Events Date 1934 March | History by KabAstro

Mar 1 Henry Pu Yi crowned Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria

Carnera vs Loughran

Mar 1 Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats American challenger Tommy Loughran by unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC for the NYSAC and NBA heavyweight titles

Mar 2 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha

Dillinger's Jail Break

Mar 3 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol

Mar 4 Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
Mar 5 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas)
Mar 6 Sidney Howard & Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket" premieres in NYC

Hubble's Galaxy Photo

Mar 8 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars

Mar 10 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games with 15 wins, 3 ties
Mar 10 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis
Mar 12 Acting President Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn, Estonia

Tito Freed

Mar 12 Communist revolutionary Josip Broz Tito freed from jail

President of Yugoslavia and Revolutionary Josip Broz Tito

Mathis der Maler

Mar 12 Paul Hindemith's symphony "Mathis der Maler" premieres in Berlin

Mar 15 US Information Service opens

6th Academy Awards

Mar 16 6th Academy Awards: "Cavalcade" and its director Frank Lloyd, Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII), and Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) win; host Will Rogers announces "Come and get it, Frank" and Frank Capra gets up

Mar 16 Academy Award gold statuette 1st called Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky
Mar 16 US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act

Protocols of Rome

Mar 17 Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, and Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Gömbös sign Donau Pact (Protocols of Rome) guaranteeing Austrian independence

Mar 17 England beats Scotland, 6-3 at Twickenham, London to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown

Didrikson Zaharias's Hitless Inning

Mar 20 American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers

All-Round Athlete and Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mar 20 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
Mar 21 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
Mar 22 Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan, kills 1,500, injures 1,000
Mar 23 93rd Grand National: Gerry Wilson wins aboard 8/1 Golden Miller in race record 9:20.04; becomes only horse to win both UK's premier steeplechases with Cheltenham Gold Cup victory 1934

Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz

Mar 24 Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 premieres in Leningrad, USSR

Mar 24 U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, declaring the Philippines independent after a period of 10 years

1st Augusta National Invitation

Mar 25 1st Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins with 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, 1 stroke ahead of Craig Wood