Page 4: Historical Events In 1934

Mar 07   Part of Khabarovsk is recorded as becoming a Jewish Autonomous Region   

Mar 07   Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)   

Mar 07   World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) are discovered at Palawan, Philippines   

Mar 08   Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.   

Mar 09   Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show)   

Mar 10   Fou Ts Ong, Chinese pianist is born   

Mar 10   Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)   

Mar 10   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis.   

Mar 10   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.   

Mar 11   Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer   

Mar 12   Acting Pres Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia   

Mar 12   Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail   

Mar 13   Fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56.   

Mar 15   US Information Service opens.   

Mar 16   Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act.   

Mar 17   Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome)   

Mar 19   Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66   

Mar 20   A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen ( and regent), dies at 76   

Mar 20   Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany   

Mar 20   Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Kiel Germany   

Mar 21   Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)   

Mar 21   Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1500   

Mar 21   Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55   

Mar 22   1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Ga   

Mar 22   Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (results in the deaths of 1500, injures 1000).   

Mar 23   US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.   

Mar 24   US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945   

Mar 25   1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith claims, shooting a 284   

Mar 26   Driving tests introduced in Britain   

Mar 26   Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51   

Mar 29   Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt.   

Mar 31   Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88   

Mar 31   Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)   

Apr 01   Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers.   

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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,