1934 (idea)

• The Chinese Red Army begins the so-called "Long March."
• The "Dust Bowl" reaches its zenith as a massive dust storm sweeps across the great plans May 11-12, burying the city of Chicago under a foot of dust and ultimately depositing dust as far away as Boston.

These people were born in 1934:

• Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagari, first human to travel to outer space.
• American consumer activist Ralph Nader.
• English zoologist Jane Goodall.
• Italian fashion designer Georgio Armani.
• Italian actress Sophia Loren.
• English actress Dame Judi Dench.
• American astronomer Carl Sagan.
• American baseball legend Hank Aaron.
• Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente.
• American baseball great Al Kaline.
• American basketball great Bill Russell.
• American basketball great Elgin Baylor.
• American television journalist Sam Donaldson.
• American writer Harlan Ellison.
• American blues harmonica player Junior Wells.
• The Dionne Quintuplets, the first quintuplets ever to survive through birth.
• Donald Duck, who makes his first appearance in the animated short "The Wise Little Hen."

These people died in 1934:

• German president Paul von Hindenburg, clearing Adolph Hitler's path to absolute power.
• Austrian Chancellor Englebert Dolfuss, assassinated in a failed Nazi coup, paving the way for a German takeover of Austria.
• American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, ambushed and shot dead by lawmen.
• American gangster John Dillinger, gunned down by lawmen.
• English composer Gustav Holst.
• American baseball great John McGraw.

1933 - 1934 - 1935

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