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1934 Calendar

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•  January 26, 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
•  February 14, 1934 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  March 26, 1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
•  May 23, 1934 – The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the “Battle of Toledo”, a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
•  May 28, 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
•  July 2, 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
•  August 19, 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
•  September 21, 1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
•  September 26, 1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.

•  March 24, 1934 – William Smith, American actor
•  May 28, 1934 – Emilie Dionne, Dionne quintuplets (d. 1954)
•  May 29, 1934 – Nanette Newman, English actress and author
•  July 4, 1934 – Peter Behn, American voice actor
•  August 3, 1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
•  October 18, 1934 – Chuck Swindoll, American evangelist
•  December 6, 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler
•  December 28, 1934 – Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
•  December 30, 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander