What Happened In December 1934 In History

Historical Events for December, 1934

• 1st » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Saint Petersburg called Leningrad.
• 5th » Abyssinia Crisis: History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars named Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Ethiopia e.g Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
• 11th » Bill W. e.g Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
• 29th » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1934

• 1st » Billy Paul, American singer
• 2nd » Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal
• 2nd » Sissela Bok, Swedish-American philosopher and ethicist
• 2nd » Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (d. 2004)
• 3rd » Nicolas Coster, American actor and producer
• 3rd » Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 3rd » Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic
• 4th » Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)
• 4th » Wink Martindale, American game show host
• 5th » Joan Didion, American author and screenwriter
• 5th » Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and director (d. 2007)
• 6th » Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor
• 9th » Judi Dench, English actress and singer
• 9th » Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces (blues band) named The Aces) (d. 1998)
• 10th » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 12th » Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012)
• 13th » Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (d. 2012)
• 14th » Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter
• 15th » Clive Brittain, English horse trainer
• 16th » Louis Waldon, American actor (d. 2013)
• 17th » Ray Wilson (English footballer) e.g Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager
• 18th » Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore Xstrata (d. 2013)
• 18th » Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 19th » Rudi Carrell, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 19th » Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 19th » Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
• 19th » Pratibha Patil, Indian politician, 12th President of India
• 21st » Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
• 22nd » David Pearson (racing driver) e.g David Pearson, American race car driver
• 24th » John Critchinson, English pianist and composer
• 24th » Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
• 27th » Christopher Benjamin, English actor
• 27th » Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast
• 27th » Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman
• 28th » Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 28th » Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor, singer, and producer (d. 1987)
• 28th » Maggie Smith, English actress
• 29th » Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
• 30th » John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005)
• 30th » Joseph Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 30th » Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 30th » Joseph P. Hoar, American general
• 30th » Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990)
• 30th » Russ Tamblyn, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 31st » Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Indian scholar, author, and poet
• 31st » George Christie (opera manager) called George Christie, English opera manager
• 31st » Noel Jan Tyl, American astrologer and author

Famous Deaths for December 1934

• 1st » Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (b. 1886)
• 6th » Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863)
• 12th » Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (b. 1883)
• 12th » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 13th » Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)
• 29th » Alma Tell, American actress (b. 1898)

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