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June 2019 1934 1934 the novel by Alberto Moravia 1934 (novel) border:none;b 3/3 Bundesarchiv Bild 102-14886, Kurt Daluege, Heinrich Himmler, Ernst Röhm.jpg Марсејски атентат 2.jpg NilsAxelsson.jpg Long march Mao.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00805, Wien, Februarkämpfe, Bundesheer 2.jpg Column of Guardias Civiles during the 1934 Asturian Revolution, Brañosera.jpg 350 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; The Revolution of 1934 sparks uprisings across Spain by workers and leftist factions, foreshadowing wider political conflict. 1934 1934 2 Events January–February January 1934 February 1934 January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.League of Nations Handbook of International Organisations: (associations, Bureaux, Committees, Etc.). https://books.google.com/books?id=qSbOAAAAMAAJ 1938 League of Nations 392 January 15 – The 8.0 w Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.Gerrit Jasper Schenk Historical Disaster Experiences: Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe https://books.google.com/books?id=5YFtDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA244 20 March 2017 Springer 978-3-319-49163-9 244 February 6 – French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the Third Republic.Gerd-Rainer Horn European Socialists Respond to Fascism: Ideology, Activism and Contingency in the 1930s https://books.google.com/books?id=FWNNPNc42GsC&pg=PA72 21 November 1996 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-987994-6 72 February 9 Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. February 12–15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. February 16 – The Commission of Government is sworn in, as a form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland. February 21 – Augusto César Sandino is assassinated in Managua, by the National Guard.https://www.nytimes.com/1934/02/23/archives/sandino-is-killed-by-managua-guard-3-aides-also-slain-the-former.html Sandino is Killed by Managua Guard; 3 Aides Also Slain; The Former Rebel Chief, Two Generals and Brother Shot After Leaving Palace. But Father is Released Sacasa, Held Blameless, Sets Up Martial Law -- Revolt Against Him Is Feared. The New York Times February 23, 19342012-02-21 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, national hero Executed Today https://www.executedtoday.com/2012/02/21/1934-augusto-cesar-sandino-national-hero/ 2026-05-03 en-US February 23 – King Leopold III of Belgium succeeds to the throne, following the death (February 17) of his father King Albert I. March–April March 1934 April 1934 March 1 – Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria established in 1932, proclaimed a monarchy under Puyi. March 12 – Prime Minister Konstantin Päts stages a self-coup by declaring a state of emergency in Estonia, with the approval of the parliament, beginning the country's Era of Silence. March 13 – John Dillinger and his gang rob the First National Bank in Mason City, Iowa, United States, stealing $52,000. March 20 – The Great Hakodate Fire kills at least 2,166 people in southern Hokkaido, Japan. March 22 – The first Masters Tournament in golf opens at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia (United States).Barrett David Making the Masters Constable & Robinson New York 2012 978-1-62087-304-5 821185700 March 24 – The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed, allowing the Philippines a greater degree of self-government from the United States. April 21 – The "surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster, taken in Scotland by London gynaecologist Robert Kenneth Wilson and in 1994 admitted to be a hoax, is published in the Daily Mail London national newspaper.David Martin Alastair Boyd 1999 Nessie – the Surgeon's Photograph Exposed East Barnet authors 0-9535708-0-0 May–June May 1934 June 1934 May 1 – The May Constitution of 1934 heralds the beginning of the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria. May 15 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. May 19 – Kimon Georgiev stages a coup d'état in Bulgaria. May 23 – American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.2025-05-23 Today in History: May 23, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde killed in police ambush https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/23/today-in-history-may-23-outlaws-bonnie-and-clyde-killed-in-police-ambush/ 2026-05-03 The Virginian-Pilot en-US May 28 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy. May 31 – The Barmen Declaration, largely drafted by Karl Barth, is signed by Christians in Nazi Germany who are opposed to the pro-Nazi German Christian movement.Brown Robert McAfee 1986 Saying Yes and Saying No: On Rendering to God and Caesar https://archive.org/details/sayingyessayingn00brow/page/19 Philadelphia Westminster Press 19 9780664246952 registration June 9 – Donald Duck makes his film debut in Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen.Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 June 6, 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/74/mode/2up 74–76 June 10 – Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2–1 after extra time, to win the 1934 World Cup, staged in Italy. June 14 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet for the first time, at the Venice Biennale.1996-02-03 When Benito Mussolini met Adolf Hitler https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/when-benito-mussolini-met-adolf-hitler-1317121.html 2026-05-03 The Independent en June 18 – The Indian Reorganization Act is enacted. June 27 – Imam Yahya of Yemen and Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia conclude a peace treaty. June 30 – July 2 – Night of the Long Knives in Germany: Nazis purge the Sturmabteilung (SA), the left-wing Strasserist faction of the Nazi Party, and prominent conservative anti-Nazis, in a series of political murders.Röhm Purge https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/roehm-purge 2026-05-03 Holocaust Encyclopedia en June 30 – The Nazi Party SA camp Oranienburg becomes a national camp, taken over by the Schutzstaffel (SS). July–August July 1934 August 1934 July 1 – The Hays Code begins to be strictly enforced in the Hollywood film industry, lasting until 1968. July 13 – Hitler gives a speech to the Reichstag, justifying his purge.https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/roehm-purge Röhm Purge Holocaust Encyclopedia July 25 – July Putsch: Austrian Nazis assassinate chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, during a failed coup attempt.Murdered by Hitler: The Other Austrian Dictator https://www.history.co.uk/article/engelbert-dollfuss-austrian-dictator-murdered-by-hitler 2026-05-03 Sky HISTORY TV channel en August 2 – Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, or head of state combined with that of Chancellor, following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.Hitler becomes dictator of Germany https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-2/hitler-becomes-fuhrerDeath of German President von Hindenburg https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1933-1938/death-of-german-president-von-hindenburg2014-08-01 On This Day: Hitler becomes Führer after Germany’s President Hindenburg dies aged 86 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--hitler-becomes-f%C3%BChrer-after-germany-s-president-hindenburg-dies-aged-86-154253139.html 2026-05-03 Yahoo News en-GB August 8 – The Wehrmacht swears a personal oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. August 15 – The United States Marine Corps leaves Haiti. August 19 – 1934 German referendum: In a referendum, 90% of the German population approves of Hitler's assumption of presidential powers, as Führer and Reichskanzler.Referendum Confirms Hitler's New Title and Powers https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1933-1938/referendum-confirms-hitlers-new-title-and-powersHitler becomes Führer – 19 August 1934 – Combined Military Services Museum https://cmsm.co.uk/hitler-becomes-fuhrer-19-august-1934 2026-05-03 en-GB September–October September 1934 October 1934 thumb|150px|right|Nuremberg Rally of 1934 September 5–10 – The 6th Nuremberg Rally is staged by the German Nazi Party.Nuremberg Rally 1934 https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562206 September 8 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner Morro Castle 1930 6 kills 134 people. September 15 – 1934 Australian federal election: Joseph Lyons' UAP government is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the Labor Party, led by former Prime Minister James Scullin. Consequently, Lyons is forced to resume the Coalition with the Country Party, and include them in his government. Scullin steps down from the Labor leadership shortly after; he is replaced by future Prime Minister John Curtin. September 19 The Soviet Union joins the League of Nations. Bruno Richard Hauptmann is arrested in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping case in the U.S. September 21 – The Muroto typhoon in Honshū, Japan kills 3,036 people, and destroys the temple, schools, and other buildings in Osaka. September 22 – A gas explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales, kills 266 miners and rescuers. September 28 – Afghanistan joins the League of Nations. October 2 – A typhoon in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan, kills 1,660, injures 5,400, and destroys the rice harvest. October 6 – Events of October the 6th: the President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, declares the Catalan State of the Spanish Federal Republic, but Spanish troops swiftly crush the Catalan forces, and arrest him and the members of the Catalan government. The autonomy of Catalonia is suspended until 1936. October 9 – King Alexander of Yugoslavia is assassinated, while French foreign minister Louis Barthou is accidentally killed by the French police, during the king's state visit in Marseille.Stalin Enforces "Forced Collectivization" https://www.historycentral.com/Europe/KingYugoslaviaKilled.html 2026-05-03 www.historycentral.comThe Assassination of Europe, 1918-1942: A Political History Howard M. Sachar University of Toronto Press 2014 9781442609181 256–257 October 16 – The Long March of the People's Liberation Army of the Chinese Communist Party begins. October 20–November 3 – Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first eastward crossing of the Pacific Ocean, from his native Brisbane, Australia, to San Francisco, in the Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross. The November 3 Hawaii–San Francisco leg is the first eastward flight from Hawaii to North America. October 20–November 5 – The MacRobertson Air Race is flown from RAF Mildenhall in England to Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate the centenary of the state of Victoria. The overall winner is the British de Havilland DH.88 Comet G-ACSS Grosvenor House, flown by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black. November–December November 1934 December 1934 November 6 – Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia begins.Egon Kisch Landung in Australien 1937 November 23 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lies well within Ethiopian territory. This encounter leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. November 27 – Daniel Salamanca Urey, President of Bolivia, is deposed in a military coup, and replaced by José Luis Tejada Sorzano.BOLIVIAN COUP D'ETAT https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10997618Famous People From Bolivia https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-from-bolivia/reference December 5 – Abyssinia Crisis: Ethiopian and Italian troops exchange gunfire. Reported casualties for the Ethiopians are 150, and for the Italians 50. December 27 – Persia becomes Iran. December 29 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. Date unknown Winter – Tadj ol-Molouk, Empress consort of Iran, and her daughters appear publicly in Tehran without a veil, leading to its abolition in the country. Abidjan becomes the capital of the French colony of Ivory Coast. The sonoluminescence effect is discovered, at the University of Cologne. The Australian frontier wars end, after 146 years.Frontier wars https://www.deadlystory.com/page/culture/history/Frontier_wars/ 2026-05-03 www.deadlystory.com The Yomiuri Giants, a successful professional baseball club in Japan, is founded in Tokyo.World History Encyclopedia Washington Garrett ABC-CLIO 2011 Andrea Alfred J. Alfred J. 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Sharpe, American economist and Nobel laureateKarl-Goran Maler Economic Sciences, 1981-1990: The Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel https://books.google.com/books?id=uWMzLchz1hIC&pg=PA303 1992 World Scientific 978-981-02-0836-3 303 Bill Cobbs, American actor (d. 2024) June 19 – Désiré Rakotoarijaona, 4th prime minister of MadagascarMark S. Hoffman The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=_gswAAAAMAAJ December 1988 World Almanac Books 978-0-88687-360-8 695 June 23 – Virbhadra Singh, Indian politician (d. 2021) June 28 – Michael Artin, American mathematician June 29 – Susan George, American and French political, social scientist, activist and writer (d. 2026) June 30 – C. N. R. 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Rasmussen, American politician (d. 2024)Clark R. Rasmussen https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=61&personID=1480 Iowa Legislature October 12, 2024 July 12 Van Cliburn, American pianist (d. 2013) Tommasini Anthony Van Cliburn, Cold War Musical Envoy, Dies at 78 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/arts/music/van-cliburn-pianist-dies-at-78.html March 27, 2017 The New York Times February 27, 2013 Ulf Schmidt, Swedish tennis player July 13 Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksei Yeliseyev, Russian cosmonaut July 14 – Ángel del Pozo, Spanish actor (d. 2025) July 15 – Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (d. 2022)Earl of Harwood The New Kobbé's Opera Book https://books.google.com/books?id=8Yub4z5a3qQC&pg=PA61 1997 Ebury Press 978-0-09-181410-6 61 July 16 – George Hilton, Uruguayan-Italian actor (d. 2019) July 19 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980) July 22 Louise Fletcher, American actress (d. 2022) Leon Rotman, Romanian sprint canoeist Oluyemi Adeniji, Nigerian career diplomat, politician (d. 2017) July 24 – P. S. Soosaithasan, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 2017) July 28 – Bud Luckey, American voice actor, Pixar animator (d. 2018) August thumb|100px|Norman Schwarzkopf thumb|100px|Kenny Baker thumb|100px|Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani August 2 – Valery Bykovsky, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2019) August 3 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political and rebel leader (d. 2002) August 5 – Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (d. 2019) August 6 – Edmond Simeoni, Corsican politician and nationalist (d. 2018) August 11 – Viktor Tolmachev, Russian engineer (d. 2018) August 15 Nino Ferrer, French singer (d. 1998)David K. Frasier Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth-century Cases https://books.google.com/books?id=I7tkAAAAMAAJ 2002 McFarland 978-0-7864-1038-5 106 André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, Congolese politician (d. 2018) August 16 – Angela Buxton, British tennis player (d. 2020)https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85 Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times August 28, 2020 August 18 Ronnie Carroll, Northern Irish singer (d. 2015) Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (d. 1972) Gulzar, Indian film director, lyricist and poet August 19 – Renée Richards, American ophthalmologist and tennis playerJohn Grasso (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis August 20 – Armi Kuusela, Miss Universe 1952 from Finland August 22 – Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army general (d. 2012)Laurie Collier Hillstrom Julie Carnagie War in the Persian Gulf Biographies: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom https://books.google.com/books?id=nApuW04K1bgC 2004 UXL 978-0-7876-6564-7 219 August 24 – Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016) August 25 Zilda Arns, Brazilian pediatrician, aid worker (d. 2010) Hsiao Teng-tzang, Taiwanese politician (d. 2017) Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (d. 2017) August 28 – Zeng Shiqiang, Taiwanese sinologist, scholar, and writer (d. 2018) August 30 Anatoly Solonitsyn, Russian actor (d. 1982) Tissa Vitharana, Sri Lankan politician, cabinet minister, governor, MP (2004–2015, 2020–2024) (d. 2026) September thumb|100px|Brian Epstein thumb|100px|Sophia Loren thumb|100px|Leonard Cohen thumb|100px|Brigitte Bardot September 1 – Léon Mébiame, Gabonese politician (d. 2015) September 4 Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) Juraj Herz, Slovak film director, actor, and scenic designer (d. 2018) Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer ("Trololo") (d. 2012) Zaid ibn Shaker, 3-time prime minister of Jordan (d. 2002) Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker, artist September 6 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and writer (d. 2015) September 7 – Omar Karami, 29th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2015) September 8 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer (d. 2016) September 9 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer, politician, and 6th President of Dominica (d. 2015) September 11 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor (d. 2012) September 13 – Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (d. 2009) September 15 – Fob James, American politician and Governor of Alabama from 1979 to 1983, and from 1995 to 1999James Jr., Forrest "Fob" https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/forrest-fob-james-jr-1979-83-1995-99/ 2025-02-02 Encyclopedia of Alabama en-US September 16 Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and executivePaul T. Hellmann Historical Gazetteer of the United States https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA180 14 February 2006 Routledge 1-135-94859-3 180 (d. 2021) Ronnie Drew, Irish singer with The Dubliners band (d. 2008) September 17 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969) September 19 – Brian Epstein, British manager of the Beatles, co-founder of Northern Songs (d. 1967) September 20 Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist (d. 2015) Sophia Loren, Italian actress Takayuki Kubota, Japanese martial artist, founder of the Gosoku-ryu style of karate (d. 2024) September 21 Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, novelist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016) David J. Thouless, Scottish-born condensed-matter physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2019) María Rubio, Mexican actress (d. 2018) September 23 – Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (d. 2024) September 27 – Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (d. 2020) September 28 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress, animal rights activist (d. 2025) September 29 – Idowu Sofola, Nigerian jurist (d. 2018) September 30 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss composer, popular music singer (d. 2014) October thumb|100px|Inger Stevens October 5 – Angelo Buono, American serial killer (d. 2002)https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/a-look-back-hillside-strangler-serial-killer-angelo-buono-dies-in-prison A Look Back: Hillside Strangler Serial Killer Angelo Buono Dies in Prison October 7 – Amiri Baraka, African-American poet, playwright and activist (d. 2014)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/amiri-baraka-writer-9052670.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/amiri-baraka-writer-9052670.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Amiri Baraka: Writer The Independent January 10, 2014 Marcus Williamson April 21, 2022 October 9 Jacobo Majluta Azar, 47th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1996) Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer (d. 2026) October 12 – Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, Prime Minister of Yemen (d. 2015) October 13 – Nana Mouskouri, Greek popular singer October 18 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-born American actress (d. 1970) October 19 – Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian politicianAfrican Leaders https://books.google.com/books?id=80SvCmSTxGoC&pg=PA151 Bankole Kamara Taylor 151 October 20 Empress Michiko, Empress of Japan Mary Peach, British actress (d. 2025) October 23 – Herb Simon, American businessman October 30 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch baroque conductor and woodwind player (d. 2014)Vivien Schweitzer Frans Brüggen, Pioneer in Early Music, Dies at 79 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/arts/music/frans-bruggen-pioneer-in-early-music-dies-at-79.html The New York Times August 25, 2014 August 30, 2014 October 31 – Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Princess of Sweden November thumb|100px|Carl Sagan thumb|100px|Charles Manson November 1 – Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004) November 2 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis championCelebrity Register Simon and Schuster 1973 417 November 5 – Kira Muratova, Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress (d. 2018) November 9 Ingvar Carlsson, twice prime minister of SwedenJohn Clements Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments https://books.google.com/books?id=q-cjAQAAIAAJ 1996 Political Research, Incorporated 352 Hamilton Green, 4th prime minister of GuyanaGuyana in Brief https://books.google.com/books?id=IrxsAAAAMAAJ 1973 The Ministry 33 Carl Sagan, American astronomer, writer, and TV presenter (d. 1996)Ray Spangenburg Kit Moser Diane Moser Carl Sagan: A Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=Z01FzDkprgUC&pg=PP19 2004 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-32265-5 19 Tengiz Sigua, 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia (d. 2020) November 11 Elżbieta Krzesińska, Polish athlete (d. 2015) Latha Walpola, Sri Lankan singer (d. 2025) November 12 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and murderer (d. 2017) November 13 – Garry Marshall, American film producer, director and actor (d. 2016)Bruce Weber https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/arts/television/garry-marshall-pretty-woman-director-and-comedy-mastermind-dies-at-81.amp.html Garry Marshall, 'Pretty Woman' Director, Dies at 81; a TV and Film Comedy Mastermind New York Times 2016-07-20 May 12, 2020 November 23 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis champion (d. 1994) November 26 – Denise Barthomeuf, French chemist (d. 2004) November 30 – Lansana Conté, President of Guinea (d. 2008) December thumb|100px|Judi Dench thumb|100px|Pratibha Patil thumb|100px|Maggie Smith December 1 – Billy Paul, African-American singer (d. 2016) December 3 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2017) December 5 – Joan Didion, American novelist (d. 2021) December 8 – Alisa Freindlich, Soviet and Russian actress December 9 Judi Dench, English actress Junior Wells, American harmonica player (d. 1998)https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/17/arts/junior-wells-central-player-in-chicago-blues-is-dead-at-63.html Junior Wells, Central Player in Chicago Blues Is Dead at Age 63 October 11, 2010 New York Times Ben Ratliff January 17, 1998 December 10 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994) December 11 – Radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist, classical dancer (d. 2018) December 12 – Miguel de la Madrid, 52nd president of Mexico (d. 2012) December 13 – Richard D. Zanuck, American producer (d. 2012)Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9404130/Richard-Zanuck.html Obituary of Richard Zanuck 16 July 2012 31 December 2018 Telegraph Media Group Limited December 14 – Shyam Benegal, Indian film director and screenwriter (d. 2024) December 15 – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 6th president of Somalia (d. 2012) December 17 – Shan Tianfang, Chinese pingshu performer (d. 2018) December 18 – Boris Volynov, Russian cosmonaut December 19 Aki Aleong, Trinidad and Tobago-born American actor (d. 2025) Pratibha Patil, President of India December 24 – Stjepan Mesić, 2nd President of Croatia December 28 Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian poet, writer and filmmaker (d. 1967)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN1_mjWxO0A Forough Farrokhzhad's Biography & Unpublished Letters March 11, 2016 www.youtube.com Maggie Smith, English actressMaggie Smith: A glorious antidote to the self-absorption of so many in her profession https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maggie-smith-oscar-favourite-is-a-glorious-antidote-to-the-self-absorption-of-so-many-in-her-a6734096.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maggie-smith-oscar-favourite-is-a-glorious-antidote-to-the-self-absorption-of-so-many-in-her-a6734096.html May 1, 2022 subscription live The Independent 1 October 2020 en 13 November 2015 (d. 2024) Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987) December 30 John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)Overbye Dennis John N. Bahcall, 70, Dies; Astrophysicist at Princeton https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/nyregion/john-n-bahcall-70-dies-astrophysicist-at-princeton.html 20 January 2025 The New York Times 19 August 2005 Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2017)Gates Anita Joseph Bologna, Onscreen Tough Guy With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 82 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/arts/joseph-bologna-actor-dies.html 20 January 2025 The New York Times 14 August 2017 Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscasterhttps://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/63471-most-appearances-in-the-world-speedway-championship-finals Most appearances in the World Speedway Championship finals guinessworldrecords.com Guinness World Records January 20, 2025 Joseph P. Hoar, American general (d. 2022)https://www.centcom.mil/ABOUT-US/LEADERSHIP/Bio-Article-View/Article/904771/joseph-p-hoar/ Joseph P. Hoar centcom.mil U.S. Central Command January 20, 2025 Tony Serra, American criminal defense and civil rights attorney, political activist and tax resisterJoseph Serra, Born 12/30/1934 in California https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joseph_serra_born_1934_1714209 California Birth Index December 31, 2024 Del Shannon, American singer (Runaway) (d. 1990)Del Shannon American musician https://www.britannica.com/biography/Del-Shannon 2025-01-20 Encyclopedia Britannica en Russ Tamblyn, American film and television actorhttps://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-30-2022-includes-celebrities-ellie-goulding-tracey-ullman.html Today's famous birthdays list for December 30, 2022 includes celebrities Ellie Goulding, Tracey Ullman January 20, 2025 Mike Rose December 30, 2022 Deaths deaths January 110px|thumb|Fritz Haber January 1 – Jakob Wassermann, German writer (b. 1873) January 6 – Herbert Chapman, English football manager (b. 1878) January 7 – Augustin Dubail, French general (b. 1851) January 8 – Andrei Bely, Russian writer (b. 1880) January 10 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist accused of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. 1909) January 11 – Helen Zimmern, German-born British writer and translator (b. 1846) January 15 – Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer and playwright (b. 1863) January 16 – Henry Walter Barnett, Australian photographer and filmmaker (b. 1862) January 21 – Aref Qazvini, Iranian poet, lyricist and musician (b. 1882) January 22 – Robert Brady, American criminal (b. 1904) January 29 – Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) February thumb|100px|King Albert I of Belgium thumb|100px|Caleb Bradham thumb|100px| Edward Elgar thumb|100px|Saint Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril February 2 – Maria Domenica Mantovani, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed and blessed (b. 1862)https://catholicreadings.org/blessed-maria-domenica-mantovani-saint-of-the-day-february-2/ Maria Domenica Mantovani Catholic Readings April 2, 2019 19 December 2020 February 3 – Eleonora de Cisneros, American opera singer (b. 1878) February 17 – King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875) Le roi tué Noterman Jacques Editions Jourdan le Clercq 2004 9782930359069 Brussels February 19 – Caleb Bradham, American pharmacist, inventor of Pepsi (b. 1867)https://www.newspapers.com/image/843309085/ The Independent 23 Feb 1934, page 1 Newspapers.com February 21 – Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary and rebel (murdered) (b. 1895) February 23 Sir Edward Elgar, British composer (b. 1857) Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox priest and saint (b. 1858) February 25 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist, bryologist, and educator (b. 1858) March thumb|110px|right|Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma March 1 Wilhelm Diegelmann, German actor (b. 1861) Charles Webster Leadbeater, British author and Theosophist (b. 1854) March 14 João do Canto e Castro, Portuguese army officer, 67th Prime Minister of Portugal and 5th President of Portugal (b. 1862) Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (b. 1886) March 15 – Davidson Black, Canadian-born paleoanthropologist (b. 1884) March 19 – Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, British army general (b. 1857) March 20 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Dutch Queen and regent (b.1858) Sydney Deane, Australian cricketer and actor (b. 1863) March 21 Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino composer (b. 1873) Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896) March 26 – Alfredo Acton, Italian admiral and politician (b. 1867)ACTON, Alfredo in "Dizionario Biografico" http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alfredo-acton_(Dizionario-Biografico) www.treccani.it 1 February 2017 March 27 – Francis William Reitz, 5th president of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) March 28 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (b. 1891) March 29 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German-born philanthropist (b. 1867) March 30 Paul Cazeneuve, French politician (b. 1852) Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, Scottish politician, 8th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1860) March 31 – Colette Kreder, French engineer, entrepreneur and feminist. (d. 2022) April April 7 Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, French socialite (b. 1864) Karl von Einem, German general (b. 1853) April 9 – Safvet-beg Basagic, Yugoslav writer (b. 1870) April 11 Gerald du Maurier, British actor (b. 1873) John Collier, British painter (b. 1850) April 15 – Karl Dane, Danish actor (b. 1886) April 18 – Raffaele Garofalo, Italian criminologist and jurist (b. 1851) April 26 Arturs Alberings, 6th Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876) John Hamilton, Canadian gangster (b. 1899) April 27 – Joe Vila, American sportswriter (b. 1866) April 28 – Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician April 30 – Hugh L. Scott, United States Army general (b. 1853) May thumb|120px|Edward William Nelson May 17 – Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859) May 19 – Edward William Nelson, American naturalist (b. 1855) May 21 – James Durkin, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1879) May 23 Clyde Barrow, American outlaw, member of Barrow Gang (b. 1909) Bonnie Parker, American outlaw, member of Barrow Gang (b. 1910) May 24 – Brand Whitlock, American journalist and politician (b. 1869) May 25 – Gustav Holst, British composer (b. 1874) May 26 – Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (b. 1841) May 29 – Eugenie Besserer, American silent film actress (b. 1868)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenie-Besserer Eugenie Besserer | American actress | Britannica www.britannica.com May 30 Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848) Julia Lopes de Almeida, Brazilian advocate and writer (b. 1862) May 31 – Lew Cody, American actor (b. 1884) June thumb|100px|Prince Bernhard of Lippe thumb|100px|Kurt von Schleicher June 8 Dorothy Dell, American actress (b. 1915) June 9 Medeiros e Albuquerque, Brazilian poet and politician (b. 1867) Richard Thornton Fisher, American forester and educator June 10 – Frederick Delius, British composer (b. 1862) June 11 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist (b. 1896) June 19 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe (b. 1872) June 27 – Francesco Buhagiar, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876) June 30 – Murdered during the Night of the Long Knives: Karl Ernst, Nazi SA leader in Berlin (b. 1904) Fritz Gerlich, German journalist (b. 1883) Edmund Heines, Deputy SA leader (b. 1897) Gustav von Kahr, German politician (b. 1862) Kurt von Schleicher, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882) Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (b. 1892) July thumb|110px|Marie Curie thumb|110px|John Dillinger thumb|110px|Engelbert Dollfuss July 1 Ernst Röhm, German politician, Nazi SA Leader (assassinated) (b. 1887) Edgar Jung, German lawyer and political activist (assassinated) (b. 1894) July 3 – Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dutch prince consort (b. 1876) July 4 Marie Curie, Polish-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and physics (b. 1867) Hayim Nahman Bialik, Russian-born Jewish poet, considered Israel's national poet (b. 1873) July 5 – Ahmad Zaki Pasha, Egyptian philologist (b. 1867) July 6 – Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1866) July 8 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848) July 10 – Erich Mühsam, German author (b. 1878)https://spartacus-educational.com/GERmuhsam.htm Erich Mühsam Spartacus Educational July 13 Kate Sheppard, New Zealand women's suffragist (b. 1848) Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1891) July 15 Louis F. Gottschalk, American composer (b. 1864) Jules Renkin, Belgian politician and 28th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1862) July 16 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian sculptor (b. 1868) July 20 – Padre Cicero, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and reverend (b. 1844) July 21 – Hubert Lyautey, Marshal of France (b. 1854) July 22 – John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903) July 23 – María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate, Spanish Roman Catholic religious blessed and blessed (b. 1884) July 24 – Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (b. 1879) July 25 François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (b. 1874) Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian statesman and 10th Chancellor of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1892) July 26 – Winsor McCay, American comic creator and animator (b. 1869) July 28 Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (b. 1868) Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (b. 1876) Edith Yorke, British actress (b. 1867) July 30 – Sir Henry Norris, British politician and businessman (b. 1865) August thumb|110px|Paul von Hindenburg August 2 – Paul von Hindenburg, German general and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847) August 8 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball manager and MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1863) August 9 – Alfred Steux, Belgian road racing cyclist (b. 1892) August 10 – George Hill, American director (b. 1895) August 13 – Mary Hunter Austin, American writer of fiction and non-fiction (b. 1868) August 14 – Raymond Hood, American architect (b. 1881) August 23 – Homer Van Meter, American criminal and bank robber (b. 1905) August 27 – Linda Agostini, British-born Australian homicide victim (b. 1905) August 28 – Sir Edgeworth David, British-born Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858) September thumb|110px|King Alexander I of Yugoslavia September 2 – Russ Columbo, American singer and actor (b. 1908) September 9 – Roger Fry, British artist (b. 1866) September 10 – Sir George Henschel, English musician (b. 1850) September 13 – Serafina Astafieva, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1876) September 22 – Charles Makley, American criminal (b. 1889) October thumb|110px|Raymond Poincaré October 5 – Jean Vigo, French film director (b. 1905) October 9 King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (b. 1888) (assassinated) Vlado Chernozemski, Bulgarian revolutionary leader (b. 1897) Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1887) October 12 – Willy Clarkson, British costume designer and wigmaker (b. 1861) October 14 – Mikhail Matyushin, Russian painter and composer (b. 1861) October 15 – Raymond Poincaré, 58th Prime Minister of France and 10th President of France during World War I (b. 1860) October 17 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) October 19 – Alexander von Kluck, German general (b. 1846) October 22 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American bank robber (shot by law officers) (b. 1904) October 24 – Giacomo Montalto, Italian socialist leader and politician (b. 1864) October 29 – Lou Tellegen, Dutch actor (b. 1881) November thumb|100px|Carl von Linde thumb|100px|Baby Face Nelson November 2 – Edmond James de Rothschild, French philanthropist (b. 1845) November 3 – Sir Robert McAlpine, Scottish builder (b. 1847) November 8 – James Mark Baldwin, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1861) November 16 Alice Liddell, English inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (b. 1852) Carl von Linde, German scientist and engineer (b. 1842) Georgi Todorov, Bulgarian general (b. 1858) November 20 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (b. 1872) November 22 – Harry Steppe, American vaudeville performer (b. 1888) November 27 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (b. 1908) November 30 – Hélène Boucher, French aviator (b. 1908) December thumb|100px|Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg December 1 Sergey Kirov, Soviet politician (b. 1886) Blind Blake, American blues singer (b. 1896) December 5 – Oskar von Hutier, German general (b. 1857) December 6 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1863) December 9 – Alceste De Ambris, Italian syndicalist (b. 1874) December 26 – Wallace Thurman, American writer (b. 1902) December 28 Lowell Sherman, American actor and director (b. 1888) Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1881) Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Not awarded this year Chemistry – Harold Clayton Urey Physiology or Medicine – George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot, William Parry Murphy Literature – Luigi Pirandello Peace – Arthur Henderson References External links The 1930s Timeline: 1934 – from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia