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May 3 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to be named director of the United States Mint. May 5 – The detection by Karl Jansky of radio waves from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is reported in The New York Times. The discovery leads to the birth of radio astronomy. May 12 – Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted in the U.S.
1933 – Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by Giuseppe Zangara; the intended target was not wounded. 1933 - Over 12 million or 25% of Americans were unemployed; 1933 – 20th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
First-wave feminism made advances, with women gaining the right to vote in South Africa (1930, whites only), Brazil (1933), and Cuba (1933). Following the rise of Adolf Hitler and the emergence of the NSDAP as the country's sole legal party in 1933, Germany imposed a series of laws which discriminated against Jews and other ethnic minorities.
June 26, 1933: Hugenberg fired after helping Hitler win power Alfred Hugenberg , whose German National People's Party formed a coalition that helped put the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler into power, was forced to resign his cabinet positions as Minister of Economics and Minister of Agriculture, ending his attempt to keep Hitler in line.
Roosevelt hoped to use the idea of patriotism to convince the American people, that despite their distrust for sweeping government action, the steps he planned to take were necessary for America. [9] After the inaugural address, a woman by the name Sarah Love said "Any man who can talk like that in times like these is worthy of every ounce of ...
January 30, 1933: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany January 17, 1933: "Ma" Ferguson becomes Governor of Texas January 5, 1933: Former U.S. President Coolidge dies at the end of the term he declined to run for January 19, 1933: Rare U.S. "Double Eagle" issued and hastily recalled. The following events occurred in January 1933:
1933 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]