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The world-famous Brookfield Zoo opens in Brookfield, Illinois. The Hays Office censorship code for motion pictures goes into full effect. July 5 – 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: Police in San Francisco open fire on a crowd of striking longshoremen, killing two.
1934 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1934th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 934th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1930s decade.
A flood in Montrose, California killed at least 45 people. [1] The International Telecommunication Union was established. The National Council for Civil Liberties was established in the UK by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith. [2] The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring went into effect in Nazi Germany. [3]
Afrikaans; Алтай тил; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Արեւմտահայերէն; Asturianu; Aymar aru; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه
Nash has been called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history", but he is most noted for his violent death in what has become known as the Kansas City massacre in 1933. [2] [10] George "Baby Face" Nelson: 1908–1934 Lester Joseph Gillis, known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s.
1934 – Glass–Steagall Act; 1934 – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established; 1934 – Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors. 1934 – Federal Housing Administration; 1934 – Johnson Act; 1934 - Indian ...
The Muroto typhoon struck Japan, killing over 2,700 people. Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 3-0 no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers . [ 28 ] It was the second game of a doubleheader ; in the first game, Paul's brother Dizzy Dean also pitched a complete-game shutout of the Dodgers.
Approximately 150 people were killed in a dynamite explosion in the port of La Libertad, El Salvador. The explosion started a fire that burned down four blocks of buildings. [21] The historical biographical film The House of Rothschild had its world premiere at the Astor Theatre in New York City. [22]