King Kong
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Country: United States of America
February 1933 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1933.
The US president was Herbert Hoover (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on February 1933: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of February 1933?
Events
- 01 Feb 1933 Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
- 02 Feb 1933 A second international conference on disarmament ends without results, It tries to limit the army sizes of the major powers, while Germany is entitled to 200,000, Germany leaves the conference because a plan postpones the limitations for 4 years.
- 03 Feb 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
- 04 Feb 1933 German President Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press.
- 05 Feb 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch / German boundary
- 06 Feb 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 metres (112 feet), in Pacific hurricane near Manila, Philippines.
- 07 Feb 1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill two demonstrators.
- 08 Feb 1933 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record low).
- 09 Feb 1933 -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record low).
- 10 Feb 1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
- 12 Feb 1933 German vice-chancellor Franz von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis.
- 15 Feb 1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German communist party.
- 16 Feb 1933 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis / communists
- 17 Feb 1933 Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie
- 20 Feb 1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition.
- 24 Feb 1933 In Stratford, Texas, a bright fireball is seen in the sky, falling as a 4-pound metallic meteorite.
- 25 Feb 1933 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
- 26 Feb 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell
- 27 Feb 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on Communists
- 28 Feb 1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
Famous Birthday
Japanese conceptual artist, musician, designer, composer, poet and performer, the widow of ex-Beatle John Lennon.
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American jazz singer, although may be more accurate to classify her as a "soul" singer because of the emotion that permeates her material,...
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American actress who debuted in the 1954 film "Pushover.
in France; fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969).
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Famous Deaths
Composer, dies at 77.
Spanish Composer / conductor, dies at 74.
Actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64.
Dutch Composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84.
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Movies
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Liebelei
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Max Ophüls
Starring: Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
42nd Street
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler
Country: United States of America
The Good Companions
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Victor Saville
Starring: Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Mary Glynne
Forgotten
Release year: 1933
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Lee Kohlmar, June Clyde, William Collier Jr., Leon Ames