Born in 1934
People born in 1934 turn 92 in 2026. A dollar in 1934 buys what $25.18 buys in September 2026, and about 2.16 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1934
1934
What things cost in 1934
| U.S. average | 1934 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $25.18 | CPI-U |
1934 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1934 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1934
- United States
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); Ramsay MacDonald (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Vyacheslav Molotov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Wang Jingwei (Premier)
- French Third Republic
- Albert François Lebrun (President); Camille Chautemps, then Édouard Daladier, then Gaston Doumergue, then Pierre-Étienne Flandin (President of the Council of ministers)
- Nazi Germany
- Paul von Hindenburg (President); Adolf Hitler (Führer); Adolf Hitler (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Hirohito (Emperor); Saitō Makoto, then Keisuke Okada (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1934 →
Famous people born in 1934
- 1 January - Hans Huber, German boxer source
- January 11 - Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada source
- September 21 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, novelist, singer and songwriter (died 2016) source
- November 9 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, writer, and TV presenter (died 1996) source
- December 29 – Ed Flanders, actor (died 1995) source
- September 29 – Idowu Sofola, Nigerian jurist (died 2018) source
- February 11 – Mel Carnahan, American politician (died 2000) source
- January 6 – William Browder, American mathematician (died 2025) source
- 4 January - Hellmuth Karasek, German journalist, literary critic, novelist and author (died 2015) source
- March 16 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian statesman, 24th Governor General of Canada (died 2002) source
- March 25 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist (died 2026) source
- December 22 – David Pearson, American race car driver (died 2018) source
- August 5 – Wendell Berry, novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2026) source
- 29 November - Günter Wewel, German opera singer and television presenter (died 2023) source
- November 29 – Willie Morris, American writer (died 1999) source
What happened in 1934
- 24 January – new constitution in effect. source
- January 8 – 77 persons die and 74 are hurt, when many families and troop members are pushing each other on the platform, before entering the extra troop train in Kyoto station, according to Japanese government official confirmed report. source
- January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City. source
- January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. source
- 25 February - Mahatma Gandhi visits Udupi. source
- 3 March – the third Theatre Royal, Dublin, closes. source
- January 26 – February 10 — 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) source
- 18 January – Qantas and Imperial Airways join forces and establish Qantas Empire Airways. source