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