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November 23, 1934

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Notable Births

Lew Hoad

1934Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (died 1994)[†]

Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times between 1952 and 1956. Hoad turned professional in July 1957. He won the Kooyong Tournament of Champions in 1958 and the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions in 1959. He won the Ampol Open Trophy world series of tournaments in 1959, which included the Kooyong tournament that concluded in early January 1960. Hoad's singles tournament victories spanned from 1951 to 1971.

Robert Towne

1934Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2024)[†]

Robert Towne was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including The Tomb of Ligeia in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.

James R. Hogg

1934James R. Hogg, American admiral (died 2025)[†]

James Robert Hogg was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP) from 1988 to 1991. He retired from the Navy in 1991; and then served as the director of the Chief of Naval Operation's Strategic Studies Group (SSG) for 18 years. His cumulative service to the U.S. Navy, when he retired from the SSG in 2013, was 57 years.

Notable Deaths

Giovanni Brunero

1934Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (born 1895)[†]

Giovanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.

Historical Events

Ogaden

1934An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.[†]

Ogaden is one of the historical names used for the modern Somali Region. It is also natively referred to as Soomaali Galbeed. The region forms the eastern portion of Ethiopia and borders Somalia. It also includes another region to the north known as Haud.