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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.
After encouraging women to vacate jobs in favor of men, the law was amended to encourage the growth of the Aryan population, with the debt to be reduced 25% each time a child was born. In the first four years of the program, 700,000 couples took out the loans.
Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of the United States, opened the White House Conference on the Emergency Needs of Women. [3] Born: H. Jay Dinshah, founder of the American Vegan Society, and the first President of the Vegetarian Union of North America; in Malaga, New Jersey (d. 2000)
1933 events in the United States by month (6 C) / 1933 disestablishments in the United States ... 1933 American novels (45 P) P. 1933 in American politics (4 C, 6 P) 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.
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 ...
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.
Fidelia Jewett (October 3, 1851 – June 21, 1933) was an American mathematics and botany teacher in San Francisco, longtime companion of Lillien Jane Martin. Jewett was also one of the first benefactors of William Henry Holtzclaw , founder of Utica Institute, the first African American college in Mississippi founded by an African American.