First singing telegram was delivered to Rudy Valle in NY Calvin Coolidge dies 20th Amendment is ratified changing the date of Presidential inauguration to Jan. 20 The year MCMXXXIII Caterina Jarboro becomes the first African American opera singer to perform in the US in Aida 21st amendment passes, prohibition ends Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – Thomas Hunt Morgan The International Court of Justice in The Hague decides that Greenland belongs to Denmark, condemns Norwegian landings on eastern Greenland Civilian Conservation Corps created Worst year of depression, over 25% unemployment Average cost of a new home $5,750 The first flight over Mount Everest is made by the British Houston- Mount Everest Flight Expedition The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations Lone Ranger debuted on radio FDIC created Popular song “We’re In The Money” and “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” First minimum wage law establishes 33 cents/hr Smedley Butler becomes involved in a coup attempt led by Gerald MacGuire against the president (FDR) which fails Birthday buddies (group 2): Willie Nelson, Roman Polanski, Quincy Jones, Marty Feldman, Jayne Mansfield Radio Telescope invented - Karl Jansky Long Beach earthquake shakes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII First of fireside chats begin in March Miracle Whip by Kraft Average price of a movie was 25 cents As a member of the English cricket team touring New Zealand, 1933, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs in a test match US Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover The first alleged modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster occurs In October, Babe Ruth makes his final pitching performance pitching all 9 innings Einstein immigrates to US First issue of Newsweek Newfoundland returns to Crown colony status, following financial collapse First baseball All Star Game is played at Comiskey Park as part of the World’s Fair Haifa harbor opens in Palestine US officially leaves the gold standard Birthday buddies (group 1): Larry King, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Michael Dukakis In August, Lou Gehrig plays 1,308 games straight breaking a record Wiley Post first person to fly solo around the world Joe DiMaggio’s 61 game hitting streak ends in July Construction of Golden Gate bridge begins Édouard Daladier forms a government in France succeeding Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is shortly succeeded by Albert Sarraut and then by Camille Chautemps Opened Dachau as first concentration camp Kit Kat candy bar invented Francis Perkins, first women to sit in the Cabinet Labor Secretary Toll House Cookies invented Coit Tower is dedicated to SF firefighters American aviator Jimmie Angel becomes the first foreigner to see the Angel Falls in Venezuela Birthday buddies (group 3): Carol Burnett, James Brown, Johnny Unitas, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder Editors of the Harvard Lampoon steal the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts from the State House (it is returned two days later) Nobel Prize for Peace – Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane) Machine gun demonstrated in Japan 1,000 shots per minute Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany Strong winds lead to Dust Bowl The London Economic Conference is held Nobel Prize for Literature – Ivan Bunin The London Passenger Transport Board begins operation FDR unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed Gallon of gas 10 cents FM radio First drive in movie theater in NJ 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago The Adélaïde Concerto, a spurious work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is published as "edited" (actually composed) by Marius Casadesus "Machine Gun Kelly" and Albert Bates kidnap Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom Nobel Prize for Physics – Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac On March 13, the Dow rose over 15% from 53.84 to 65.10 The Nissan Motor Company is organized in Tokyo, Japan The film King Kong premieres in March Aviator Bill Lancaster attempts a speed record from England to the Cape of Good Hope. His body is found in the Sahara Desert in 1962. Japan Precision Optical Industry, predecessor Canon is founded in Japan Welsh journalist Gareth Jones makes the first report in the West of the Holodomor famine genocide in Ukraine The first NFL Championship game in American football is played. The Chicago Bears defeat the New York Giants 23-21 First singing telegram was delivered to Rudy Valle in NY Calvin Coolidge dies 20th Amendment is ratified changing the date of Presidential inauguration to Jan. 20 The year MCMXXXIII Caterina Jarboro becomes the first African American opera singer to perform in the US in Aida 21st amendment passes, prohibition ends Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – Thomas Hunt Morgan The International Court of Justice in The Hague decides that Greenland belongs to Denmark, condemns Norwegian landings on eastern Greenland Civilian Conservation Corps created Worst year of depression, over 25% unemployment Average cost of a new home $5,750 The first flight over Mount Everest is made by the British Houston- Mount Everest Flight Expedition The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations Lone Ranger debuted on radio FDIC created Popular song “We’re In The Money” and “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” First minimum wage law establishes 33 cents/hr Smedley Butler becomes involved in a coup attempt led by Gerald MacGuire against the president (FDR) which fails Birthday buddies (group 2): Willie Nelson, Roman Polanski, Quincy Jones, Marty Feldman, Jayne Mansfield Radio Telescope invented - Karl Jansky Long Beach earthquake shakes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII First of fireside chats begin in March Miracle Whip by Kraft Average price of a movie was 25 cents As a member of the English cricket team touring New Zealand, 1933, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs in a test match US Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover The first alleged modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster occurs In October, Babe Ruth makes his final pitching performance pitching all 9 innings Einstein immigrates to US First issue of Newsweek Newfoundland returns to Crown colony status, following financial collapse First baseball All Star Game is played at Comiskey Park as part of the World’s Fair Haifa harbor opens in Palestine US officially leaves the gold standard Birthday buddies (group 1): Larry King, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Michael Dukakis In August, Lou Gehrig plays 1,308 games straight breaking a record Wiley Post first person to fly solo around the world Joe DiMaggio’s 