The Working Man
Release year: 1933
Directed by: John G. Adolfi
Starring: George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright
April 1933 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 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 April 1933: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1933?
Events
- 01 Apr 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
- 02 Apr 1933 In a cricket test match against New Zealand, England batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs.ref name=quotCassell's Chronologyquot
- 03 Apr 1933 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
- 04 Apr 1933 US dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die.
- 05 Apr 1933 US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6102, requiring public to turn in gold certificates, bullion, and coins for placement in the Federal Reserve.
- 07 Apr 1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
- 08 Apr 1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown Nazi terror
- 11 Apr 1933 Aviator Bill Lancaster takes off in England, in an attempt to make a speed record to the Cape of Good Hope, but vanishes (his body is not found in the Sahara Desert until 1962).
- 12 Apr 1933 Moffatt Field commissioned
- 13 Apr 1933 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
- 17 Apr 1933 Chicago Bears win their first NFL game beating New York Giants 23-21.
- 19 Apr 1933 FDR announces US will leave gold standard
- 20 Apr 1933 US suspends convertibility of paper money to gold.
- 21 Apr 1933 Nazi Germany outlaws the kosher ritual shechita.
- 22 Apr 1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address.
- 23 Apr 1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal.
- 25 Apr 1933 US and Canada drop Gold Standard
- 26 Apr 1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany.
- 27 Apr 1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington DC.
- 28 Apr 1933 US Senate approves Nellie Tayloe Ross as US Mint director.
Famous Birthday
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Famous Deaths
Berlin astrologist / illusionist, murdered.
Actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31.
Greek poet (Born 1863).
viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at age 64.
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Movies
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The Devil's Brother
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Hal Roach, Charley Rogers
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King, Thelma Todd
Country: United States of America
The Little Giant
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton
The Eagle and the Hawk
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Stuart Walker
Starring: Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard
Picture Snatcher
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White