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In the year 1934
322 Notable deaths
Leonid Nikolaev
Russian assassin.
Born May 10th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 29th, 1934 at 30 years old in Saint Petersburg (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting).
Carsten Borchgrevink
Anglo-norwegian polar explorer (1864-1934).
Born December 1st, 1864 in Christiania.
Died April 21st, 1934 at 69 years old in Oslo.
James Rolph
California politician (1869-1934).
Born August 23rd, 1869 in San Francisco.
Died June 2nd, 1934 at 64 years old in Santa Clara (myocardial infarction).
William Henry Welch
American physician and scientist.
Born April 8th, 1850 in Norfolk.
Died April 30th, 1934 at 84 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital (prostate cancer).
Ferdinand von Bredow
German general (1884-1934).
Born May 16th, 1884 in Neuruppin.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 50 years old in Lichterfelde (ballistic trauma).
Oskar von Hutier
German general.
Born August 27th, 1857 in Erfurt.
Died December 5th, 1934 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Hakaru Hashimoto
Physician, endocrinologist.
Died January 9th, 1934 at 52 years old in Mie Prefecture (typhoid fever).
Lew Cody
American actor (1884-1934).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Berlin.
Died May 31st, 1934 at 50 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Atulprasad Sen
Indian musician and activist (1871-1934).
Born October 20th, 1871 in Dhaka.
Died August 26th, 1934 at 62 years old in Lucknow.
Edgar Julius Jung
German jurist and essayist (1894–1934).
Born March 6th, 1894 in Ludwigshafen.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 40 years old in Oranienburg.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 322
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