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What Happened In May 1933 In History

Historical Events for May, 1933

  • 1st » The Roca–Runciman Treaty between Argentina and Great Britain is signed by Julio Argentino Roca, Jr., and Sir Walter Runciman.
  • 1st » The Humanist Manifesto I published.
  • 2nd » 'Gleichschaltung': Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
  • 8th » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against the British rule in India.
  • 10th » Censorship: In Germany, the Nazism e.g Nazis stage Nazi book burnings known as massive public book burnings.
  • 12th » The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers Subsidy known as subsidies.
  • 17th » Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the Nazism e.g national-socialist party of Norway.
  • 18th » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • 27th » New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1933

  • 2nd » Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
  • 3rd » Alex Cord, American actor
  • 3rd » Graham Day, Canadian lawyer and businessman
  • 3rd » Brother Stair, American radio preacher
  • 3rd » Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 4th » J. Fred Duckett, American journalist (d. 2007)
  • 5th » Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
  • 7th » Nexhmije Pagarusha, Kosovar singer and actress
  • 7th » Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
  • 9th » Jessica Steele, English author
  • 10th » Barbara Taylor Bradford, English author
  • 10th » Françoise Fabian, French actress
  • 11th » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
  • 11th » Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician
  • 11th » Zoran Radmilović, Serbian actor (d. 1985)
  • 12th » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
  • 13th » John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
  • 14th » Michael Chevalier, German actor
  • 14th » Frank Harte, Irish singer (d. 2005)
  • 14th » Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
  • 17th » Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002)
  • 18th » Bernadette Chirac, French politician
  • 18th » H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
  • 18th » Don Whillans, English mountaineer (d. 1985)
  • 19th » Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
  • 20th » Constance Towers, American actress and singer
  • 21st » Maurice André, French trumpet player (d. 2012)
  • 21st » Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (d. 1993)
  • 22nd » Gamaliel Onosode, Nigerian politician
  • 23rd » Joan Collins, English actress, singer, and author
  • 23rd » Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
  • 23rd » Jean-Louis Lagadec, French footballer and coach (d. 2012)
  • 24th » Réal Giguère, Canadian television host
  • 24th » Robert C. Hastie, Welsh politician, Lord Lieutenant for West Glamorgan
  • 24th » Aharon Lichtenstein, French-American rabbi
  • 24th » Christopher Staughton, English lawyer and judge
  • 25th » Romuald Klim, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 2011)
  • 25th » Sarah Marshall (British film actress) named Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (d. 2014)
  • 25th » Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
  • 25th » Ray Spencer, English footballer
  • 25th » Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
  • 26th » Edward Whittemore, American author (d. 1995)
  • 27th » Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
  • 27th » Manfred Sommer, Spanish illustrator (d. 2007)
  • 28th » John Karlen, American actor
  • 29th » Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
  • 31st » Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author

Famous Deaths for May 1933

  • 9th » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
  • 22nd » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, prime minister of Mongolia 1930-32 (b. 1894)
  • 26th » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
  • 26th » Jimmie Rodgers (country singer) known as Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
  • 27th » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)

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