What Happened in 1933

Ernest Hemingway Travels to Africa

In 1933 Hemingway and Pauline went on safari to East Africa, a 10-week trip that provided material for Green Hills of Africa as well as the short... Read more

Jesse Owens ties world record at National High School Championship

Owens had taken different jobs in his spare time: He delivered groceries, loaded freight cars and worked in a shoe repair shop. During this period... Read more

Ford Rheinland is First Produced

The Ford Rheinland was an automobile built by Ford of Germany that was in production from 1933 to 1936. The name comes from the German region of... Read more

Dole Name Appears on Cans of Pineapples and Pineapple Juice

Recognizing the popularity and significance of quality in James Dole's name, the company first stamps "DOLE" on cans of pineapple and pineapple... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Lord Edgware Dies

Lord Edgware Dies is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and... Read more

Augusta National Golf Club Opens

Augusta National Golf Club, located in the American city of Augusta, Georgia, is a storied and exclusive golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and... Read more

Founding of the Wiener Library

The Wiener Library is the world's oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust, its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an... Read more

'United States v. One Book Called Ulysses' Trial Takes Place

The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice successfully blocked the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses in 1921, citing a relatively tame... Read more

Defense of the Great Wall

Falling back from Rehe, Wan Fulin's 32nd Corps retreated to Lengkou Pass, while the 29th Corps of General Song Zheyuan also fell back, Zhang... Read more

Norman Angell Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Sir Ralph Norman Angell (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member of Parliament for the Labour... Read more

The 5th Marine Regiment, United States Marines Corps, Withdraws From Nicaragua

On January 2, 1933, the 5th Marine Regiment, United States Marines Corps, withdrew from Nicaragua. It trained and left behind a powerful National... Read more

Clyde Barrow Kills Deputy Sheriff Malcolm Davis

W. D. Jones had been a friend to the Barrow family since childhood, and though he was still only 16 years old on Christmas Eve of 1932, he... Read more

Japanese Forces Take Over Mishan

On December 24, 1932, the Japanese 10th Division attacked guerrilla forces to the north of Mudanjiang River. January 5, 1933, General Kuan... Read more

Shari Lewis is Born

Shari Lewis (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during... Read more

The Twentieth Amendment is ratified

The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal... Read more

Hindenburg Appoints Hitler Chancellor of Germany

On the morning of 30 January 1933, in Hindenburg's office, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor during what some observers later described as a... Read more

Adolf Hitler First Reveals his Foreign Policy Goal of Conquering the Lebensraum

In a meeting with his leading generals and admirals on 3 February 1933 Hitler spoke of "conquest of Lebensraum in the East and its ruthless... Read more

Battle of Rehe

The Battle of Rehe (sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan... Read more

Reichstag Fire Decree

The Reichstag Fire Decree is the common name of the Order of the Reich's President for the Protection of People and State issued by German... Read more

Nazi Concentration Camp at Dachau is Opened

Dachau concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Dachau or KZ-Dachau) was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the... Read more

Frida Kahlo Paints "My Dress Hangs There"

After completing the Detroit murals in March of 1933, Diego and Frida traveled to New York City where Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural in... Read more

"King Kong" Is Released

King Kong is a 1933 landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost... Read more

Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States

The former Governor of New York rode to the Capitol with President Hoover. Pressures of the economy faced the President-elect as he took his oath... Read more

Bonnie Parker's Husband Gets Arrested

On September 25, 1926, less than a week before her sixteenth birthday, Parker married Roy Thornton. The marriage was short-lived, and in January... Read more

Enabling Act passed by Reichstag

The Enabling Act was passed by Germany's Reichstag and signed by President Paul von Hindenburg on March 23, 1933. It was the second major step,... Read more