1934


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::callout[type=note] 1934 ::

| image_style = border:none;b | perrow = 3/3 | image1 = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-14886, Kurt Daluege, Heinrich Himmler, Ernst Röhm.jpg | image2 = Марсејски атентат 2.jpg | image3 = NilsAxelsson.jpg | image4 = Long march Mao.jpg | image5 = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00805, Wien, Februarkämpfe, Bundesheer 2.jpg | image6 = Column of Guardias Civiles during the 1934 Asturian Revolution, Brañosera.jpg | total_width = 350 | footer = From top to bottom, left to right: the Night of the Long Knives sees Hitler purge SA leaders and rivals, solidifying his dictatorship; the Assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia shocks Europe as the king and French Foreign Minister Barthou are killed; the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy ends with the hosts defeating Czechoslovakia, boosting Mussolini’s propaganda; the Long March begins as Chinese Communists retreat across thousands of kilometers from Nationalist forces; the Austrian Civil War erupts as Social Democrats clash with the Austrofascist government, ending in authoritarian consolidation; and the Revolution of 1934 sparks uprisings across Spain by workers and leftist factions, foreshadowing wider political conflict.

Events

January–February

Main article: January 1934

Main article: February 1934

March–April

Main article: March 1934

Main article: April 1934

May–June

Main article: May 1934

Main article: June 1934

July–August

Main article: July 1934

Main article: August 1934

September–October

Main article: September 1934

Main article: October 1934

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-16196,_Nürnberg,_Reichsparteitag,_SA-_und_SS-Appell.jpg" caption="[[Nuremberg Rally]] of 1934"] ::

November–December

Main article: November 1934

Main article: December 1934

Date unknown

Births

January

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Leonid_Kravchuk_(1)_(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Leonid Kravchuk"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Jean_Chrétien_1993.jpg" caption="[[Jean Chrétien"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Bill_Bixby_The_Magician_1973.JPG" caption="[[Bill Bixby"] ::

February

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Manuel_Noriega_mugshot_cropped.jpg" caption="[[Manuel Noriega"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Bettino_Craxi-1.jpg" caption="[[Bettino Craxi"] ::

March

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Yuri_Gagarin_(1961)_-_Restoration.jpg" caption="[[Yuri Gagarin"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Richard_Chamberlain_DF-ST-83-03559.jpg" caption="[[Richard Chamberlain"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Shirley_Jones_-_agency_photo_1970s.jpg" caption="[[Shirley Jones"] ::

April

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Roman_Herzog_2012.JPG" caption="[[Roman Herzog"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg" caption="[[Shirley MacLaine"] ::

May

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Frankie_Valli_2012-10-27_2.jpg" caption="[[Frankie Valli"] ::

June

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" caption="[[Pat Boone"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Albert_II_of_Belgium.jpg" caption="[[Albert II of Belgium"] ::

July

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Sydney_Pollack.jpg" caption="[[Sydney Pollack"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/GiorgioArmani.jpg" caption="[[Giorgio Armani"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Wole_Soyinka_in_2018.jpg" caption="[[Wole Soyinka"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/LouiseFletcherOscar_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Louise Fletcher"] ::

August

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/NormanSchwarzkopf.jpg" caption="[[Norman Schwarzkopf"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Kenny_Baker_convention.jpg" caption="Kenny Baker"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani_by_Fars_02.jpg" caption="[[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani"] ::

September

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Aankomst_Brian_Epstein_(manager_Beatles)op_Schiphol(Grand_Gala_du_Disque_1965),_Bestanddeelnr_918-2516_ShiftN.jpg" caption="[[Brian Epstein"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Sophia_Loren_1962.jpg" caption="[[Sophia Loren"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Leonard_Cohen_concert_of_the_2008_tour.jpg" caption="[[Leonard Cohen"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Brigitte_Bardot_-_1962.jpg" caption="[[Brigitte Bardot"] ::

October

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/1960_Inger_Stevens.jpg" caption="[[Inger Stevens"] ::

November

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG" caption="[[Carl Sagan"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/MansonB33920_8-14-17_(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Charles Manson"] ::

December

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Judi_Dench_at_the_BAFTAs_2007_(cropped).jpg" caption="[[Judi Dench"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Pratibha_Patil_2012-02-27.jpg" caption="[[Pratibha Patil"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Dame_Maggie_Smith-cropped.jpg" caption="[[Maggie Smith"] ::

Deaths

January

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Fritz_Haber.png" caption="[[Fritz Haber"] ::

February

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Portrait_of_Albert_I_of_Belgium.jpg" caption="King [[Albert I of Belgium"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Caleb_Davis_Bradham.jpg" caption="[[Caleb Bradham"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Edward_Elgar.jpg" caption="[[Edward Elgar"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Geevarghese_Mar_Dionysius_of_Vattasseril.jpg" caption="Saint [[Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril"] ::

March

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Prince_Sixtus_of_Bourbon-Parma.jpg" caption="[[Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma"] ::

April

May

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Edward_William_Nelson.jpg" caption="[[Edward William Nelson"] ::

June

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/1872_Bernhard-02.JPG" caption="Prince Bernhard of Lippe"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/SchleicherEn1933.jpeg" caption="[[Kurt von Schleicher"] ::

July

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Marie_Curie_c._1920s.jpg" caption="[[Marie Curie"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/John_Dillinger_mug_shot.jpg" caption="[[John Dillinger"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Engelbert_Dollfuss.png" caption="[[Engelbert Dollfuss"] ::

August

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/President_Hindenburg.jpg" caption="[[Paul von Hindenburg"] ::

September

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Kralj_aleksandar1.jpg" caption="King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia"] ::

October

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Raymond_Poincaré.jpg" caption="[[Raymond Poincaré"] ::

November

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Carl_von_Linde_1925.jpg" caption="[[Carl von Linde"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Baby_face_nelson.png" caption="[[Baby Face Nelson"] ::

December

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Carl_Michael_zu_Mecklenburg.jpg" caption="[[Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg"] ::

Nobel Prizes

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png"] ::

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