1933

Year 1933 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

January

 * January 5 - Construction of the begins in.
 * - makes the first commercial flight between  and.
 * - Political violence causes almost 100 deaths in.
 * - votes favorably for  independence, against the view of.
 * - The word comes into being and is recognized by the  to press for freedom.
 * forms a government in.
 * leader is appointed  by.
 * The first airing of .
 * The first airing of .

February

 * - gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in.
 * - Mutiny starts on the Dutch Zeven Provincien.
 * - The goes into effect.
 * - - Officers on the USS Ramapo record a 34-meter high sea- in the Pacific Ocean.
 * - The -based introduces the first.
 * - In, attempts to assassinate -elect , but instead shoots  Mayor.


 * The  is published for the first time.
 * The ends  in the.
 * - 's parliament building in, the , is set on fire (see: ).
 * - is passed in response to Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.
 * - is passed in response to Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.

March

 * - The original film version of, starring , premieres at and the Roxy Theater in.
 * is dedicated.
 * A powerful earthquake and hit,  killing some 3,000.
 * American President is succeeded by, who in reference to the , gives his "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" inauguration speech. FDR is sworn in by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.  It would also be the last time  in the  would occur on March 4.
 * becomes, first female member of the.
 * The is suspended because of a quibble over procedure -   initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see ).
 * declares a "bank holiday", closing all banks and freezing all financial transactions (the 'holiday' ended on ).
 * In German, gain 43.9% of the votes.
 * - Great Depression: The begins its first 100 days of enacting  legislation.
 * - in  kills 117 people.
 * - : addresses the nation for the first time as . This was also the first of his "".
 * - The rises from $53.84 to $62.10.  The day's gain of 15.34%, achieved during the depths of the Great Depression, remains to date as the largest one-day percentage gain for the index.
 * -, the first , is completed - opened.
 * - The  passes the, making  of.
 * - Japan leaves the.
 * - The is established with the mission to relieve rampant unemployment.
 * - The  passes the, making  of.
 * - Japan leaves the.
 * - The is established with the mission to relieve rampant unemployment.

April

 * - The recently elected under  organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in.
 * - Anti-monarchist rebellion in.
 * - US Akron crashes off the coast of - leaves 73 dead.
 * - in the  decides that  belongs to  and condemns Norwegian landings on eastern Greenland.  submits to the decision.
 * Beer is legalized in the U.S., eight months before the full repeal of on December 5, 1933
 * passed in Germany
 * - Aviator takes off in England in an attempt to make a speed record to Cape. He vanishes (body is found  in the Sahara Desert).
 * - outlaws  ritual.
 * established.
 * Editors of  steal the from the State House. It is returned two days later.
 * in, acquired by . The 's first shop outside.
 * organizations joins the party.
 * in, acquired by . The 's first shop outside.
 * organizations joins the party.
 * organizations joins the party.

May

 * May - Detection by of radio waves from the centre of the Milky Way galaxy reported
 * First modern sighting of the.
 * : bans s.
 * - begins a 3-week  because of the mistreatment of the lower castes
 * In, the stage massive public s.
 * declares war on
 * - and  form  - the national-socialist party of.
 * - : President signs an act creating the.
 * - party in  introduces law to legalize
 * New Deal: The is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the.
 * The  opens in.
 * New Deal: The is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the.
 * The  opens in.
 * The  opens in.

June

 * - The abrogates the ' use of the  by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in.
 * - The first opens in.
 * - German Secret State Police (Gestapo) is established.
 * - In, kills four unarmed  agents and captured fugitive  in a failed attempt to free Nash. This becomes known as the.
 * - All non- parties forbidden in Germany
 * - delegate convention in Berlin
 * - American Totalisator Company unveils its first electronic pari-mutuel betting machine at Arlington Park racetrack near Chicago.

July

 * - sentenced to prison.
 * - Forming new political parties forbidden in Germany.
 * - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) signed an accord with Hitler.
 * becomes first person to fly solo around the world, traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours, and 45 minutes.
 * and kidnap, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom.
 * and kidnap, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom.

August - September

 * August - The start of the more than 3,000 killed.
 * - Loggers cause a in the  of, later known as the first forest fire of the . It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (971 km²).
 * - Assassination of in Marienbad ,
 * - begins operations with 250 planes.
 * - forms a new government in Spain.
 * -, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in , conceives the idea of the.
 * destroys the town of in.
 * The ice cream cone is invented in.
 * The ice cream cone is invented in.

October

 * - Failed assassination attempt against seriously injures him.
 * - A   near  by a bomb. This was the first proven case of air sabotage in commercial airline history.
 * - The Disciplinary Barracks on  is acquired by the, which plans to incorporate the island into its  as a federal.
 * - announces intention to leave the  - officially
 * - arrives in the  as a refugee from.

November

 * - Spanish Basques voted for autonomy.
 * - : - US President  unveils the, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
 * - : In, a very strong strips  from desiccated farmlands (this is just one of a series of disastrous dust storms that year).
 * The and the  establish formal.
 * President of  names himself dictator
 * - General Elections in the, victory by the parties of the right-wing.
 * - General Elections in the, victory by the parties of the right-wing.

