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.
Image: 'John Dillinger Shot Dead by Federal Agents - News Reel'
(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.
Image: '"KENNEDYS DON'T CRY" (1975)' (July 2, 1934, at 8:22)
(Monday, July 2, 1934; during the Great Depression) — Appointed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., was sworn-in today as chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, charged with regulating the manipulation of stock prices that Kennedy had mastered decades earlier.
Video: '1934 Donald Duck The Wise Little Hen'
(Saturday, June 9, 1934) — The Wise Little Hen, the first Walt Disney animated cartoon featuring Donald Duck, was released in the U.S. today.
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, the 7-minute film featured the voices of Florence Gill, Clarence Nash and Pinto Colvig.
Video: 'The Dionne Quintuplets'
(Monday, May 28, 1934) — The Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne today at the family farm in Ontario, Canada. Of the five, Annette and Cecile are still living.
Video: 'The Thin Man'
(Friday, May 25, 1934) — The Thin Man, a comedy-mystery film about a husband-and-wife detective team who take on the search for a missing inventor, was released in today in the U.S.
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the film starred William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Video: 'Real Bonnie and Clyde - Crime History Documentary' (May 23, 1934, at 38:58)
(Wednesday, May 23, 1934, approximately 9:15 a.m.) — Wanted outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police officers today as they attempted to escape apprehension in a stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe near Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
(Saturday, May 5, 1934) — Woman Haters, the first short subject for Columbia Pictures starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, was released today; directed by Archie Gottler.
(Wednesday, April 18, 1934) — The first laundromat, called a “Washateria,” was opened today by John F. Cantrell in Fort Worth, Texas, as four electric washing machines were rented to members of the public on an hourly basis.
(Thursday, March 22, 1934) — The first Masters Tournament opened today in Augusta, Georgia, under the title “Augusta National Invitation Tournament,” which was won three days later by Horton Smith.
