May 1934

Friday 11:

Dust Bowl: A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl in North America.

Tuesday 15:

K?rlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.

Monday 21:

Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint each of its citizens.

Wednesday 23:

Near their hideout in Black Lake, Louisiana, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and shot dead by police.

Monday 28:

The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.