The World
- Hitler becomes Führer when chancellorship and presidency are united.
- Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada.
- Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers. The US
President: Franklin D Roosevelt
Vice President: John N. Garner
Population: 126,373,773
Federal spending: $6.54 billion
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
Headlines
- Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana
- John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
- Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of
cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma
- The Communications Act of 1934 creates the Federal Communications
Commission, which regulates broadcasting.
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals d. Detroit (4-3)
1934 Oscars
Outstanding Production: It Happened One Night (Columbia)
Best Actor: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
Best Actress: Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night
Directing: Frank Capra, It Happened One Night
Special Award: Shirley Temple for recognition of her outstanding
contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934
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