Year (''' MCMXXXIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- 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 National Memorial is dedicated.
- --- A powerful earthquake and Tsunami hit Honshū , Japan killing some 3,000.
- March 4
- ---American President Herbert Hoover is succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt , who in reference to the Great Depression , gives his "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" inauguration speech. FDR is sworn in by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. It would also be the last time Inauguration Day in the United States would occur on March 4.
- --- Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary Of Labor , first female member of the United States Cabinet .
- ---The Parliament Of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism ).
- March 5
- --- Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions (the 'holiday' ended on March 13 ).
- ---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 15 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises from $53.84 to $62.10. The day's gain of 15.34%, achieved during the depths of the Great Depression, remains to date as the largest one-day percentage gain for the index.
- 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 .
- March 31 - The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission to relieve rampant unemployment.
- January 2 - Morimura Seiichi , Japanese novelist and author
- January 6
- --- Oleg Makarov , cosmonaut (d. 2003 )
- --- Emil Steinberger , Swiss comedian, director, and writer
- January 8 - Charles Osgood , American journalist and commentator
- January 9 - Robert Garcia , American politician
- January 14 - Stan Brakhage , American filmmaker (d. 2003 )
- January 16 - Susan Sontag , American author (d. 2004 )
- January 17
- --- Dalida , French singer (d. 1987 )
- --- Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003 )
- January 18 - John Boorman , English film director
- January 23 - Chita Rivera , American actress and dancer
- January 25 - John Graham , President Of The American Nuclear Society
- Corazon Aquino , President Of The Philippines
- February 6 - Leslie Crowther , British TV comedian & game show host
- February 7 - John Anderton , English footballer
- February 8 - Elly Ameling , Dutch soprano
- February 12 - Costa-Gavras , Greek-born director and writer
- February 13 - Kim Novak , American actress
- February 14 - Madhubala , Indian actress
- February 17 - Craig Thomas , American Senator (d. 2007 )
- February 18 - Yoko Ono , Japanese-born singer and artist, wife of John Lennon
- February 21 - Nina Simone , American singer (d. 2003 )
- February 22 - Katharine, Duchess Of Kent
- February 27 - Raymond Berry , American football player
- March 6 - Ted Abernathy , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- March 7 - Jackie Blanchflower , Irish footballer (d. 1998 )
- March 13 - Mike Stoller , American songwriter
- March 14
- --- Michael Caine , English actor
- --- Quincy Jones , American music producer and composer
- --- René Felber , Swiss Federal Councilor
- March 15
- --- Ruth Bader Ginsburg , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- --- Roy Clark , American musician
- March 16 - Sandy Weill , American financier and philanthropist
- March 19 - Philip Roth , American author
- March 22 - May Britt , Swedish actress
- April 1 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 5
- --- Larry Felser , American sports columnist
- --- Frank Gorshin , American actor (d. 2005 )
- April 6 - Roy Goode , British legal academic
- April 12
- --- Montserrat Caballé , Catalan soprano
- --- 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
- --- Ilkka Kuusisto , Finnish composer
- --- Arno Allan Penzias , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 29 - Mark Eyskens , Prime Minister Of Belgium
- May 3
- --- James Brown , American musician (d. 2006 )
- --- Steven Weinberg , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 4 - J. Fred Duckett , Texan Sports announcer and teacher (d. 2007 )
- May 7
- --- Johnny Unitas , American football player (d. 2002 )
- --- Nexhmije Pagarusha , Albanian singer and actress
- May 10 - Barbara Taylor Bradford , English writer
- May 11 - Louis Farrakhan , American Black Muslim leader
- May 21 - Maurice André , French trumpeter
- May 22 - Chen Jingrun , Chinese mathematician
- May 23 - Joan Collins , English actress
- May 25 - Ray Spencer , English footballer
- May 26 - Edward Whittemore , American writer and Central Intelligence agent (d. 1995 )
- May 29
- --- Marc Carbonneau , Canadian terrorist
- --- Helmuth Rilling , German conductor
- June 1 - Charles Wilson , American politician
- June 6 - Heinrich Rohrer , Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- June 8 - Joan Rivers , American comedian
- June 11 - Gene Wilder , American actor
- June 14 - Vladislav Rastorotsky , Soviet gymnastics coach
- June 17 - Harry Browne , American writer and Presidential candidate (d. 2006 )
- June 19 - Viktor Patsayev , cosmonaut (d. 1971 )
- June 20 - Danny Aiello , American actor
- June 23 - Dave Bristol , baseball manager
- June 26 - Claudio Abbado , Italian conductor
- June 29 - John Bradshaw , American theologian and educator
- July 6 - Frank Austin , English footballer
- July 7
- --- Murray Halberg , New Zealand runner
- --- David McCullough , American historian and author
- July 8 - Marty Feldman , English comedian and actor (d. 1982 )
- July 11 - Bob McGrath , American actor
- July 15
- --- Julian Bream , English guitarist and lutenist
- --- Guido Crepax , Italian comics artist (d. 2003 )
- July 20 - Buddy Knox , American singer (d. 1999 )
- July 21 - John Gardner , American novelist (d. 1982 )
- July 23 - Bert Convy , American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991 )
- July 26 - Kathryn Hays , American actress/Soap opera star
- August 1 - Dom DeLuise , American actor and comedian
- August 2 - Tom Bell , English actor (d. 2006 )
- August 8 - Joe Tex , American soul singer (d. 1982 )
- August 10 - Doyle Brunson , American poker player
- August 11 - Jerry Falwell , American evangelist (d. 2007 )
- August 14 - Richard R. Ernst , Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 15 - Jim Lange , American disc jockey and game show host
- August 16
- --- Julie Newmar , American actress
- --- Stuart Roosa , astronaut (d. 1994 )
- August 21
- --- Janet Baker , English mezzo-soprano
- --- Barry Norman , English film critic
- August 23 - Robert Curl , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 25 - Tom Skerritt , American actor
- August 29 - Arnold Koller , Swiss Federal Councilor
- September 1
- --- Conway Twitty , country music artist (d. 1993 )
- --- Ann Richards , Governor of Texas (d. 2006 )
- September 2
- September 3 - The Great Gyan Deo Mishra was born, Canadian Postal Legend
- --- Mathieu Kérékou , President Of Benin
- --- Victor Spinetti , Welsh actor
- September 9 - Michael Novak , American philosopher and author
- September 10 - Yevgeny Khrunov , cosmonaut (d. 2000 )
- September 13 - Eileen Fulton , American actress/Soap opera star
- September 17 - Dorothy Loudon , American actress (d. 2003 )
- September 18 - Scotty Bowman , Canadian ice hockey coach
- September 15 - Rafael Frübeck De Burgos , Spanish conductor
- September 25 - Hubie Brown , American basketball coach and broadcaster
- September 26 - Donna Douglas , American actress
- October 9 - Peter Mansfield , British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- October 10 - Jay Sebring , American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933 )
- October 17 - Jeanine Deckers , Belgian nun and singer (d. 1985 )
- October 24
- --- Reginald Kray , British gangster
- --- Ronald Kray , British gangster
- --- Norman Rush , American writer
- November 3
- --- Michael Dukakis , American politician and Presidential candidate
- --- Amartya Sen , Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 19 - Larry King , American talk show host
- November 23 - Krzysztof Penderecki , Polish composer
- December 1 - Lou Rawls , American singer (d. 2006 )
- December 2 - Michael Larrabee , American athlete (d. 2003 )
- December 3 - Paul J. Crutzen , Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- December 6 - Henryk Górecki , Polish composer
- December 9 - Morton Downey, Jr. , American television personality (d. 2001 )
- December 17 - Walter Booker , American jazz bassist (d. 2006 )
- December 20 - Jean Carnahan , American politician
- December 23 - Emperor Akihito Of Japan
- December 26
- --- Ugly Dave Gray , Australian television personality
- --- Carroll Spinney , American puppeteer
- January 1 - Harriet Brooks , Canadian physicist (b. 1876 )
- January 3
- --- Wilhelm Cuno , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1876 )
- --- 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 29 - Thomas Coward , ornithologist (b. 1867 )
- 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 1 - Uładzimir Zylka , Belarusian poet (b. 1900 )
- March 6 - Anton Cermak , Mayor of Chicago (assassinated) (b. 1873 )
- March 14 - Balto , American sled dog
- March 20 - Giuseppe Zangara , attempted assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1900 )
- March 26 - Eddie Lang , American musician (b. 1902 )
- April 3 - William A. Moffett , U.S. admiral (sinking of the USS Akron) (b. 1869 )
- April 22 - Henry Royce , English car manufacturer (b. 1863 )
- May 24 - Percy C. Mather , missionary
- May 26 - Jimmie Rodgers , American singer (b. 1897 )
- June 2 - Frank Jarvis , American athlete (b. 1878 )
- June 29 - Fatty Arbuckle , American comedian (b. 1887 )
- July 3 - Hipólito Yrigoyen , President Of Argentina (b. 1852 )
- July 15
- --- Irving Babbitt , American literary critic (b. 1865 )
- --- Freddie Keppard , American jazz musician (b. 1890 )
- September 20 - Annie Besant , English women's rights activist, writer and orator.(b. 1847 )
- October 5 - Renée Adorée , French actress (b. 1898 )
- November 30 - Arthur Currie , Canadian military leader (b. 1875 )
- December 4 - Stefan George , German poet (b. 1868 )
- December 8 - Karl Jatho , German airplane pioneer (b. 1873 )
- December 17 - Thubten Gyatso , 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876 )
- December 25 - Francesc Macià , President of the Generalitat (autonomous government of Catalonia) (b. 1859 )
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