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Wholesale violence by parading strikers follows settlement agreement between strike leaders and co officials; strikers reject agreement
Foreign Min Hirota and Sec Hull exchange cordial notes; mention of pre-naval conf meeting denied
1,500 killed, great property damage, in Hakodate
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33 killed, 63 hurt, as trains crash near Sverdlovsk
1934Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge[†]
Sheila Morag Clark Cameron was a British lawyer. She was Dean of the Arches and Official Principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury from 2000 to 2009, and was therefore the senior ecclesiastical judge of the Church of England in that period. From 1983 until 2005 she was Vicar-General of Canterbury.
1934Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (died 2022)[†]
Orrin Grant Hatch was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator in history, overtaking Ted Stevens, until Chuck Grassley surpassed him in 2023.
1934The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.[†]
The 1934 Masters Tournament was the first Masters Tournament, held March 22–25 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was officially known as the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament" for its first five editions, but informally as the Masters from the start.