WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1933
Find out what all happened January to November 1933

United States recognizes Soviet Union. (17. November 1933)

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 (970 km2). (14. August 1933)

Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines. (7. October 1933)

Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (7. April 1933)

Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. (17. May 1933)

The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established. (26. April 1933)

Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. (13. September 1933)

After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances. (17. July 1933)

The Nazi eugenics begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders. (14. July 1933)

The Agricultural Adjustment Act is enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies. (12. May 1933)

Ten convicts escape from the Indiana State Prison with guns smuggled into the prison by bank robber John Dillinger (26. September 1933)

Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire. (28. February 1933)

In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later. (10. February 1933)

Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. (22. July 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. (5. June 1933)

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. (5. January 1933)

The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall. (2. March 1933)

The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois. (27. May 1933)

The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices. (24. January 1933)

Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau Concentration Camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant. (20. March 1933)

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