What Happened In November 1934 In History

Historical Events for November, 1934

• 6th » Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• 11th » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
• 23rd » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
• 30th » The 'LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman' becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1934

• 1st » Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (d. 2004)
• 1st » Gillian Knight, English soprano and actress
• 1st » William Mathias, Welsh pianist and composer (d. 1992)
• 2nd » Bill Gothard, American minister and author
• 2nd » Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
• 3rd » Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 3rd » Hans Janmaat, Dutch businessman, educator, and politician (d. 2002)
• 5th » Victor Argo, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
• 5th » Jeb Stuart Magruder, American minister and civil servant (d. 2014)
• 9th » Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 9th » Ronald Harwood, South African author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 9th » Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996)
• 10th » Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 10th » Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic
• 10th » A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)
• 12th » Ann Flood, American actress
• 12th » Charles Manson, American cult leader and murderer
• 12th » John McGahern, Irish author (d. 2006)
• 13th » Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic
• 13th » Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 13th » Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer
• 14th » Dave Mackay, Scottish footballer and manager
• 14th » Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator
• 14th » Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
• 15th » Joanna Barnes, American actress and author
• 15th » Peter Dickinson (musician) called Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
• 17th » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, 32nd Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 17th » Anthony King (professor) named Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic
• 17th » Terry Rand, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 18th » Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat
• 19th » Kurt Hamrin, Swedish footballer
• 19th » Valentin Kozmich Ivanov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 19th » David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) named David Lloyd-Jones, English conductor
• 21st » Laurence Luckinbill, American actor
• 22nd » Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
• 23rd » Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 24th » Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer (d. 1998)
• 27th » Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer and manager (d. 2009)
• 27th » Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic
• 29th » Terry Dyson, English footballer

Famous Deaths for November 1934

• 8th » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 20th » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 23rd » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 26th » Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)
• 27th » Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
• 30th » Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)
• 30th » Roy Turk, American songwriter (b. 1892)

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