In history, year 1934 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1934.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 02 february | The Export-Import Bank, the United States' official exportcredit agency, was established. |
| 12 march | Supported by the Estonian Army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence. |
| 24 march | The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years. |
| 21 april | The 'Surgeon's Photograph', the most famous photo purportedly showing the Loch Ness Monster (later revealed to be a hoax) was published in the Daily Mail. |
| 02 may | Adolf Hitler established the People’s Court on May 2, 1934 in Germany. It was set up outside the operation of the German’s constitution. It included crimes like black marketing, work slowdowns, defeatism and treason against the Third Reich. Verdicts were often sentenced without objection from defense counsel. . |
| 07 may | The Pearl of Lao Tzu, World’ largest pearl, was found on 7th May 1934 in the Palawan Sea, Philippines. Its diameter is 24 centimeters and weight is 6.4 kilograms, though it is not considered as gemstone pearl. It is also called as Pearl of Allah. |
| 22 may | Oskaloosa, lowa, became the first municipality in the United States to gather data of fingerprints all of its citizens including children. |
| 23 may | During a strike against the Electric Auto-Lite company inToledo, Ohio, US, a mob of nearly 10,000 began a riot and a five-dayrunning battle with the Ohio National Guard. |
| 30 june | Adolf Hitler violently purged members of the Sturmab teilung, its leader Ernst Röhm, and other political rivals in the Night of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people. |
| 22 july | Bank robber John Dillinger, whose exploits were sensationalized across the United States, was shot dead by police in anambush outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. |
| 02 august | Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany, became the president and chancellor of Germany today, after the death of the German President Paul Von Hindenburg, |
| 11 august | The most dangerous prisoners are imprisoned at Alcatraz 'The Rock,' as it is thought to be the toughest prison to escape from because of the strong tides. |
| 19 august | Adolph Hitler is given the entire power of Germany, as the vote of the German people put together the positions of chancellor and president into the position of the Fuehrer. |
| 22 september | One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when anexplosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales, killed 266 men. |
| 16 october | Surrounded by Kuomintang troops, Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu, and OttoBraun led 130,000 Red Army soldiers and civilians on a 'Long March' from Jiangxi. |
| 11 november | The Shrine of Remembrance, a memorial to all Australians whohave served in war, opened in Melbourne. |
| 13 november | The French government has stated its objective of maintaining the stability of the French currency, Franc. |
| 16 november | According to a revelation by Great Britain a proposition was made to supply Japan with Theoretical naval equality. However, Americans and British were trying to persuade Japan to build ships less than permitted by them. |
| 23 november | An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogadenencountered a garrison of Somalis in Italian service at Walwal, whichled to the Abyssinia Crisis. |
| 30 november | The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). |
| 07 May | The Philippines received the largest size pearl in the world. |
| 30 June | The Christian dictator, Adolf Hitler, defeated opponents in his National Socialist Party. |
| 17 September | The then Soviet Union joined the League of Nations. |
| 21 September | 4000 people died due to a severe storm on Honsu Island in Japan. |
| 21 October | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose founded Azad Hind Fauj in Singapore. |
| 26 October | All India Rural Industries Association was established under the patronage of Mahatma Gandhi. |
| 18 August | Film director, lyricist and poet Gulzar was born. |
| 19 December | The 12th President of India, Pratibha Patil was born in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. |
| 09 January | Famous playback singer of Hindi cinema Mahendra Kapoor was born. |
| 15 January | An earthquake measuring 8.7 struck India and Nepal. About 11,000 lives were lost in this earthquake. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 July | Sydney Pollack / Actor / United States of America |
| 04 October | Dimosthenis Sofianos / Poet / Greece |
| 04 October | Sam Huff / Footballer / United States of America |
| 05 August | Wendell Berry / Writer / United States of America |
| 10 September | Charles Kuralt / Journalist / United States of America |
| 13 November | Kamahl / Singer / Australia |
| 13 December | Antoinette Rodez Schiesler / Chemist / United States of America |
| 15 April | David Herd / Player / Scotland |
| 16 January | Marilyn Horne / Actress / United States of America |
| 18 October | Inger Stevens / Actress / United States of America |
| 20 August | Sneaky Pete Kleinow / Writer / United States of America |
| 24 September | Tommy Anderson / Footballer / Scotland |
| 25 June | Jean Geissinger / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 25 August | Lise Bacon / Politician / Canada |
| 29 January | Branko Miljković / Poet / Serbia |
| 30 January | Tammy Grimes / Actress / United States of America |
| 30 September | Anna Kashfi / Actress / United States of America |
| 30 June | Harry Blackstone Jr. / Author / United States of America |
| 31 March | Carlo Rubbia / Academic / Italy |
| 31 May | Jim Hutton / Actor / United States of America |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 23 July | Nirmala Joshi / Social Worker / India |
| 31 December | Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan / Poet / India |
| 31 March | Kamala Surayya / Poet / India |
| 19 December | Pratibha Devi Singh Patil / Politician / India |
| 15 October | N. Ramani / Flute Player / India |
| 03 September | Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh / Politician / India |
| 21 July | Chandu Borde / Cricketer / India |
| 24 August | A. Sivasailam / Industrialist / India |
| 21 August | Sudhakarrao Naik / Politician / India |
| 22 January | Vijay Anand / Actor / India |
| NA NA | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar / Politician / India |
| 10 April | D.D. Lapang / Politician / India |
| 11 October | Tarun Gogoi / Politician / India |
| 07 September | Sunil Gangopadhyay / Writer / India |
| 19 May | Ruskin Bond / Poet / India |
| 15 January | V. S. Ramadevi / Politician / India |
| 15 January | V. S. Ramadevi / Election Commissioner / India |
| 29 March | Shahryar Khan / Politician / India |
| 07 September | Sunil Gangopadhyay / Poet / India |
| 16 April | Ram Naik / Politician / India |