1934

Year 1934 () was a (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the.

January
and the.
 * becomes a federal prison.
 * passes the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Babies."
 * New of  enters into force.
 * - The first  is published.
 * - Execution of.
 * - The degree is established in the.
 * - visits the
 * The opens in, New York City.
 * The 10 year is signed by
 * The opens in, New York City.
 * The 10 year is signed by



February



 * - . The French leagues rally in front of the, an attempted  against the
 * - forms a new government in France
 * - The is incorporated.
 * to -
 * - sworn in as form of direct rule for the.
 * - 's , starring and , is released. 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  - , , Best Screenplay, , and . Gable and Colbert will receive their only Oscars for this film.
 * - becomes King of.

March

 * - becomes  following an invasion by the Japanese
 * - escapes from jail in, using a wooden pistol
 * - loses his titles because of his marriage.
 * - A coup in by  and general . All parties are banned.
 * -, and their gang rob the First National Bank in.
 * - All the police forces in Germany come under command of

April

 * - and  kill two young highway patrolmen near.
 * - and  are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry.
 * - Black Sunday
 * - R.K. Wilson allegedly takes a  of the.
 * - and two others shoot their way out of an   in northern

May

 * -, 24 x 14 cm, is found in a off ,.
 * - : A strong two-day removes massive amounts of   in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl.
 * The offers a $25,000 reward for.
 * establishes an authoritarian government in.
 * - A team of police officers, led by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, ambush bank robbers and  near their hide-out in, killing them both.
 * re-elected president of.
 * The five-day "Battle of Toledo" occurs during the in.
 * - Near, the are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first s to survive.
 * - - The Confessional Synod of the  met in, Germany to write the.
 * - Near, the are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first s to survive.
 * - - The Confessional Synod of the  met in, Germany to write the.

June

 * - : U.S. President signs the  into law, establishing the.
 * - Release of the animated short , directed by for the  series, featuring the debut of.
 * - beat  2-1 after extra time to win the.
 * - Political parties banned in
 * - defeats champion  for the world heavyweight  title.
 * - was made.
 * - of  and ibn Saud of  conclude a peace treaty
 * The Nazi camp  becomes national camp, taken over by the.
 * - purge the
 * - purge the

July

 * The world famous opens.
 * The censorship code for motion pictures goes into full effect in the.
 * - German and author  killed in
 * - Supreme court of declares lieutenant governor of the state,, the legitimate governor and tells  to resign. Langer proceeds to declare North Dakota independent. He revokes the declaration after the Supreme Court justices meet him.
 * -, of  (died in office), is born.
 * - Outside 's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" is mortally wounded by  agents.
 * Austrian assassinate chancellor  during a failed coup attempt.
 * Birth of Luang Por in.
 * Austrian assassinate chancellor  during a failed coup attempt.
 * Birth of Luang Por in.

August

 * - becomes  of, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor.
 * - The swears a personal oath of loyalty to.
 * - The  is first published.
 * - The first All-American is held in.
 * - Anti-union vigilantes seize the town of, during the.

September

 * - Off the coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner  kills 134 people.
 * - joins the
 * - in,  - 4000 dead
 * - A gas explosion took place at  Colliery in, north-east  which led to the death of 266 miners and rescuers. This was one of the worst tragedies in Welsh mining history.
 * joins the
 * Trial for the custody of young begins.  It lasts seven weeks and ends with a compromise.
 * - makes his  debut, beginning a record 23-year international career
 * - makes his  debut, beginning a record 23-year international career

October

 * - in  and  destroys the rice harvest - 1660, 5400
 * - Asturian miners rebel..
 * - n rebel
 * - King and French foreign minister  are assassinated during the king's state visit in.
 * - The of  begins.
 * - Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd shot and killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio.

November

 * - Muderer is born.
 * - Italian government decreed that teachers must use a military or party uniform in a class.
 * makes an ultimately controversial decision to alter the rule so a batsman can be lbw to a ball pitching outside off stump. 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.
 * 's musical , starring, premieres in.
 * - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the discovers an Italian garrison at, which lay well within n territory. This encounter leads to the.
 * - releases the first film version of 's novel, ', starring  and . 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  film up till then. Its storyline is extremely daring for a 1934 film - part of it revolves around a young  girl rejecting her mother and trying to "pass for white". It is the first Hollywood film to seriously deal with this subject. The  film version of ', also from Universal, will deal with a similar storyline.
 * - A running gun battle between agents and bank robber  results in the death of one FBI agent and the mortal wounding of special agent Sam Cowley, who is still able to mortally shoot Nelson.
 * - A running gun battle between agents and bank robber  results in the death of one FBI agent and the mortal wounding of special agent Sam Cowley, who is still able to mortally shoot Nelson.

December

 * - In the, member  is shot dead at the  headquarters in  by  (it is widely thought that Soviet leader  ordered this murder).
 * - : Ethiopian and Italian troops exchange gunfire. Reported casualties for the Ethiopians are 150, and for the Italians 50.
 * - Low-key conference in
 * - Actor  begins what will become an annual tradition of the  - playing the role of  in  dramatizations of 's . Barrymore will continue playing Scrooge on radio until shortly before his death in . He will also make a 78-RPM record album of the classic story, which will later be released on.
 * -  crashes in
 * - becomes
 * - renounces the  of 1922 and the  of 1930.

Undated

 * The effect is discovered.
 * The becomes the.
 * becomes the capital of the colony of.

