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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 26, 1934 |
Milan-San Remo |
Joseph Demysere (Bel) |
281.5 km |
| April 1, 1934 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Gaston Rebry (Bel) |
255 km |
| April 18, 1934 |
Tour of Flanders |
Gaston Rebry (Bel) |
239 km |
| May 13, 1934 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Theo Heckenrath (Bel) |
213 km |
| May 19-June 10, 1934 |
Giro d'Italia |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
17 Stages
3,711 km |
| July 3-29, 1934 |
Tour
de France |
Antonin Magne (Fra) |
23 Stages,
4,370 km
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| August 18, 1934 |
World
Championships |
Karel Kaers (Bel) |
Leipzig,
Germany 225.8 km |
| October 21, 1934 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Learco Guerra (Ita) |
Milan-Milan,
245 km |
• USA - The first collegiate basketball game was played at Madison Square Garden in New York City between Notre Dame and NYU
• Canada - Callendar, Ontario Elzire Dionne gave birth to quintuplets on May 28, 1934. The Dionnes were the first quintuplets to survive, thanks to advancements in neonatal care.
• News - Alex Raymond published the comic strip Flash Gordon.
• USA - In May a $25,000 reward was offered for the capture of the bank robber John Dillinger. July 22 nd FBI agents shot and killed “public enemy #1” John Dillinger.
• Hollywood - After the success of Mickey Mouse in 1928, Walt Disney created Donald Duck.
Notable Deaths - * Giro d'Italia Champion: Giovanni Brunero (Ita) 1895-1934, died of a fatal illness November 23, 1934. Brunero was a three time champion of the Giro d'Italia (1921, 1922, and 1926).
Madam Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867-1934, was a pioneer in the field of radiation. She won the Noble Prize for Physics in 1903 and the Noble Prize for Chemistry in 1911.
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