August 1933 calendar

August 1933
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1933.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1933: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1933?

Events

01 Aug 1933 Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1 / 3)
02 Aug 1933 Opening of the Stalin White Sea ampndash Baltic Sea Canal, a 227 km navigable waterway constructed using forced labour in the Soviet Union connecting the White Sea with Lake Onega and the Baltic.
03 Aug 1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since August 2, 1931)
07 Aug 1933 The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
08 Aug 1933 In Sioux County, Nebraska, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground.
12 Aug 1933 Cuban Dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
13 Aug 1933 16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound Country Club - Milwaukee
14 Aug 1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs
17 Aug 1933 Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket (Object 09)
19 Aug 1933 47th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret)
22 Aug 1933 Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season
23 Aug 1933 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London
24 Aug 1933 The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake : Potomac hurricane.
25 Aug 1933 The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
26 Aug 1933 Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
27 Aug 1933 Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0
28 Aug 1933 US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, allowing exemptions to the gold ownership ban for up to $100, and for gold coins of recognized collector value.
30 Aug 1933 Air France forms
01 Aug 1933 Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.