1934 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1934 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Ramsay MacDonald, national coalition
[edit] Events
- 21 January - 10,000 people attend a British Union of Fascists rally in Birmingham, organised by Oswald Mosley.[1]
- 3 April - Percy Shaw patents the cat's eye road-safety device.
- 6 April - Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry.
- 19 April - Surgeon R.K. Wilson allegedly takes a photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 18 July - opening of the Queensway Tunnel beneath the River Mersey by King George V.[2]
- 19 July - 41 squadrons added to the Royal Air Force as part of a new air defence program.[1]
- 4–11 August - 1934 British Empire Games held in London.
- 22 September - Gresford Disaster: A gas explosion took place at Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, north-east Wales which led to the death of 266 miners and rescuers.[2] This was one of the worst tragedies in Welsh mining history.
- 26 September - Launching of the liner RMS Queen Mary.[2]
- 29 November - Marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina; the wedding is the first to be broadcast live on radio.[2]
- 10 December - Arthur Henderson wins the Nobel Peace Prize.[3]
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- The British Graham Land Expedition sets out to explore Graham Land in Antarctica.
[edit] Publications
- Agatha Christie's novels Murder on the Orient Express (featuring Hercule Poirot) and Why Didn't They Ask Evans?.
- Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius.
- James Hilton's novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
- George Orwell's memoir Burmese Days.
- Dorothy L. Sayers' novel The Nine Tailors.
- Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust.
[edit] Births
- 8 January - Roy Kinnear, actor (died 1988)
- 14 January - Richard Briers, actor
- 18 January - Raymond Briggs, writer and illustrator
- 20 January - Tom Baker, actor
- 11 February - Mary Quant, fashion designer
- 11 February - John Surtees, race car driver
- 17 February - Alan Bates, actor (died 2003)
- 2 April - Brian Glover, actor and wrestler (died 1997)
- 3 April - Jane Goodall, zoologist
- 7 April - Ian Richardson, actor (died 2007)
- 3 May - Henry Cooper, boxer
- 9 May - Alan Bennett, actor and writer
- 14 May - Siân Phillips, actress
- 15 May - George Roper, comedian (died 2003)
- 24 May - Barry Rose, choir director and organist
- 26 May - Michael Rawson, track and field athlete
- 21 June - Kenneth Matthews, race walker
- 26 June - Jeremy Wolfenden, journalist (died 1965)
- 1 July - Jean Marsh, actress
- 5 July - Philip Madoc, actor
- 8 July - Marty Feldman, writer, comedian and actor (died 1982)
- 14 July - John Tyndall, politician (died 2005)
- 15 July - Harrison Birtwistle, composer
- 6 August - Chris Bonington, mountaineer
- 19 August - Ronald Jones, track and field athlete
- 4 September - Clive Granger, economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 8 September - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer
- 19 September - Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (died 1967)
- 24 September - Tommy Anderson, footballer
- 20 October - Timothy West, actor
- 9 December - Judi Dench, actress
- 28 December
- Alasdair Gray, writer and artist
- Maggie Smith, actress
[edit] Deaths
- 6 January - Herbert Chapman, football manager (born 1878)
- 23 January - Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, politician and jurist (born 1850)
- 23 February - Edward Elgar, composer (born 1857)
- 11 April - John Collier, writer and painter (born 1850)
- 25 May - Gustav Holst, composer (born 1874)
- 10 June - Frederick Delius, composer (born 1862)
- 10 September - George Henschel, musician (born 1850)
- 16 November - Alice Liddell, the schoolgirl who was the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (born 1852)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 378-379. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1934
