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Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Lawrence Elery Wilson (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), William Lee Cazort (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of California: Frank Merriam (Republican)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Samuel R. Spencer (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Roy C. Wilcox (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Edgar D. Bush (Republican) (until January 9), M. Clifford Townsend (Democratic) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Arch W. McFarlane (Republican) (until January 12), Nelson G. Kraschel (Democratic) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Jacob W. Graybill (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Charles W. Thompson (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Happy Chandler (Democratic)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: John B. Fournet (Democratic)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: William S. Youngman (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Gaspar G. Bacon (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Allen E. Stebbins (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
until month and day unknown: Frank A. Hazelbaker (Republican)
month and day unknown: Frank Henry Cooney (Democratic)
starting month and day unknown: Tom Kane (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Theodore Metcalfe (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Andrew W. Hockenhull (Democratic) (until September 25), vacant (starting September 25)
Lieutenant Governor of New York: M. William Bray (Democratic) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Richard T. Fountain (Democratic)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: John W. Carr (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Ole H. Olson (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: William G. Pickrel (Democratic) (until January 9), Charles W. Sawyer (Democratic) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Robert Burns (Democratic)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Edward C. Shannon (Republican)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Benjamin Williams (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Charles M. Smith (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: James H. Price (Democratic)
Lieutenant Governor of Washington: John Arthur Gellatly (Republican) (until January 9), Victor A. Meyers (Democratic) (starting January 9)
March 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd U.S. President
John Nance Garner becomes the 32nd U.S. Vice President
January 5
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the U.S (1923–1929) dies of coronary thrombosis in Northampton, Massachusetts.
January 17 – The U.S. Congress votes favorably for Philippines independence, against the view of President Herbert Hoover.
January 23 – The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20.
January 30 – The Lone Ranger debuts on American radio.
February 6 – The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect.
February 6–7 – Officers on the USS Ramapo record a 34-meter high sea-wave in the Pacific Ocean.
February 10 – The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
February 15 – In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead fatally wounds Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak.
February 17 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
February 25 – USS Ranger(CV-4), the first ship of the United States Navy designed as an aircraft carrier, is launched at Newport News, Virginia.
March 2 – The original film version of King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy Theatre in New York City.
March 3 – Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated.
March 4
Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as the 32nd President of the United States, who in reference to the Great Depression, proclaims "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" in his inauguration speech. He is sworn in by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, beginning the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. Roosevelt's paralytic illness is never publicly acknowledged during what will be the four terms of his Presidency. This is the last time Inauguration Day in the U.S. occurs on this date. John Nance Garner is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
March 5 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions (the 'holiday' ends on March 13).
March 6 – Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago dies of the wound he received on February 15.
March 9 – Great Depression: The U.S. Congress begins its first 100 days of enacting New Deal legislation.
March 10 – The 6.4 MwLong Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 115–120 people dead, and causing an estimated $40 million in damage.
March 12 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States, in the first of his "Fireside Chats".
March 15 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises from 53.84 to 62.10. The day's gain of 15.34%, achieved during the depths of the Great Depression, remains to date as the largest 1-day percentage gain for the index.
April – Civilian Conservation Corps established.[1]
April 4 – The U.S. airship Akron crashes off the coast of New Jersey, leaving 73 dead.
April 5
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a national emergency and issues Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for U.S. citizens to own gold.
Emergency Conservation Work founded.
April 7 – Sale of some beer is legalized in the U.S. under the Cullen-Harrison Act of March 22, 8 months before the full repeal of Prohibition in December.
April 15 – The Indiana State Police begins operations.
April 19 – The United States officially goes off the gold standard.
April 26 – Editors of the Harvard Lampoon steal the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts from the State House (it is returned two days later).
May 3 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to be named director of the United States Mint.
May 5 – The detection by Karl Jansky of radio waves from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is reported in The New York Times. The discovery leads to the birth of radio astronomy.
May 12 – Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted in the USA.
May 18 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
May 27
New Deal: The Federal Securities Act is signed into law, requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
The Century of ProgressWorld's Fair opens in Chicago.
Walt Disney's classic Silly Symphony cartoon The Three Little Pigs is first released.
June 5 – 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.
June 6 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
June 15 – National Guard Bureau founded.
June 17 – Union Station Massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, Pretty Boy Floyd kills four unarmed FBI agents and accidentally kills fugitive Frank Nash in an attempt to free Nash.
June 26 – The American Totalisator Company unveils its first electronic pari-mutuel betting machine at the Arlington Park Racetrack near Chicago.
July–September[]
July 1 – Business Plot: Smedley Butler becomes involved in a secret coup attempt led by Gerald MacGuire against President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt which fails (according to his own testimony in 1934).
July 6 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
July 22 – "Machine-Gun" Kelly and Albert Bates kidnap Charles Urschel, an Oklahoma oilman, and demand $200,000 ransom.
July 24
Several members of the Barrow Gang are injured or captured during a running battle with local police near Dexter, Iowa.
In one of his radio Fireside chats, "On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program", President Roosevelt introduces the term "first 100 days".[2]
August 1 – The Blue Eagle emblem of the National Recovery Administration is displayed publicly for the first time.
August 10
Division of Investigation founded.
Shipping Board Bureau and Emergency Fleet Corporation founded.
August 14 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (971 km²).
September 18 – Tennessee Valley Authority is established.
October–December[]
December 5, 1933: Sloppy Joe's Bar opens in Key West, Florida (1986 photo)
October 7 - The New York Giants (baseball) defeat the Washington Senators, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series title.
October 10 – A United AirlinesBoeing 247is destroyed near Chesterton, Indiana by a bomb. This is the first proven case of air sabotage in commercial airline history.
October 12 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz is acquired by the United States Department of Justice, which plans to incorporate the island into its Federal Bureau of Prisons as a federal penitentiary.
October 17 – Albert Einstein arrives in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
November 8 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
November 11 – Dust Bowl: In South Dakota, a very strong dust storm strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands (one of a series of disastrous dust storms this year).
November 13 – Jasper McLevy becomes mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the first Socialist mayor in New England; he serves until 1957.
November 16 – The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, repealing Prohibition, goes into effect.
Undated[]
1933: 12 new Chevrolet pickup trucks for the Civilian Conservation Corps, Yellowstone National Park.
US President Roosevelt rejects socialism and government ownership of industry.
The first doughnut store under the Krispy Kreme name opens on Charlotte Pike in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
September 24 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (d. 1996)
September 25 – Hubie Brown, American basketball coach, broadcaster
September 26 – Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, American philanthropist and socialite(d. 2021)[8]
September 27
Greg Morris, African-American actor (Mission: Impossible) (d. 1996)
Kathleen Nolan, American actress, first female president of the Screen Actors Guild
Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
September 30 – Cissy Houston, African-American singer
October[]
William Anders
October 5 – Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician (d. 2009)
October 9 – Joan Berger, American female professional baseball player
October 10 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (d. 1969)
October 12 – Clayton Jacobson II, American inventor of the Jet Ski
October 17 – William Anders, American astronaut
October 21 – Rich Eichhorst, American basketball player
October 23 – Lois Youngen, American professional baseball player
October 24 – Norman Rush, American writer
October 27 – Theodosius (Lazor), primate (bishop) of the Orthodox Church in America (d. 2020)
October 30 – Warith Deen Mohammed, American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher and revivalist (d. 2008)
November[]
Ken Berry
Larry King
Jean Shepard
November 3
Ken Berry, American actor, dancer and singer (d. 2018)
Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995)
Michael Dukakis, American politician
November 9
Jim Perry, American game show host (d. 2015)
Ed Corney, American bodybuilder (d. 2019)
November 10
Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
Mack Rice, American singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
November 11 – Kay Arthur, American Bible teacher, speaker and author
November 14 – Fred Haise, American astronaut
November 15 – Jack Burns, American comic performer (d. 2020)
November 19 – Larry King, American television and radio host (d. 2021)
November 21 – Jean Shepard, American country singer, songwriter (d. 2016)
November 24 – Marie Wilcox, native America, last speaker of Wukchumni (d. 2021)[9]
November 25 – Kathryn Crosby, American actress
November 26
Jay Barbree, American space travel journalist (d. 2021)
Robert Goulet, American entertainer (d. 2007)
Tony Verna, American inventor of instant replay (d. 2015)
November 28
Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
Joe Knollenberg, American politician (d. 2018)
November 29 – James Rosenquist, American painter (d. 2017).
December[]
Tim Conway
Caroll Spinney
December 1 – Lou Rawls, African-American singer (d. 2006)
December 2 – Mike Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)
December 4
Wink Martindale, American game show host, disc jockey
Dick Ricketts, American basketball player (d. 1988)
Ron Shavlik, American basketball player (d. 1983)
December 6 – Boris Nachamkin, American basketball player (d. 2018)
December 8 – Johnny Green, American basketball player
December 9 – Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
December 11 – Charlie Bryan, American labor leader (d. 2013)
December 13 – Lou Adler, American film and record producer
December 15 – Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
December 16 – Billy Kinard, American football player and coach (d. 2018)
December 17
Shirley Abrahamson, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (d. 2020)
Walter Booker, American jazz bassist (d. 2006)
December 18 – Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 2017)
December 20
Brad Dye, American politician (d. 2018)
Jean Carnahan, American politician
December 26 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (d. 2019)
December 30 – Jean Carnahan, American politician
Deaths[]
January 3 – Jack Pickford, film actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies in France (born 1896 in Canada)
January 5 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929, 29th Vice President of the United States from 1921 to 1923 (born 1872)
March 30 – Giuseppe Zangara, attempted assassin of president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, killer of Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, executed (born 1900)
April 4 – William A. Moffett, admiral, in crash of airship USS Akron(ZRS-4)) (born 18869)
April 5 – Earl Derr Biggers, detective novelist and playwright, heart attack (born 1884)
April 13 – Adelbert Ames, Governor of Mississippi from 1868 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1876 and U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1870 to 1874 (born 1835)
April 16 – Henry van Dyke Jr., poet, author, educator and clergyman (born 1852)
April 20 – William Henry Holmes, anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director (born 1846)