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Events

• January 29 – The Daily Progress published a list of Confederate graves located in Charlottesville. The list was compiled by the Albemarle Chapter No. 1, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
• March 31 – Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., former Governor of Virginia, elected by unanimous vote by the Board of Visitors, the third president of the University of Virginia. He will take office on June 23, 1934.
• February 13 – The Charlottesville City School Board elected Walter C. Smith as the new coach and teacher of physical education at Lane High School. At the time of his election Smith was the son-in-law of City Manager Seth Burnley.
• July 4 – President Harry S. Truman visited Charlottesville. He delivered an address at Monticello and afterward placed a wreath at Thomas Jefferson's grave. His motorcade drown down Main Street. He had lunch at the University of Virginia, then visited James Monroe's Highland plantation (then known as Ashlawn) where he placed a wreath at the foot of the James Monroe statue.
• August 18 – At the regular city council meeting, City Manager Burnley reported to Council that some steps have been taken to carry out repairs to the City Gas Plant suggested by Council after a fire there last April, but that a new machine costing $7,000 would be needed. The report was referred to Councilman J. Emmett Gleason, commissioner in charge of public utilities.