What Happened In April 1934 In History

Historical Events for April, 1934

• 12th » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington (New Hampshire) named Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
• 12th » The U.S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strike action or strikers and picketers.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1934

• 1st » Jim Ed Brown, American singer and guitarist (The Browns)
• 1st » Don Hastings, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1st » Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1st » Marie Patterson, English union leader
• 1st » Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist
• 2nd » Paul Cohen (mathematician) called Paul Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
• 2nd » Carl Kasell, American journalist
• 3rd » Jane Goodall, English primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
• 3rd » Jim Parker (American football) named Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005)
• 4th » Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013)
• 4th » Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996)
• 5th » John Carey (critic) called John Carey, English author and critic
• 5th » Roman Herzog, German politician, 7th President of Germany
• 5th » Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014)
• 5th » Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)
• 6th » Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
• 6th » Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (d. 2010)
• 6th » Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008)
• 7th » Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
• 8th » Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower and Singapore Flyer (d. 2007)
• 9th » Bill Birch, New Zealand politician, 38th Minister of Finance (New Zealand) called New Zealand Minister of Finance
• 9th » Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
• 10th » David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 10th » Richard Peck (writer) e.g Richard Peck, American author
• 11th » Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet
• 11th » Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright
• 12th » Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager
• 13th » John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 14th » Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist
• 16th » Vicar (comics) named Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
• 16th » Richard Kershaw, English journalist (b. 2014)
• 16th » Geoffrey Owen, English journalist, academic, and businessman
• 16th » Robert Stigwood, Australian film producer
• 17th » Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 17th » Peter Morris (surgeon) called Peter Morris, Australian-English surgeon
• 18th » James Drury, American actor
• 18th » George Shirley, American tenor
• 19th » Dickie Goodman, American record producer (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Nico Ladenis, Tanzanian-English chef
• 23rd » George Canseco, Filipino composer (d. 2004)
• 24th » John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, Scottish judge
• 24th » Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 25th » Peter McParland, Irish footballer and manager
• 25th » Denny Miller, American actor (d. 2014)
• 27th » Brennan Manning, American priest and author (d. 2013)
• 27th » Jean Valentine, American poet
• 28th » Lois Duncan, American author
• 28th » Diane Johnson, American-French author
• 29th » Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 29th » Peter de la Billière, English general
• 29th » Erika Fisch, German sprinter and hurdler
• 29th » Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd List of heads of state of Cape Verde called President of Cape Verde
• 29th » Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
• 30th » Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
• 30th » Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Famous Deaths for April 1934

• 28th » Charley Patton, American guitarist (b. 1887)

• « Year 1933
• Year 1935 »