Born in 1934
Turns 92 in 2026
Gifts for someone born in 1934
1934 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from £21.50Add their name
Their birth chartThe sky as astrology reads it, cast for one birth.Unframed from £21.50
The Years We Were BornThe whole family, together in years.Unframed from £21.50
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BACK TO 1934 · United Kingdom
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Enrico Fermi found that slow neutrons could trigger stronger nuclear reactions, Fred Perry and Dorothy Round won Wimbledon singles titles, and Rodgers and Hart’s Blue Moon reached print. The year’s records connect laboratory research, British tennis and a song that became a standard.
What happened in 1934?
Fermi discovers the power of slow neutrons
At Via Panisperna in Rome, Enrico Fermi found in 1934 that slower neutrons triggered stronger nuclear reactions.
Perry And Round Win At Wimbledon
Fred Perry and Dorothy Round won the men’s and women’s singles titles at Wimbledon in 1934, the first British double since 1909.
Blue Moon enters print
Rodgers and Hart’s Blue Moon reached print in 1934 after earlier lyrics and titles were revised for film.
American Film Institute Catalog · Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection, Johns Hopkins University
Queen Mary is launched on the Clyde
The Queen Mary is launched in Scotland ahead of her first Atlantic crossing.
West Dunbartonshire Council · Science Museum Group Collection
Firsts and new ideas
Paris showcases an international fleet of aircraft
The 1934 Paris Aviation Salon brought aircraft and aviation technology from across Europe to the Grand Palais.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, archived by UNT Libraries · UNT Digital Library
Carl Sagan is born
Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn on November 9, 1934. He later became an astronomer and popular science educator.
Number ones and music in 1934
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Noble's orchestra records a new standard
Ray Noble and His Orchestra recorded The Very Thought of You in London in 1934.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History · Al Bowlly Archive
Leonard Cohen Is Born
Leonard Cohen was born in Westmount, Quebec, on September 21, 1934. He later became an internationally recognised poet, novelist and songwriter.
Prices and everyday money in 1934
United Kingdom figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Average weekly earnings per person in the United Kingdom (Bank of England series) | £1 18s 7d per week | GBP per week Bank of England (series republished by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED) |
| sugar (annual average) | 2d | equivalent 1 lb (calculated from ONS per kg) Office for National Statistics |
| flour (annual average) | 3d | equivalent 2 lb (calculated from ONS per 1.5 kg) Office for National Statistics |
| bread (annual average) | 2d | equivalent 1 lb (calculated from ONS 800 g source measure; not historical loaf size) Office for National Statistics |
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