1933

1933 History Facts:

The Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed German chancellor.
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 is passed in Great Britain.
Construction of Golden Gate Bridge begins, San Francisco Bay, California (January 5).
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - first commercial flight between Australia & New Zealand. (January 11)
Adolf Hitler - appointed Chancellor of Germany by Paul von Hindenburg (January 30).
Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin (February 1).
Nazis in Germany begin organized persecution of the Jews.
Newsweek (magazine) is published for the first time (February 17).
The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States (February 17).
Germany's the Reichstag, is set on fire (February 27).
The original film version of King Kong is released (March 2).
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated (March 3).
U.S. President Herbert Hoover is succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the USA (March 12).
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. (March 23)
Japan leaves the League of Nations. (March 27)
Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a national emergency & issues Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for U.S. citizens to own gold. (April 5)
Beer is legalized in the U.S. (April 7)
The Gestapo is established in Germany. (April 26)
The first reported modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster occurs (May 2).
Radio waves from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, detected by Karl Jansky, leading to the birth of radio astronomy (May 5).
The Nazi Party in Germany introduces a law to legalize eugenic sterilization. (May 26)
All non-Nazi parties are forbidden in Germany (June 21).
Leó Szilárd conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction (September 12).
Albert Einstein arrives in the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany (October 17).
The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, repealing Prohibition, comes into effect (December 5).
FM radio is patented (December 26).
The Holodomor famine (1933) takes place in the Ukraine.

Births:

Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. November 3)
Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. April 26)
Barry Norman, English film critic (b. August 21)
Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (b. May 22, d. 1996)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. April 1)
Conway Twitty, American country music artist (b. September 1, d. 1993)
Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (b. January 25, d. 2009)
Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize winner (b. July 20)
Donna Douglas, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (b. September 26)
Doyle Brunson, American poker player (b. August 10)
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (Bewitched) (b. April 15,d. 1995)
Emperor Akihito of Japan (b. December 23)
Gene Wilder, American actor (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) (b. June 11)
Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. June 6)
James Brown, African-American soul musician (I Feel Good) (b. May 3, d. 2006)
Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. April 19, d. 1967)
Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster (b. April 16)
Joan Collins, English actress (Dynasty) (b. May 23)
Joan Rivers, American comedian (b. June 8)
John Boorman, English film director (b. January 18)
Kim Novak, American actress (b. February 13)
Larry King, American talk show host (b. November 19)
Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian & game show host (b. February 6, d. 1996)
Louis Farrakhan, African-American Muslim leader (b. May 11)
Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (b. July 8, d. 1982)
Michael Caine, English actor (Alfie) (b. March 14)
Michael Dukakis, American politician (b. November 3)
Michael Novak, American philosopher and author (b. September 9)
Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist and author (b. January 2)
Nina Simone, American singer (b. February 21, d. 2003)
Oleg Makarov, Russian cosmonaut (b. January 6, d. 2003)
Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. December 3)
Peter Mansfield, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. October 9)
Philip Roth, American author (b. March 19)
Quincy Jones, American music producer and composer (b. March 14)
Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. October 24)
Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. August 14)
Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. August 23)
Roman Polanski, French film director (b. August 18)

Deaths:

Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872, d. January 5)
Émile Roux, French physician (b. 1853, d. November 3)
Faisal I of Iraq, king of Iraq (d. September 8)
Fatty Arbuckle, American comedian (b. 1887, d. June 29)
Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878, d. June 2)
Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (b. 1890, d. July 15)
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876, d. January 1)
Henry Royce, English car manufacturer (b. 1863, d. April 22)
Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (b. 1896, d. January 3)
James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866, d. February 18)
Jimmie Rodgers, American country singer (b. 1897, d. May 26)
John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867, d. January 31)
Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868, d. December 4)
Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876, d. December 17)

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