Date: February 20, 1933
U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather. Date: April 4, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1933Germany Replaces Independent Labor Unions with German Labour Front May…
The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the 'eighth great power'. Date: August 18, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1933…
Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities. Date: April 25, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1933Twenty-first…
In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6. Date: February 15, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City. Date: March 2, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1933Nazi Eugenics Law Begins Forced Sterilization of Disabled…
Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats". Date: March 12, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today) More…