Historical Events In 1934
May 07 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region
May 23 Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana
May 01 Austria signs pact with Vatican
May 23 Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66)
May 24 Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
May 07 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
May 02 Nazi-Germany begins People's court
May 19 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars
May 28 The Dionne quintuplets (Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie, and Yvonne) are born at the family farm in Ontario, Canada
May 04 In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States
May 07 Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
May 19 Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
May 26 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
May 13 Great dustbowl storm
May 01 "Der Sturmer's" special 14-page issue accuses Jews of using Christian blood in their Passover baking and in other Judaic rituals.
May 18 TWA begins commercial service
May 18 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act", makes kidnapping a capital offense
May 18 Academy Award first called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
May 21 Oskaloosa IA, becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens
May 28 Bradman gets 160 Australia vs Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5
May 09 The birth of Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor
May 15 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
May 15 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive
May 12 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1
May 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)
May 30 Nazis open trials of alleged communists
May 01 Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
May 28 Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
Jan 07 Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
Jan 30 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days
Jan 01 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
Jan 15 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
Jan 31 FDR devalues the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
Jan 01 International Telecommunication Union established
Jan 27 French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
