History of 1933

During the year of 1933 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 02, 1933 - Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3
January 05, 1933 - Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins on Marin County side
January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler named German Chancellor
February 06, 1933 - 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations
February 15, 1933 - Pres-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
March 04, 1933 - FDR inaugurated - says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
March 05, 1933 - FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday
March 07, 1933 - Monopoly invented
March 10, 1933 - Earthquake in Long Beach
March 23, 1933 - German Reichstag granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
March 27, 1933 - Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized
March 31, 1933 - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper - "Soperton News" (Ga)
March 31, 1933 - Congress authorized Civilian Conservation Corps
April 07, 1933 - Prohibition ends.
April 12, 1933 - Moffatt Field is commissioned.
May 18, 1933 - TVA Act signed by FDR
May 21, 1933 - Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
May 22, 1933 - World Trade Day
May 27, 1933 - Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
May 27, 1933 - Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
May 27, 1933 - Trailing 11-3 - Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
May 30, 1933 - Patent on invisible glass installation
June 01, 1933 - Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
June 03, 1933 - A's score 11 runs in 2nd - Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
June 05, 1933 - US goes off gold standard
June 06, 1933 - 1st drive-in theatre opens in Camden NJ
June 06, 1933 - US Employment Service created
June 13, 1933 - 1st sodium vapor lamps installed Schenectady NY
June 13, 1933 - Federal Savings & Loan Association authorized
June 16, 1933 - National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
June 16, 1933 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (US) created (FDIC)
July 02, 1933 - Carl Hubbell shutsout Cards 1-0 in 18 innings
July 04, 1933 - Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge
July 06, 1933 - 1st All-Star baseball game AL wins 5-2
July 09, 1933 - Frankford Yellowjackets sold rechristened Philadelphia Eagles.
July 10, 1933 - 1st police radio system operated Eastchester Twp NY
July 12, 1933 - Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33› per hour).
July 22, 1933 - Wiley Post completes 1st round-the-world solo flight.
July 28, 1933 - 1st Singing Telegram is delivered (to Rudy Vallee) NYC
August 03, 1933 - Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games
August 11, 1933 - temp. reaches 58ø (136ø F) at San Luis Potos¡ Mex. (world record)
August 21, 1933 - Ruth homer leads the AL to a 4-2 win in the 1st All Star Game
September 04, 1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph JR Wendell Glenview Il
September 23, 1933 - Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12
October 08, 1933 - Coit Tower dedicated in SF a monument to firefighters.
October 10, 1933 - 1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed
October 12, 1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
October 12, 1933 - John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County OH jail.
October 17, 1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in the US a refugee from Nazi Germany.
November 12, 1933 - 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
November 12, 1933 - 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken
November 16, 1933 - Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
November 21, 1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR - WC Bullitt
November 25, 1933 - 1st Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 ft
December 03, 1933 - Joe Lilliard QBed Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
December 05, 1933 - 21st Amendment ratified 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed
December 17, 1933 - 1st professional NFL football game: Chicago Bears vs NY Giants
December 19, 1933 - Electric Home & Farm Authority Inc authorized
December 21, 1933 - Human blood serum 1st prepared
December 26, 1933 - US foreswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere