Timeline May 1934

Events in May 1934 12

• 1848 – 1934 Tōgō Heihachirō (1848-1934) Died 30 May 1934, aged 86 Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who destroyed the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. He was revered in Japan as a national hero.
• 1859 – 1934 Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) Died 17 May 1934, aged 74 American architect who designed the Woolworth Building in New York and the United States Supreme Court Building. The Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world when it was completed.
• 1874 – 1934 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Died 25 May 1934, aged 59 English composer best known for the orchestral suite The Planets. He was also an influential music teacher at St Paul's Girls' School and Morley College.
• 1909 – 1934 Clyde Barrow (1909-1934) Died 23 May 1934, aged 25 American outlaw who led the Barrow Gang during the Depression. He and Bonnie Parker were shot dead in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• 1910 – 1934 Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) Died 23 May 1934, aged 23 American outlaw and partner of Clyde Barrow in a two-year crime spree across the central United States. Texas and Louisiana lawmen killed the pair in an ambush near Gibsland, Louisiana.
• 1934 Great Dust Bowl storm Dust from the Great Plains reaches the East Coast A massive dust storm carried millions of tons of topsoil from the drought-stricken Great Plains as far as Chicago, New York and Washington. It brought national attention to the Dust Bowl.
• 1934 – 2025 Alvin Poussaint (1934-2025) Died 24 February 2025, aged 90 American child psychiatrist who wrote on racial identity and health among African Americans and advised The Cosby Show.
• 1934 Latvian coup d'état Kārlis Ulmanis establishes authoritarian rule Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the Saeima and banned political parties with the support of the army and the Aizsargi militia. He ruled Latvia as an authoritarian leader until the Soviet occupation of 1940.
• 1934 Bulgarian coup d'état The Zveno group seizes power in Sofia Officers of the Military League and the Zveno political circle overthrew the government and installed Kimon Georgiev as prime minister. Political parties were dissolved.
• 1934 Treaty of Taif Ends the Saudi–Yemeni War Saudi Arabia and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen signed a peace treaty after a brief war that Saudi forces won. The treaty set their border and gave Asir, Najran and Jizan to Saudi Arabia.
• 1934 – 2005 Robert Moog (1934-2005) Died 21 August 2005, aged 71 Robert Moog, the engineer who invented the Moog synthesizer, died on 21 August 2005 of a brain tumor. His electronic instruments transformed popular music from the 1960s onward, used across genres from rock to electronic dance music. Moog founded Moog Music, which continued producing synthesizers after his death.
• 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup First European Host The first tournament to feature a qualification stage. Winner: Italy.