 - Otis Rush, American musician

May-June

• May 3 - Henry Cooper, British boxer
• May 9 - Alan Bennett, British actor and writer
• May 13 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Dame Jane Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris Goodall on 3 April 1934) is an English UN Messenger of Peace primatologist Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Sir William Francis Birch, GNZM, (born 9 April 1934) usually known as Bill Birch, is a former New Zealand politician Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Mark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American Poet, Essayist, and Translator. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known Jayakanthan (ஜெயகாந்தன் (born April 24, 1934) is a Tamil Writer, Essayist Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Peter James McParland MBE (b 25 April 1934, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a former professional Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia Mississippi) is a blues Musician, Singer and Guitarist. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Sir Henry Cooper OBE, KSG (born May 3 1934) in South East London, is a retired English Heavyweight Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934 is an English Author and Tony Award -winning Playwright. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Leon Lamar Wagner ( May 13, 1934 - January 3, 2004) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball who 2004)
• May 14 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
• May 15 - George Roper, British comedian (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Siân Phillips CBE (pronounced ʃɑːn 'fɪlɪps born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips; May 14, 1933) is a Welsh actress Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the This is an article about the British comedian For information on the British sitcom character see Man About the House. 2003)
• May 19 - Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
• May 21 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• May 22 - Peter Nero, American pianist
• May 23 - Robert Moog, American inventor of the synthesizer
• May 24 - Barry Rose, British choir director and organist
• May 27 - Harlan Ellison, American writer
• May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, Canadian quintuplets
• May 30 - Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut
• June 3 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
• June 5 - Bill Moyers, American journalist
• June 6 - King Albert II of Belgium
• June 16 - William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• June 26 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and James Charles "Jim" Lehrer (ˈlɛrɚ born May 19 1934) is an American journalist and the News anchor for The NewsHour Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (born May 21, 1934) is a Swedish Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow, 22 May 1934) is an American Pianist and pops conductor. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Dr Robert Arthur Moog (ˈmoʊɡ to rhyme with "rogue" ( May 23, 1934 &ndash August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Barry Michael Rose (born 24 May 1934) is a choir trainer and Organist. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling The Dionne quintuplets, born on May 28, 1934, are the first Quintuplets known to survive their Infancy. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов (born May 30, 1934 in Listvyanka Kemerovo Oblast, USSR Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rolland D McCune (born June 3, 1934) is an American theologian who is professor of Systematic Theology at the Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Bill Moyers (born June 5, 1934, as William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers) is an American Journalist and public commentator Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Life Prince Albert was sent to the Swiss private school Institut Le Rosey for his pre-university education Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford University 's Graduate School of Business The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Jeremy Wolfenden ( 26 June, 1934, England – December 28, 1965) was a Foreign correspondent and British spy 1965)
• June 28 - Carl Levin, United States Senator
• June 30 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan and is the Chairman of the Senate Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Harry Blackstone Jr ( June 30 1934 – May 14 1997) was an American stage magician, author and Television 1997)

July-August

• July 1
  • Jean Marsh, British actress
  • Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (born 1 July 1934) is a Golden Globe -nominated English actress and Writer, who is perhaps Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. 2008)
• July 10 - Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer
• July 11 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
• July 12 - Van Cliburn, American pianist
• July 13
  • Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Aleksei Yeliseyev, cosmonaut
• July 14 - John Tyndall, British politician (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Jerry Nelson (born July 10, 1934 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is a Muppet Puppeteer who was raised in Washington D Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Fashion career From 1961 to 1970 Armani worked as a designer in well-known fashion house Nino Cerruti Jimenez after which he left to pursue freelance work Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr (b July 12, 1934) is an American Pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 when at age 23 Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev ( Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев born July 13, 1934 in Zhizdra) was a Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. John Hutchyns Tyndall ( 14 July 1934 19 July 2005) was a Far-right British nationalist politician best known 2005)
• July 15 - Harrison Birtwistle, British composer
• July 30 - Bud Selig, current Major League Baseball commissioner
• August 2 - Valery Bykovsky, Russian cosmonaut and prostitute
• August 3 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political and rebel leader (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH (born 15 July, 1934) is a British contemporary Composer. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Allan Huber "Bud" Selig Jr (born July 30, 1934 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and has Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Валерий Фёдорович Быковский born 2 August 1934 Pavlovsky Posad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi ( August 3, 1934 &ndash February 22, 2002) led UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against 2002)
• August 4 - Dallas Green, American baseball manager and executive
• August 5 - Wendell Berry, American novelist, essayist, poet
• August 15 - Nino Ferrer, French singer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. George Dallas Green (born August 4, 1934) is a former Pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County Kentucky) is an American Man of letters, academic cultural and Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Nino Ferrer (born Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari in Genoa, Italy, August 15, 1934, died in Quercy Blanc Saint-Cyprien Lot 1998)
• August 18 - Vincent Bugliosi, American prosecutor and author
• August 18 - Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Vincent Bugliosi (ˌbuːliˈoʊsi with a silent g (born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing Minnesota) is an American Attorney and Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18 1934 &ndash December 31 1972 was a professional baseball player and a Major League Baseball Right fielder. 1972)
• August 19 - Renée Richards, American transsexual physician and tennis player
• August 22 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Renée Richards (born Richard Raskind August 19 1934 in New York City) is an American Ophthalmologist, author and former professional Tennis player Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. General H Norman Schwarzkopf (also known as '''"Stormin' Norman"''' and '''"The Bear"''') (b S. Army general
• August 23
  • Sonny Jurgensen, American football player
  • Barbara Eden, American actress
• August 25 - Eddie Ilarde, Filipino broadcaster and politician
• August 26 - Tom Heinsohn, American baseketball player, coach, and broadcaster
• August 30 - Anatoli Solonitsyn, Russian actor (d. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III (born August 23, 1934) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23, 1934) is an American film and television actress and Singer who is best Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Edgar U Ilarde (born August 25, 1934) also known as Eddie Ilarde, is a Filipino radio and television host who was elected to one term in the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Thomas William Heinsohn (born August 26 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former professional basketball player known for his time as a player on the Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (also 'Anatoli' Анатолий ((Отто Алексеевич Солоницын 30 August, 1934, Nizhny Tagil &ndash 1982)

September-October

• September 2 - Dominic Chianese, American actor
• September 4 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 7 - Little Milton, American musician
• September 8 - Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer
• September 10 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Dominic Chianese (pronounced Key-ah-NAYZ-e born February 24 or September 2, He graduated from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in 1948 Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Sir Clive William John Granger (born September 4, 1934) is a Welsh Economist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Milton "Little Milton" Campbell Jr ( September 7, 1934 &mdash August 4, 2005) was a Blues and Soul vocalist and Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (b 8 September 1934 is an English Composer and conductor. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Charles Kuralt ( 10 September 1934 &ndash 4 July 1997) was an award-winning American journalist 1997)
• September 15 - Fred Nile, Australian Christian politician
• September 16 - Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and executive
• September 17 - Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Frederick John Nile (born 15 September 1934) Australian politician clergyman and social activist has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16 1934 in Washington DC) is a retired American basketball player who played Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Maureen Catherine ("Little Mo" Connolly (born September 17 1934 &ndash died June 21 1969 was an American Tennis player who was the first woman to win all four 1969)
• September 19 - Brian Epstein, English manager of the Beatles (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 1967)
• September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
• September 21 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, novelist and singer/songwriter
• September 22 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
• September 23 - Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
• September 24 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
• September 27 - Wilford Brimley, diabetic actor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Robert Luther "Lute" Olson (born September 22, 1934) is the men's Basketball head coach at the University of Arizona in Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Ahmad Shah Crown Prince of Afghanistan (born 23 September 1934) the second son of Mohammed Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan, and current Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Thomas Cowan Anderson (born September 24, 1934) was a Scottish professional footballer representing Scotland at School’s level Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Allen Wilford Brimley (born September 27 1934 in Salt Lake City Utah) is an American Actor.
• September 28 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress, sex symbol of the 1950s and 60's, and animal rights activist
• September 30 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
• October 1 - Chuck Hiller, baseball player (d. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Brigitte Bardot ( (born 28 September 1934 is a French actress, former fashion model, Singer and animal welfare/rights activist Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Anna Kashfi (born Johanna O'Callaghan on September 30 1934 is a former film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s and is best known for having been married to Marlon Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Charles Joseph Hiller ( October 1 1934 - October 20 2004) was an American Second baseman in Major League Baseball 2004)
• October 2 - Earl Wilson, baseball player (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Earl Wilson may refer to Earl Wilson (politician (1906-1990 U 2005)
• October 4 - Sam Huff, American football player
• October 9 - Jill Ker Conway, Australian-born author
• October 13 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer
• October 17 - Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist
• October 18 - Chuck Swindoll, American evangelist
• October 20 - Michael Dunn, a. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Robert E Lee Samuel "Sam" Huff (born October 4, 1934 in Edna Gas, West Virginia) is a former American football Linebacker Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Jill Ker Conway (born 9 October 1934) is an Australian American author best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Nana Mouskouri (in Greek Nάνα Μούσχουρη) born as Ioanna Mouskhouri on October 13 1934, in Chania, Crete, Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost This article is about the musician For the fictional character named Rico Rodriguez see the Just Cause video game Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian Pastor, Author, Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Michael Dunn ( October 20, 1934 – August 30, 1973) was an American actor and singer who shunned the usual "cute" k. a. Gary Neil Miller, dwarf American actor and singer (d. 1973)
• October 30 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch flutist, recorder player, and conductor

November-December

• November 1 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Frans Brüggen (born October 30, 1934, Amsterdam Holland) is a Dutch conductor and Recorder player Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Umberto Agnelli ( November 1 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian Entrepreneur and Politician. 2004)
• November 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect
• November 9 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Barton Myers, FAIA (born in Norfolk Virginia, November 6, 1934) is an American and Canadian Architect and president of Barton Myers Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Carl Edward Sagan ( November 9 1934 &ndash December 20 1996) was an American Astronomer, astrochemist, author 1996)
• November 12 - Charles Manson, American criminal
• November 13 - John Gowans, General of The Salvation Army
• November 24 - Alfred Schnittke, Volga German composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St John Gowans was the sixteenth General of the Salvation Army from 1999-2002 succeeding General Paul Rader. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке November 24, 1934 Engels - August 3, 1998 Hamburg 1998)
• November 27 - Ammo Baba, Assyrian soccer legend
• December 2 - Andre Rodgers, American baseball player (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Emmanuel Baba Dawud (born November 27, 1934 in Baghdad, Iraq) better known as Ammo Baba. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Kenneth Andre Ian Rodgers ( December 2, 1934 - December 13, 2004) was a Major League Baseball Shortstop who played for the 2004)
• December 3 - Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut
• December 4 - Wink Martindale, American game show host and disc jockey
• December 5 - Joan Didion, American writer
• December 9
  • Judi Dench, British actress
  • Junior Wells, American harmonica player (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko (Виктор Васильевич Горбатко born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale (born December 4, 1934, Jackson, Tennessee) is a Disc jockey and Television Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English Junior Wells ( December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) born Amos Blakemore, was a blues Vocalist and Harmonica 1998)
• December 10 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Howard Martin Temin ( December 10, 1934 &ndash February 9, 1994) was a U The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1994)
• December 18 - Boris Volynov, Russian cosmonaut
• December 19
  • Aki Aleong, Trinidad and Tobago actor
  • Al Kaline, baseball player
• December 27 - Larissa Latynina, Russian gymnast
• December 28
  • Maggie Smith, British actress
  • Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Борис Валентинович Волынов born December 18, 1934 in Irkutsk) is a Soviet cosmonaut Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Assing "Aki" Aleong (born December 19, 1934) is an American Character actor who has also been active in songwriting and musical production Albert William "Al" Kaline, also known as Mr Tiger, (ˈkʰeɪˌlaɪn born December 19, 1934 in Baltimore Maryland) is a former Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Larissa Semyonovna Latynina (Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR) is Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage Yujiro Ishihara (石原裕次郎 Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934 &ndash July 17, 1987) was a Japanese Actor and singer 1987)
• December 30
  • Joseph P. Hoar, U. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St General Joseph P Hoar (born December 30 1934 is a retired US Marine Corps officer former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command. S. Marine commander
  • John Norris Bahcall, American astrophysicist (d. John Norris Bahcall ( December 30 1934 &ndash August 17 2005) was an American astrophysicist. 2005)
  • Del Shannon, American singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For Dell Shannon, the pen name of a police procedural novelist see Elizabeth Linington. 1990)

Deaths

January - March

• January 6 - Herbert Chapman, English football manager (b. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Herbert Chapman ( January 19, 1878 – January 6, 1934) was an English Association football player and manager 1878)
• January 10 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Marinus (Rinus van der Lubbe ( 13 January, 1909 – 10 January, 1934) was a Dutch council communist accused of and eventually 1909)
• January 29 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Fritz Haber (9 December 1868 &ndash 29 January 1934 was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development for The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1868)
• February 17 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Albert I (8 April 1875 &ndash 17 February 1934 was the third King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934 1875)
• February 23 - Edward Elgar, English composer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable 1857)
• March 15 - Davidson Black, Canadian-born paleoanthropologist (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Davidson Black, FRS (1884 &ndash 1934 was a Canadian Paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis (now 1884)
• March 20 - Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Dutch Queen and regent (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 August 1858 - 20 March 1934 was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1858)
• March 29 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German-born philanthropist (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Otto Hermann Kahn ( February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was an Investment banker, Collector, Philanthropist 1867)

April - June

• May 23
  • Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (shot) (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash 1910)
  • Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (shot) (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash 1910)
• May 25 - Gustav Holst, English composer (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934was an English Composer and was a music teacher for nearly 20 years 1874)
• May 30 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Fleet Admiral Marquis (, OM, GCVO, ( 27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in 1848)
• June 10 - Frederick Delius, English composer (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Frederick Albert Theodore Delius CH (29 January 1862 &ndash 10 June 1934 was an English Composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire 1862)
• June 11 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Lev Semenovich Vygotsky (Russian Лев Семёнович Выготский ( November 17 ( November 5 Old Style) 1896 – June 11, 1934 1896)
• June 20 - Andrew Jackson Zilker, American philanthropist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Andrew Jackson Zilker (1858 - 1934 was a political figure and Philanthropist in Austin, Texas, after whom Zilker Park was named 1858)
• June 30 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1882)

July - September

• July 4 - Marie Curie, Polish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and physics (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1867)
• July 8 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Édouard Benjamin Baillaud ( February 14, 1848 &ndash July 8, 1934) was a French Astronomer. 1848)
• July 13 - Kate Sheppard , New Zealand Women's suffrage for voting (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Katherine Wilson Sheppard (10 March 1847 or 1848&ndash 13 July 1934 was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement and is the country's most famous 1848)
• July 22 - John Dillinger, American criminal (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of John Herbert Dillinger (June 22 1903–July 22 1934 was a notorious Bank robber in mid-western America 1903)
• July 25
  • François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler François Coty (born Joseph Marie François Spoturno; 3 May 1874, Ajaccio, Corsica &ndash 25 July 1934, 1874)
  • Englebert Dolfuss, Chancellor of Austria (assassinated) (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Chancellor of Austria (in German: Bundeskanzler) is the Head of government in Austria. 1892)
• July 25 - Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (Нестор Іванович Махно October 26, 1888 – July 6, 1934) was an anarcho-communist 1889)
• July 26 - Winsor McCay, American comic creator and animator (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Winsor McCay ( September 26 1867 (? – July 26 1934) was an American Cartoonist and Animator. 1871)
• July 27 - Hubert Lyautey, Marshal of France (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey ( November 17, 1854 - July 27, 1934) was a French general the first Resident-General 1854)
• July 28 - Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Marie Dressler ( November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian actress 1868)
• August 2 - Paul von Hindenburg, German general and politician (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( known universally as Paul von Hindenburg ( ( October 2, 1847 &ndash August 2 1847)
• August 17 - Charlotte Gilman, Noted poet and play write and in National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca, New York (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( July 3 1860 – August 17 1935) was a prominent American Novelist, Writer of 1860)
• September 2 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Alcide Patrick Nunez ( March 17, 1884 &ndash September 2, 1934) was an early United States Jazz Clarinetist. 1884)

October - December

• October 17 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Santiago Ramón y Cajal ( May 1 1852 &ndash October 17 1934) was a Spanish histologist, Physician, and The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1852)
• November 2 - Edmond James de Rothschild, French philanthropist (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild ( August 19, 1845 – November 2, 1934) was a French member of the Rothschild banking 1845)
• November 16 - Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl, inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4 1852 &ndash November 16 1934 was the inspiration for the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 1852)
• November 22 - Harry Steppe, American vaudeville performer (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Harry Steppe (born Abraham Stepner, March 1888 – November 22, 1934) was a Jewish-American actor comedian and hobo clown who worked in Vaudeville 1888)
• November 30 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Hélène Boucher ( 23 May 1908 in Paris – 30 November 1934 in Guyancourt near Versailles was a French pilot 1908)
• December 1 - Sergei Kirov, Soviet leader (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров ( &ndash December 1, 1934) was a prominent early Bolshevik leader whose assassination 1886)
• December 6 - Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Charles Michael Duke of Mecklenburg (Carl Michael Herzog zu Mecklenburg 6 December 1934) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg is a North German Dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918. 1863)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - not awarded
• Chemistry - Harold Clayton Urey
• Physiology or Medicine - George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot, William Parry Murphy
• Literature - Luigi Pirandello
• Peace - Arthur Henderson

Notes

External links

• The 1930s Timeline: 1934 — from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia

Table of Contents

Contents 1 Events of 1934 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Undated 1.14 Ongoing 2 Births 2.1 January-February 2.2 March-April 2.3 May-June 2.4 July-August 2.5 September-October 2.6 November-December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - March 3.2 April - June 3.3 July - September 3.4 October - December 4 Nobel prizes 5 Notes 6 External links 7 Table of Contents

Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Harold Clayton Urey ( April 29, 1893 &ndash January 5, 1981) was an American Physical chemist whose pioneering work The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. George Hoyt Whipple ( August 28, 1878 &ndash February 1, 1976) was an American physician biomedical researcher and medical school educator George Richards Minot ( December 2, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts &ndash February 25, 1950) won the 1934 Nobel The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Luigi Pirandello ( June 28, 1867 — December 10, 1936) was an Italian Dramatist Novelist, and short The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935 was a British union leader politician Disarmament advocate and the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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