The temperature on April 23, 1934 was between 6.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
Day of death April 24, 1934
The temperature on April 24, 1934 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
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