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1933 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1933 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1933

• January 14, 1933 – The controversial “Bodyline” cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine’s England peak when Australian captain Bill Woodfull is hit over the heart.
• January 15, 1933 – A twelve-year-old girl experiences the first Marian apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Banneux, Belgium.
• January 24, 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
• January 26, 1933 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• February 25, 1933 – The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
• February 27, 1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
• March 21, 1933 – Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
• April 24, 1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
• June 5, 1933 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States’ use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
• October 12, 1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

Who Were Born On 1933?

• January 12, 1933 – Michael Aspel, English television host
• January 17, 1933 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003)
• January 18, 1933 – Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• March 23, 1933 – Norman Bailey, English-American opera singer and educator
• March 31, 1933 – Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1999)
• April 1, 1933 – Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian high jumper
• April 15, 1933 – Jim Towers, English footballer (d. 2010)
• July 15, 1933 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter
• September 5, 1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
• September 15, 1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor