Page 13: Historical Events In 1934

Sep 26   British liner Queen Mary is launched   

Sep 26   Dick Heckstall-Smith, rocker (Alexis Korner Band)   

Sep 28   Brigit Bardot, French born film actress is born   

Sep 28   The Cunard-White Star Queen Mary launched at Clydebank.   

Sep 29   Rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh   

Sep 30   Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3.   

Sep 30   FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)   

Sep 30   Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer   

Oct 02   Royal Indian Navy is formed.   

Oct 03   Benjamin Boretz, composer   

Oct 05   Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies.   

Oct 05   The inaugural major network radio show to originate from Hollywood aired on this day. Hollywood Hotel was heard on CBS and was heavily promoted as being the inaugural to broadcast from the West Coast of the U.S   

Oct 08   Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son.   

Oct 09   J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered   

Oct 09   King Alexander of Yugoslavia, by Georgief, a Croatian terrorist.   

Oct 09   St Louis Cards beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series   

Oct 14   "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres.   

Oct 15   Raymond Poincaré, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74   

Oct 16   Mao Tse-tung and 25000 troops begin 6000 mile Long March   

Oct 17   "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio.   

Oct 17   Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode)   

Oct 18   Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March.   

Oct 19   David Guard, rocker (Kingston Trio).   

Oct 19   Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63.   

Oct 20   All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan   

Oct 21   Jerry Lewis, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )   

Oct 22   Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio.   

Oct 22   Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, the notorious bank robber and folk hero dies - shot by FBI   

Oct 22   In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.   

Oct 23   Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec).   

Oct 24   Arvind Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 and 7 in one Test)   

Oct 26   Ulrich Plentzdorf, writer   

Oct 26   While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox.   

Oct 27   David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire   

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Jan 03   Bryan george kelly: Composer   

Jan 03   Carla hills: Politician (us pres commission on housing-1982)   

Jan 04   Rudolf schuster: President of slovakia   

Jan 05   William bendeck: Bolivian rally driver    

Jan 06   Bobby lord: Sanford fla, country singer (ozark jubilee)   

Jan 06   Harry m. miller: Australian entrepreneur   

Jan 06   Tassos papadopoulos: President of the republic of cyprus   

Jan 07   Charles lamont jenkins: Nyc, 400m runner (olympic-gold-1956)   

Jan 01   Jakob wassermann: Writer,   

Jan 06   Herbert chapman : Legendary manager of arsenal and huddersfield town (b. 1878)   

Jan 08   Alexandre stavisky: French swindler,    

Jan 10   Marinus van der lubbe: Dutch communist, beheaded in berlin at 24   

Jan 12   Pawel kochanski: Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)   

Jan 13   Jean-baptiste marchand: Soldier/explorer (sudan),   

Jan 15   Hermann bahr: Austrian writer (concert),    

Jan 16   Annie patterson: Composer,