1934
Mao begins the Long March
Under pressure from Chiang Kai-shek's encircling armies, some eighty-six thousand Chinese Communists abandoned their southern base and set off on a fighting…
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler had his SS murder the leadership of the SA, the street-fighting Brownshirts who had helped him to power and whose ambitions now frightened him…
First test flight of DC-3
Douglas Aircraft's DC-3 transformed commercial aviation with its range, reliability, and economics.
Stakhanov and Stalinist labor
A Ukrainian miner named Alexei Stakhanov cut one hundred and two tons of coal in a single shift, fourteen times his quota.
Bonnie and Clyde killed
After a two-year crime spree across the American Southwest, a Texas posse ambushed Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in a stolen Ford on a Louisiana back road.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1934?
Saeculum lists 5 events from 1934. The most significant is Mao begins the Long March.
What era was 1934 part of?
1934 falls within the Modern Era (1901-2000). World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom.
Which regions saw notable events in 1934?
The events from 1934 span East Asia, Europe and North America.