* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer

Subsequent formalizations were framed as attempts to define " effective calculability " or " effective method "; those formalizations included the Gödel – Herbrand – Kleene recursive functions of 1930, 1934 and 1935, Alonzo Church's lambda calculus of 1936, Emil Post's " Formulation 1 " of 1936, and Alan Turing's Turing machines of 1936 – 7 and 1939.

* 1864 – William Bate Hardy, British biochemist ( d. 1934 )

* 1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author ( d. 1934 )

* 1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor ( d. 1996 )

* 1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka ( d. 2010 )

* 1934 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist and photographer ( d. 2008 )

* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

* 1934 – The U. S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6, 000 strikers and picketers.

* 1934 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer

* 1934 – Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter and composer ( d. 1995 )

* 1934 – Piers Anthony, English writer

* 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer

* 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player

* 1877 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player ( d. 1934 )

England then achieved their first Ashes win at Lord's since 1934 to go 1 – 0 up.

* 1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.

* 1858 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, ( d. 1934 )

* 1934 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet astronaut

* 2012 – Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor ( b. 1934 )

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

He took note of and encouraged the young Lester Pearson in the early 1930s, and appointed Pearson to significant roles on two major government inquiries: the 1931 Royal Commission on Grain Futures, and the 1934 Royal Commission on Price Spreads.

Lester Joseph Gillis ( December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934 ), known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s.

That company evolved into what was briefly known as the Lester Horton California Ballets ( 1934 ) and then the Horton Dance Group ( 1934 ).

He also commented about being influenced by the work of Les Paul ( Lester William Polfus, 1915 – 2009 ), Django Reinhardt ( 1910 – 1953 ) and Jacques Loussier ( 1934 -).

In 1934, she joined Lester Horton's company, became its lead dancer, and was instrumental in the development of the Horton Technique.

The year 1934 alone saw the deaths of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles " Pretty Boy " Floyd, Lester " Baby Face Nelson " Gillis, John " Red " Hamilton, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, and Eddie Green.

Lester Russel Brown ( born March 28, 1934 ) is a United States environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D. C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day calls him " one of the great pioneer environmentalists.

His son Samuel P. Cowley, by his wife Luella Parkinson Cowley, was an FBI agent best known for his death at the hands of Lester " Baby Face Nelson " Gillis in 1934.

Lester accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on his tour of earthquake-shaken regions in Bihar on his anti-untouchability tour during 1934.

* 1934 – William Calhoun, American wrestler ( d. 1989 )

* 1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer ( The Famous Flames ) ( d. 2007 )

* 1934 – Donnie Dunagan, American actor

* 1934 – David Durenberger, American politician

* 1934 – Renée Richards, American physician

* 1934 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer

* 1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player

* 1934 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician ( d. 2007 )

* 1934 – Carl Kasell, American newscaster

* 1934 – James Drury, American actor

* 1934 – George Shirley, American tenor

* 1934 – Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist

* 1934 – Don Kirshner, American composer ( d. 2011 )

* 1934 – Dickie Goodman, American music producer ( d. 1989 )

* 1934 – Dallas Green, American baseball player

* 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author

* 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1934 )

* 2004 – Victor Argo, American actor ( b. 1934 )

The feature was launched on Monday, August 13, 1934 in eight North American newspapers — including the New York Mirror — and was an immediate success.

Wilfred Bailey Everett “ Bill ” Bixby III ( January 22, 1934 − November 21, 1993 ) was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist.

In 1934, Caltech was elected to the Association of American Universities, and the antecedents of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech continues to manage and operate, were established between 1936 and 1943 under Theodore von Kármán.

The Cahill Center for Astronomy and AstrophysicsCaltech was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934 and remains a research university with " very high " research activity, primarily in STEM fields.

In 1934, the philosopher Paul Weiss called Peirce " the most original and versatile of American philosophers and America's greatest logician ".