1933 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1930 1931 1932 – 1933 – 1934 1935 1936

The year 1933 was a time of many important events around the world. It was a common year that started on a Sunday in the Gregorian calendar.

Major Events of 1933

On January 28, a man named Choudhary Rahmat Ali suggested the name Pakistan for a new country for Muslim people in India.
On January 30, Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany, called the Chancellor. He was chosen by President Paul von Hindenburg.
On February 17, the very first Newsweek magazine was printed in the United States.
On March 3, a big earthquake hit Japan, sadly killing 3,000 people. Also on this day, Ching Yun University was started.
On March 10, another earthquake happened in Long Beach, California.
On March 20, the first Nazi concentration camp called Dachau was finished.
On April 2, in a cricket match, England player Wally Hammond scored a record 336 runs against New Zealand.
On May 8, Mahatma Gandhi started a 21-day fast to protest for India's freedom.
On July 6, the first ever Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago.
On July 8, the first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa took place in Cape Town.
On August 2, the Stalin White Sea–Baltic Sea Canal opened. It connects the White Sea with Lake Onega and the Baltic Sea.
On September 26, a hurricane hit Tampico, Mexico, causing 1,000 deaths.
On October 7, the airline Air France was created.
On December 5, Prohibition ended in the United States. This meant it was no longer illegal to make or sell alcohol.
The Toyota company started in Japan this year.

January 25 – Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th President of the Philippines. (d. 2009)
February 18 – Yoko Ono, a singer and artist, and wife of John Lennon.
March 10 – Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, an Argentine poet. (d. 2004)
April 7 – Wayne Rogers, an actor.
May 3
- James Brown, a famous African-American soul musician known for songs like I Feel Good. (d. 2006)
- Steven Weinberg, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, a Swiss physicist who won a Nobel Prize. (d. 2013)
June 11 – Gene Wilder, a beloved American actor. (d. 2016)
July 2 – Kenny Wharram, a Canadian ice hockey player.
July 17 – Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who became the 9th Prime Minister of Malta.
August 18 – Roman Polanski, a movie director.
August 25 – Tom Skerritt, an actor.
September 29 – Samora Machel, who became the President of Mozambique. (d. 1986)
October 10 – Jay Sebring, a hairstylist.
November 3 – Amartya Sen, an Indian economist who won a Nobel Prize.
November 12 – Jalal Talabani, who became the President of Iraq.
December 11 – Aquilino Pimentel, Jr..
December 23 – Akihito, who became the Emperor of Japan.

January 5 – Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States. (b. 1872)
January 31 – John Galsworthy, an English writer who won a Nobel Prize. (b. 1867)
February 12 – Henri Duparc, a French composer. (b. 1848)
March 1 – Uładzimir Žyłka, a Belarusian poet. (b. 1900)
April 17 – Harriet Brooks, a Canadian physicist. (b. 1876)
May 2 – Leonard Huxley, an English writer. (b. 1860)
July 3 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, the 18th President of Argentina. (b. 1852)
August 15 – Christie Fuller, an Australian singer.
September 8 – Faisal I of Iraq, the king of Iraq.
October 16 – Ismael Montes, the 26th President of Bolivia. (b. 1861)
November 3 – Émile Roux, a French physician. (b. 1853)
December 16 – Robert W. Chambers, an American writer. (b. 1865)

The Nobel Prizes are awards given to people who have done amazing things in different fields.

Many classic movies were released in 1933:

42nd Street
Alice in Wonderland
Duck Soup
Gold Diggers of 1933
King Kong
Little Women, starring Kathrine Hepburn
The Private Life of Henry VIII, starring Charles Laughton
The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Max Baer, Myrna Loy, Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey
Queen Christina, starring Greta Garbo
Secret of the Blue Room, starring Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart and Lionel Atwill
Secrets, starring Mary Pickford
She Done Him Wrong, starring Cary Grant and Mae West
The Son of Kong, starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack
Sons of the Desert, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
State Fair, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres

Some of the most popular songs from 1933 included:

"Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" by Eddy Duchin
"Just An Echo In the Valley" by Bing Crosby; also a version by Rudy Vallee
"Lazy Bones" by Ted Lewis Band; also a version by Don Redman's band
"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" by Ben Bernie
"Night and Day" by Eddy Duchin
"Shadow Waltz" by Bing Crosby
"Stormy Weather" by Ethel Waters
"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" by Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians