(Saturday, November 17, 1934) — Future U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, 26, married Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor, 21, today at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Category Archives: 1930s
‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd slain as he flees by federal men 80 years ago this afternoon (Oct 22 1934)
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(Monday, October 22, 1934, afternoon local time) — Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of the most notorious outlaws of the present era, was shot and killed on a farm seven miles from East Liverpool, Ohio, this afternoon as he fled from federal agents and East Liverpool police who were closing in on him.
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St. Louis Cardinals take World Series in seven games 80 years ago today (Oct 9 1934)
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(Tuesday, October 9, 1934) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1934 World Series today, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-0 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the third of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
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Yugoslav King assassinated by Croatian as ruler lands in Marseilles 80 years ago this hour (Oct 9 1934)
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(Tuesday, October 9, 1934, 4:10 p.m. CET) — Within a few minutes after having stepped ashore at Marseilles today on an official visit to France, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was shot dead today by an assassin — apparently one of his own subjects who had obviously come to France for this express purpose.
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Roosevelt requests industrial truce to give NRA labor plans a fair trial 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1934)
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(Sunday, September 30, 1934, 10:00 p.m. EST) — In a radio speech to the nation tonight, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt called for an armistice between capital and labor while the newly reorganized NRA evolves legislation calculated permanently to safeguard the rights of each (click here for complete audio and transcript of the speech).
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Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 80 years ago this morning (Sep 19 1934)
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(Wednesday, September 19, 1934, morning local time) — German alien Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested this morning in the Bronx, New York City, charged with the kidnap-murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh, pilot of the world’s first non-stop transatlantic flight, at Hopewell, N.J., in March 1932. Continue reading Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 80 years ago this morning (Sep 19 1934)
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Germans approve vesting sole executive power in Adolf Hitler 80 years ago today (Aug 19 1934)
Video: 'The World At War: A New Germany 2/5' (Aug. 19, 1934, at 8:23)
(Sunday, August 19, 1934) — 89.9% German voters in today’s plebiscite endorsed Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s assumption of greater power than has ever been possessed by any other ruler in modern times. Nearly 10 per cent indicated their disapproval.
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‘Li’l Abner’ comic strip debuts 80 years ago today (Aug 13 1934)
(Monday, August 13, 1934) — The satirical comic strip Li’l Abner, created by Al Capp, made its debut today in eight North American newspapers, including the New York Mirror.
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Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following death of President von Hindenburg 80 years ago this morning (Aug 2 1934)
Video: 'The World At War: A New Germany 2/5' (Aug. 2, 1934, at 6:33)
(Thursday, August 2, 1934, 9:00 a.m. local time) — German President Paul von Hindenburg, 86, died this morning from lung cancer at his home in Neudeck, East Prussia, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover.
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Bank robber John Dillinger shot to death by federal agents in Chicago 80 years ago this hour (July 22 1934)
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(Sunday, July 22, 1934, 10:40 p.m. CWT; during the Great Depression) — John Dillinger, America’s Public Enemy No. 1 and the most notorious criminal of recent times, was shot and killed at tonight by federal agents a few seconds after he had left the Biograph Theatre on Chicago’s North Side.
