WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1933
Find out what all happened February to December 1933

Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire. (27. February 1933)

Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship. (5. March 1933)

The Humanist Manifesto I published (1. May 1933)

Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre (21. September 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)

The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. (17. February 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)

U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. (6. December 1933)

Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign. (20. February 1933)

Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday". (13. March 1933)

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

Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship. (15. March 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. (24. August 1933)

The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States. (6. June 1933)

Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet. (4. March 1933)

Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings. (10. May 1933)

U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather. (4. April 1933)

The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree. (4. March 1933)

The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts. (1. April 1933)