1934 in Romania
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Events from the year 1934 in Romania. The year saw the country sign the Balkan Pact.
Incumbents
- King: Carol II.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Constantin Angelescu (interim, until 4 January).
- Gheorghe TÄtÄrescu (from 5 January).
Events
- 9 February â Romania signs the Balkan Pact with Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia in Athens.[3]
- 27 May â The national football team is defeated by Czechoslovakia in the first round of the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[4]
- 20 August â The Union of Hungarian Workers of Romania (MADOSZ, Magyar Dolgozók Országos Szövetsége or Uniunea Oamenilor Muncii Maghiari din România) is founded.[5]
- 26 September â Ford Romania buy the land on which they will build their factory in Bucharest.[6]
- October â The Criterion Association is dissolved, Mircea VulcÄnescu citing the rise of fascism for the demise.[7]
- 22 November â Mihai Stelescu founds the newspaper Cruciada Românismului to propagate the Crusade of Romanianism.[8]
Births
- 22 February â Iuliana Simon, skier that competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.[9]
- 29 April â Zoe Èapu, agronomist (died 2013).
- 6 May â Stela Perin, artistic gymnast that competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[10]
- 21 September â Maria Scheip, handballer, gold medallist at the 1956, 1960, and 1962 World Championships.[11]
- 15 November â Kira Muratova, Romanian-born Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2018).[12]
- 10 December â Leopoldina BÄlÄnuÈÄ, actor (died 1998).[13]
Deaths
- 14 January â Ioan Cantacuzino, physician, bacteriologist, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy (born 1863).
- 16 February â Ètefan Cicio Pop, politician (born 1865).
- 20 April â ConstanÈa HodoÈ, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1860).[14]
- 24 September â Alexandru Mavrodi, director of the National Theatre Bucharest (born 1881).[15]