61 game hitting streak ends in July Construction of Golden Gate bridge begins Édouard Daladier forms a government in France succeeding Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is shortly succeeded by Albert Sarraut and then by Camille Chautemps Opened Dachau as first concentration camp Kit Kat candy bar invented Francis Perkins, first women to sit in the Cabinet Labor Secretary Toll House Cookies invented Coit Tower is dedicated to SF firefighters American aviator Jimmie Angel becomes the first foreigner to see the Angel Falls in Venezuela Birthday buddies (group 3): Carol Burnett, James Brown, Johnny Unitas, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder Editors of the Harvard Lampoon steal the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts from the State House (it is returned two days later) Nobel Prize for Peace – Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane) Machine gun demonstrated in Japan 1,000 shots per minute Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany Strong winds lead to Dust Bowl The London Economic Conference is held Nobel Prize for Literature – Ivan Bunin The London Passenger Transport Board begins operation FDR unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed Gallon of gas 10 cents FM radio First drive in movie theater in NJ 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago The Adélaïde Concerto, a spurious work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is published as "edited" (actually composed) by Marius Casadesus "Machine Gun Kelly" and Albert Bates kidnap Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom Nobel Prize for Physics – Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac On March 13, the Dow rose over 15% from 53.84 to 65.10 The Nissan Motor Company is organized in Tokyo, Japan The film King Kong premieres in March Aviator Bill Lancaster attempts a speed record from England to the Cape of Good Hope. His body is found in the Sahara Desert in 1962. Japan Precision Optical Industry, predecessor Canon is founded in Japan Welsh journalist Gareth Jones makes the first report in the West of the Holodomor famine genocide in Ukraine The first NFL Championship game in American football is played. The Chicago Bears defeat the New York Giants 23-21
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First singing telegram was delivered to Rudy Valle in NY
Calvin Coolidge dies
20th Amendment is ratified changing the date of Presidential inauguration to Jan. 20
The year MCMXXXIII
Caterina Jarboro becomes the first African American opera singer to perform in the US in Aida
21st amendment passes, prohibition ends
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – Thomas Hunt Morgan
The International Court of Justice in The Hague decides that Greenland belongs to Denmark, condemns Norwegian landings on eastern Greenland
Civilian Conservation Corps created
Worst year of depression, over 25% unemployment
Average cost of a new home $5,750
The first flight over Mount Everest is made by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition
The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations
Lone Ranger debuted on radio
FDIC created
Popular song “We’re In The Money” and “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
First minimum wage law establishes 33 cents/hr
Smedley Butler becomes involved in a coup attempt led by Gerald MacGuire against the president (FDR) which fails
Birthday buddies (group 2): Willie Nelson, Roman Polanski, Quincy Jones, Marty Feldman, Jayne Mansfield
Radio Telescope invented - Karl Jansky
Long Beach earthquake shakes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII
First of fireside chats begin in March
Miracle Whip by Kraft
Average price of a movie was 25 cents
As a member of the English cricket team touring New Zealand, 1933, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs in a test match
US Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover
The first alleged modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster occurs
In October, Babe Ruth makes his final pitching performance pitching all 9 innings
Einstein immigrates to US
First issue of Newsweek
Newfoundland returns to Crown colony status, following financial collapse
First baseball All Star Game is played at Comiskey Park as part of the World’s Fair
Haifa harbor opens in Palestine
US officially leaves the gold standard
Birthday buddies (group 1): Larry King, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Michael Dukakis
In August, Lou Gehrig plays 1,308 games straight breaking a record
Wiley Post first person to fly solo around the world
Joe DiMaggio’s 61 game hitting streak ends in July
Construction of Golden Gate bridge begins
Édouard Daladier forms a government in France succeeding Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is shortly succeeded by Albert Sarraut and then by Camille Chautemps
Opened Dachau as first concentration camp
Kit Kat candy bar invented
Francis Perkins, first women to sit in the Cabinet Labor Secretary
Toll House Cookies invented
Coit Tower is dedicated to SF firefighters
American aviator Jimmie Angel becomes the first foreigner to see the Angel Falls in Venezuela
Birthday buddies (group 3): Carol Burnett, James Brown, Johnny Unitas, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder
Editors of the Harvard Lampoon steal the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts from the State House (it is returned two days later)
Nobel Prize for Peace – Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane)
Machine gun demonstrated in Japan 1,000 shots per minute
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany
Strong winds lead to Dust Bowl
The London Economic Conference is held
Nobel Prize for Literature – Ivan Bunin
The London Passenger Transport Board begins operation
FDR unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed
Gallon of gas 10 cents
FM radio
First drive in movie theater in NJ
1933 World’s Fair in Chicago
The Adélaïde Concerto, a spurious work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is published as "edited" (actually composed) by Marius Casadesus
"Machine Gun Kelly" and Albert Bates kidnap Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom
Nobel Prize for Physics – Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
On March 13, the Dow rose over 15% from 53.84 to 65.10
The Nissan Motor Company is organized in Tokyo, Japan
The film King Kong premieres in March
Aviator Bill Lancaster attempts a speed record from England to the Cape of Good Hope. His body is found in the Sahara Desert in 1962.
Japan Precision Optical Industry, predecessor Canon is founded in Japan
Welsh journalist Gareth Jones makes the first report in the West of the Holodomor famine genocide in Ukraine
The first NFL Championship game in American football is played. The Chicago Bears defeat the New York Giants 23-21
