Golf
In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
In context
- When
- Thursday, March 22 193492 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1930s
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At a glance
Dates: From 1934.
What happened
In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
March 22 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
Also in 1934
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- September 4Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
- February 2Export–Import Bank of the United StatesThe Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.
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- September 22Gresford disasterOne of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.
- August 191934 German head of state referendumA referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of chancellor and president of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of…
- July 2Night of the Long KnivesThe Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings.
- December 1Sergei KirovSoviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.
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March 22 1934 — 92 years ago, on a Thursday.
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