July 4, 1934

1934Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (died 2012)^[†]

Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat, in 1983 Miller became the first African-American woman elected to the state house, where she served for four years before winning election to the state Senate, where she consistently won re-election until her death in office. Miller taught in the Norfolk Public schools, and later taught early and childhood education at one of her alma maters, which had become Norfolk State University during her lifetime.

1934Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)^[†]

Colin Welland was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in Kes (1969) and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Chariots of Fire (1981).

1934Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)^[†]

Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.