Page 9: Historical Events In 1934

Jul 08   Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and former politician   

Jul 09   Michael Graves, American architect.   

Jul 09   Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55.   

Jul 09   SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps   

Jul 10   1st sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia.   

Jul 10   The inaugural sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia   

Jul 10   USS Houston takes Franklin Delano Roosevelt on inaugural visit of U.S. President to South America   

Jul 11   FDR became 1st pres to travel through Panama Canal   

Jul 11   FDR became inaugural pres to travel through Panama Canal.   

Jul 12   US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned   

Jul 12   Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958).   

Jul 13   Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)   

Jul 13   Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit   

Jul 13   Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer is born.   

Jul 14   116°F (47°C), Orogrande NM (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)   

Jul 14   C Jackson discovers asteroids #1325 Inanda and #1326 Losaka   

Jul 14   NY Times erronously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time   

Jul 15   Continental Airlines commences operations.   

Jul 15   Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies   

Jul 16   Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes.   

Jul 16   K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka.   

Jul 17   Babe Ruth draws his 2000th base on balls at Cleveland   

Jul 17   Donald Sutherland, St John NB, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers).   

Jul 19   Willem Nijholt, actor (De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling).   

Jul 20   118°F (48°C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)   

Jul 21   113°F (45°C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record).   

Jul 21   Chandu Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67)   

Jul 22   Bank robber John Dillinger is shot to death by FBI agents outside of the Biograph Theater in Chicago   

Jul 22   John Dillinger shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago.   

Jul 22   John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33   

Jul 22   Louise Fletcher, Birmingham AL, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest)   

Jul 22   Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents   

Jul 23   Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes   

Jul 24   1st ptarmigan hatched and reared in captivity, Ithaca, NY   

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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,