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1934
 
    
British tennis player Fred Perry wins the first of three consecutive Wimbledon singles titles       
1934
 
   
British painter Francis Bacon has his first solo show in London      
Francis Bacon, by Ruskin Spear, 1984
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1934
 
    
Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie discover artificial radioactivity       
1934
 
   
Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood      
1934
 
     
Elijah Muhammad takes control of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, and leads the movement for more than 40 years        
1934
 
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Adolf Hitler visits his SA commander, Ernst Roehm, in his hotel before having him shot       
1934
 
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Multiple murders are carried out on Hitler's orders during the Night of the Long Knives       
1934
 
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In addition to the SS, Heinrich Himmler is given command of the state secret police, or Gestapo        
1934
 
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The Scottish National Party, or SNP, is founded to campaign for an independent Scotland      
1934
 
    
Australian author Christina Stead publishes a first novel based on her own family, Seven Poor Men of Sydney