1933 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1933?
- January 26, 1933 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- February 15, 1933 – In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- February 20, 1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
- March 4, 1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
- March 21, 1933 – Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
- March 31, 1933 – The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment.
- April 1, 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
- May 1, 1933 – The Roca-Runciman Treaty between Argentina and Great Britain is signed by Julio Argentino Roca, Jr., and Sir Walter Runciman.
- May 8, 1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
- May 10, 1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
- June 16, 1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.
- July 6, 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
- August 25, 1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
- September 3, 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
- September 13, 1933 – Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
- October 12, 1933 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
- October 19, 1933 – Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
- November 8, 1933 – Great Depression: New Deal – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
- November 17, 1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
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