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1933 Calendar

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•  January 26, 1933 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
•  February 6, 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
•  February 10, 1933 – The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
•  February 17, 1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
•  March 10, 1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
•  March 20, 1933 – Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida’s electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
•  May 2, 1933 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
•  May 8, 1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
•  July 6, 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
•  October 12, 1933 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice

•  January 8, 1933 – Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator
•  February 2, 1933 – Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
•  March 6, 1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
•  April 2, 1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian Jewish author, sociologist, essayist
•  July 3, 1933 – Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
•  September 1, 1933 – Ann Richards, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
•  September 24, 1933 – Mel Taylor, American musician (The Ventures) (d. 1996)
•  November 3, 1933 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995)
•  November 23, 1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
•  December 6, 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)