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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.
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.
America, at the time that Roosevelt was inaugurated, was facing an unemployment rate of over twenty-five percent, which put more than twelve million Americans out of work. [5] Roosevelt used his speech to highlight different parts of his proposed plan. One part of Roosevelt's plan was to find work for the American people.
Born: Leonard Skinner, American high school teacher whose name was the inspiration for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd; in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2010) January 12, 1933 (Thursday) [ edit ]
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American imports and exports plunged by more than two thirds, but since international trade was less than 5% of the American economy, the damage done was limited. The entire world economy, led by the United States, had fallen into a downward spiral that got worse and worse, and in 1931–32 began plunging downward even faster.
Born: Madeleine M. Kunin, Swiss-born American politician who served as the first female Governor of Vermont 1985-1991, and the first Jewish woman to govern any American state; in Zürich September 29, 1933 (Friday)