December

 * - The, repealing in the United States, went into effect.
 * - founded  - oldest plastics federation in the world
 * - Train crash in, - over 200 dead
 * The Motor Company was organized in,.
 * is patented.
 * - Members of the assassinate, prime minister of
 * - Members of the assassinate, prime minister of

Undated

 * founded
 * The is invented by.
 * The ends  and outlaws.
 * Failed coup against in  (see )
 * founded.
 * becomes the first foreigner to see the, they are named after him.
 * forms the under Reich Interior Minister.
 * took place in.
 * The "," a spurious work attributed to, was published, as "edited" (actually composed) by.

January - February
- ,
 * -, Japanese novelist and author
 * , cosmonaut (d. )
 * , Swiss comedian, director, and writer
 * -, American journalist and commentator
 * -, American politician
 * -, American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , French singer (d. )
 * , French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. )
 * -, English film director
 * -, American actress and dancer
 * -, English film director
 * -, American actress and dancer


 * -, British TV comedian & game show host
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Dutch soprano
 * -, Greek-born director and writer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, American Senator (d. )
 * -, Japanese-born singer and artist, wife of
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American football player

March - April

 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Irish footballer (d. )
 * -, American songwriter
 * , English actor
 * , American music producer and composer
 * , Swiss Federal Councilor
 * , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * , American musician
 * -, American financier and philanthropist
 * -, American author
 * -, Swedish actress
 * -, American author
 * -, Swedish actress


 * -, French physicist, laureate
 * , American sports columnist
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, British legal academic
 * , Catalan soprano
 * , U.S. Senator
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, British broadcaster
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American composer
 * , American actress, singer, and comedienne
 * , Finnish composer
 * , German-born physicist, laureate
 * , American actress, singer, and comedienne
 * , Finnish composer
 * , German-born physicist, laureate

May - June

 * , American musician (d. )
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * -, Texan Sports announcer and teacher (d. )
 * , American football player (d. )
 * , Albanian singer and actress
 * -, English writer
 * -, American Black Muslim leader
 * -, French trumpeter
 * -, Chinese mathematician
 * -, English actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American writer and Central Intelligence agent (d. )
 * , Canadian terrorist
 * , German conductor
 * , Canadian terrorist
 * , German conductor
 * , German conductor


 * -, American politician
 * -, Swiss physicist, laureate
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American actor
 * -, Soviet gymnastics coach
 * , American writer and Presidential candidate (d. )
 * , American basketball player (d. )
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, baseball manager
 * -, Italian conductor
 * -, American theologian and educator
 * -, American theologian and educator

July - August

 * -, English footballer
 * , New Zealand runner
 * , American historian and author
 * -, English comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , English guitarist and lutenist
 * , Italian comics artist (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American game show host, actor, and singer (d. )
 * -, American actress/Soap opera star
 * -, American game show host, actor, and singer (d. )
 * -, American actress/Soap opera star


 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American soul singer (d. )
 * -, American poker player
 * -, American evangelist (d. )
 * -, Swiss chemist, laureate
 * -, American disc jockey and game show host
 * , American actress
 * , astronaut (d. )
 * , English mezzo-soprano
 * , English film critic
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, American actor
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor

September - October

 * , country music artist (d. )
 * , Governor of Texas (d. )
 * - The Great Gyan Deo Mishra was born, Canadian Postal Legend  (d. )
 * , Welsh actor
 * -, American philosopher and author
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American actress/Soap opera star
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey coach
 * -, Spanish conductor
 * -, American basketball coach and broadcaster
 * -, American actress
 * -, British physicist, recipient of the
 * -, American hair stylist (murdered) (b. )
 * -, Belgian nun and singer (d. )
 * , British gangster
 * , British gangster
 * , American writer
 * , British gangster
 * , British gangster
 * , American writer
 * , American writer

November - December

 * , American politician and Presidential candidate
 * , Indian economist, laureate
 * -, American talk show host
 * -, Polish composer
 * -, American entertainer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, Dutch chemist, laureate
 * -, Polish composer
 * -, American television personality (d. )
 * -, American jazz bassist (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * - Emperor
 * , Australian television personality
 * , American puppeteer
 * , Australian television personality
 * , American puppeteer

January - June

 * -, Canadian physicist (b. )
 * , (b. )
 * , Canadian-born actor (b. )
 * -, 30th (b. )
 * -, Australian pioneer aviator (b. )
 * -, ornithologist (b. )
 * -, English writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Australian-born director and producer of animated films (b. )
 * -, American boxer (b. )
 * -, Belarusian poet (b. )
 * -, Mayor of Chicago (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, American sled dog
 * -, attempted assassin of (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, U.S. admiral (sinking of the USS Akron) (b. )
 * -, English car manufacturer (b. )
 * -, missionary
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )

July - December

 * -, (b. )
 * , American literary critic (b. )
 * , American jazz musician (b. )
 * -, English women's rights activist, writer and orator.(b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * -, Canadian military leader (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, German airplane pioneer (b. )
 * -, 13th (b. )
 * -, President of the Generalitat (autonomous government of Catalonia) (b. )
 * -, President of the Generalitat (autonomous government of Catalonia) (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded