| in?=
| cp=19th century
| c=20th century
| cf=21st century
| yp1=1930
| yp2=1931
| yp3=1932
| year=1933
| ya1=1934
| ya2=1935
| ya3=1936
| dp3=1900s
| dp2=1910s
| dp1=1920s
| d=1930s
| dn1=1940s
| dn2=1950s
| dn3=1960s
}}
1933 (''' MCMXXXIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
January
February
March
- March 1 - Kyriakos Varvaressos becomes Deputy Governor to the Bank Of Greece
- March 2 - The original film version of ''King Kong'' , starring Fay Wray , premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy Theater in New York City .
- March 3 - Mount Rushmore is dedicated.
- March 4 - American President Herbert Clark Hoover is succeeded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt , who in reference to the Great Depression , gives his "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" inauguration speech.
- March 4 - Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary Of Labor , first female member of the United States Cabinet .
- March 4 - The Parliament Of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism )
- Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions (the 'holiday' ended on March 13 ).
- March 5 - in German Elections , National Socialists gain 43.9% of the votes
- begins its first 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation.
- March 10 - Earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 117 people.
- addresses the nation for the first time as President Of The United States . This was also the first of his " Fireside Chats ".
- March 20 - Dachau , the first Nazi Concentration Camp , is completed - opened March 22
- March 23 - The '' Reichstag '' passes the Enabling Act , making Adolf Hitler Dictator of Germany .
- March 27 - Japan leaves the League Of Nations
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
Births
January
- January 2 - Morimura Seiichi , Japanese novelist and author
- January 6 - Oleg Makarov , cosmonaut (d. 2003 )
- January 6 - Emil Steinberger , Swiss comedian, director, and writer
- January 8 - Charles Osgood , American journalist and commentator
- January 14 - Stan Brakhage , American filmmaker (d. 2003 )
- January 16 - Susan Sontag , American author (d. 2004 )
- January 17 - Dalida , French singer (d. 1987 )
- January 17 - Sadruddhin Aga Khan , French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003 )
- January 18 - John Boorman , American film director
- January 23 - Chita Rivera , American actress and dancer
- January 25 - Corazon Aquino , President Of The Philippines
February
March
April
- April 1 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 5 - Larry Felser , American sports columnist
- April 6 - Roy Goode , British legal academic
- April 12 - Montserrat Caballé , Catalan soprano
- April 12 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell , U.S. Senator
- April 15 - Elizabeth Montgomery , American actress (d. 1995 )
- April 16 - Joan Bakewell , British broadcaster
- April 19 - Jayne Mansfield , American actress (d. 1967 )
- April 24 - Claire Davenport , British actress (d. 2002 )
- April 25 - Jerry Leiber , American composer
- April 26 - Carol Burnett , American actress, singer, and comedienne
- April 26 - Arno Allan Penzias , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 29 - Mark Eyskens , Prime Minister Of Belgium
May
- May 3 - James Brown , American musician
- May 3 - Steven Weinberg , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 7 - Johnny Unitas , American football player (d. 2002 )
- May 7 - Nexhmije Pagarusha , Albanian singer and actress from Kosova
- May 10 - Barbara Taylor Bradford , English writer
- May 11 - Louis Farrakhan , American Black Muslim leader
- May 20 - Danny Aiello , American actor
- May 21 - Maurice André , French trumpeter
- May 22 - Chen Jingrun , Chinese mathematician
- May 23 - Joan Collins , English actress
- May 26 - Edward Whittemore , American writer and Central Intelligence agent (d. 1995 )
- May 29 - Marc Carbonneau , Canadian terrorist
- May 29 - Helmuth Rilling , German conductor
June
- June 1 - Charles Wilson , American politician
- June 6 - Heinrich Rohrer , Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- June 8 - Joan Rivers , American comedienne
- June 14 - Vladislav Rastorotsky , Soviet gymnastics coach
- June 17 - Harry Browne , American writer and Presidential candidate
- June 19 - Viktor Patsayev , cosmonaut (d. 1971 )
- June 23 - Dave Bristol , baseball manager
- June 26 - Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor
- June 29 - John Bradshaw , American theologian and educator
July
- July 7 - Murray Halberg , New Zealand runner
- July 7 - David McCullough , American historian and author
- July 8 - Marty Feldman , English comedian and actor (d. 1982 )
- July 15 - Julian Bream , English guitarist and lutenist
- July 15 - Guido Crepax , Italian comics artist (d. 2003 )
- July 20 - Buddy Knox , American singer
- July 21 - John Gardner , American novelist (d. 1982 )
- July 23 - Bert Convy , American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991 )
August
September-October
November
December
Deaths
January-March
- January 1 - Harriet Brooks , Canadian physicist (b. 1876 )
- January 3 - Wilhelm Cuno , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1876 )
- January 3 - Jack Pickford , Canadian-born actor (b. 1896 )
- January 5 - Calvin Coolidge , 30th President Of The United States (b. 1872 )
- January 7 - Bert Hinkler , Australian pioneer aviator (b. 1892 )
- January 31 - John Galsworthy , English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867 )
- February 12 - Henri Duparc , French composer (b. 1848 )
- February 15 - Pat Sullivan , Australian-born director and producer of animated films (b. 1887 )
- February 18 - James J. Corbett , American boxer (b. 1866 )
- March 6 - Anton Cermak , Mayor of Chicago (assassinated) (b. 1873 )
- March 14 - Balto , American sled dog
- March 20 - Giuseppe Zangara , attempted assassin of FDR (b. 1900 )
- March 26 - Eddie Lang , American musician (b. 1902 )
April-June
July-December
Nobel prizes
|