Ongoing

 * Rise of the.

January-February

 * -, American runner
 * -, American football player
 * -, American mezzo-soprano
 * -, British writer and illustrator
 * -, British actor
 * -, American television actor (d. )
 * -, Polish poet and dramatist (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, New Zealand poet
 * , American actress
 * , British fashion designer
 * , British race car driver
 * , American economist
 * , American basketball player
 * -, American actor
 * , Swiss conductor
 * , American actress
 * -, Swiss computer scientist
 * , British actor (d. )
 * , Australian actor and comedian
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American actress
 * , baseball manager
 * , American actor
 * , (d. )
 * , Italian soprano
 * , French-born interior designer and socialite (d. )
 * , American consumer activist
 * , baseball manager
 * , American actor
 * , (d. )
 * , Italian soprano
 * , French-born interior designer and socialite (d. )
 * , American consumer activist
 * , French-born interior designer and socialite (d. )
 * , American consumer activist

March-April

 * , Belgian sculptor (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , Argentinian composer
 * , bluegrass musician (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , American singer and actress (d. )
 * , Slovenian physicist
 * -, Israeli economist, laureate
 * , American football player
 * , American television broadcaster
 * , Russian cosmonaut, first man in space (d. )
 * , American actor, improviser, writer, and teacher (d. )
 * -, American reporter
 * -, American author
 * , British actress
 * , General of The Salvation Army
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Mayor of San Francisco, California
 * , U.S. Senator from Utah
 * , comedy actor (d. )
 * -, American feminist
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, Italian physicist, laureate
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , Russian journalist
 * , American mathematician
 * , British actor and wrestler (d. )
 * -, British zoologist
 * -, New Zealand politician
 * -, Canadian-born American poet
 * , American actress
 * , Tamil writer
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, American musician
 * , British actor and wrestler (d. )
 * -, British zoologist
 * -, New Zealand politician
 * -, Canadian-born American poet
 * , American actress
 * , Tamil writer
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American musician

May-June

 * -, British boxer
 * -, British actor and writer
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Welsh actress
 * -, British comedian (d. )
 * -, American television journalist
 * -, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the
 * -, American pianist
 * -, American inventor of the synthesizer
 * -, British choir director and organist
 * -, American writer
 * -, American quintuplets
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, American theologian
 * -, American journalist
 * - King
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, British journalist (d. )
 * -, United States Senator
 * -, American magician (d. )

July-August

 * , British actress
 * , American film director
 * -, American puppeteer
 * -, Italian fashion designer
 * -, American pianist
 * , Nigerian writer, laureate
 * , cosmonaut
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * -, British composer
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, Angolan political and rebel leader (d. )
 * -, American baseball manager and executive
 * -, American novelist, essayist, poet
 * -, French singer (d. )
 * -, American prosecutor and author
 * -, Puerto Rican player (d. )
 * -, American transsexual physician and tennis player
 * -, U.S. Army general
 * , American football player
 * , American actress
 * -, American baseketball player, coach, and broadcaster
 * -, Russian actor (d. )
 * , American actress
 * -, American baseketball player, coach, and broadcaster
 * -, Russian actor (d. )

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * -, Welsh-born economist, laureate
 * -, American musician
 * -, English composer
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Australian Christian politician
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, English manager of (d. )
 * -, Italian actress
 * -, Canadian poet, novelist and singer/songwriter
 * -, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
 * -, Scottish footballer
 * -, diabeetic actor.
 * -, French actress, sex symbol of the 1950s and 60's, and animal rights activist
 * , nee Lloyd.A Great Canadian Mother of eight children.Born on this day in South Fredricksburg, Ontario,Canada. A life time spent loving and caring for them and so many other children. An amazing teacher and provider and friend to all who passed her way.
 * -, Welsh actress
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, Australian-born author
 * -, Greek singer
 * -, Jamaican trombonist
 * -, American evangelist
 * -, Dutch flutist, recorder player, and conductor

November-December

 * -, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. )
 * -, American/Canadian architect
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, American criminal
 * -, General of The Salvation Army
 * -, Volga German composer (d. )
 * -, Assyrian soccer legend
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, American game show host and disc jockey
 * -, American writer
 * , British actress
 * , American harmonica player (d. )
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * , Trinidad and Tobago actor
 * , baseball player
 * -, Russian gymnast
 * , British actress
 * , Japanese actor (d. )
 * , U.S. Marine commander
 * , American astrophysicist (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )
 * , U.S. Marine commander
 * , American astrophysicist (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )

January - March

 * -, English football manager (b. )
 * -, Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born paleoanthropologist (b.)
 * -, Dutch Queen and regent (b.)
 * -, German-born philanthropist (b. )

April - June

 * , American outlaw (shot) (b. )
 * , American outlaw (shot) (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Japanese admiral (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Russian developmental psychologist (b. )
 * -, American philanthropist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, (b. )

July - September

 * -, Polish-born scientist, recipient of the and  (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * -, New Zealand Women's suffrage for voting (b. )
 * -, American criminal (b. )
 * , French perfume manufacturer (b. )
 * , (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian anarchist (b. )
 * -, American comic creator and animator (b. )
 * -, Marshal of France (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress (b. )
 * -, German general and politician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )

October - December

 * -, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French philanthropist (b. )
 * -, English schoolgirl, inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (b. )
 * -, American vaudeville performer (b. )
 * -, Soviet leader (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded