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Historical Event(s)
– The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
– Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
– Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as “a silly little monkey”.
– The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
– The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
– Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
– A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
– An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
Who Were Born On ?
– Tina Louise, American actress
– Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist
– Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d. 2006)
– Barry Hughart, American author
– Wendy Craig, English actress
– Pierre Richard, French actor
– David Durenberger, American Senator
– Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
– John Brunner, British author (d. 1995)
– Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player