WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1933
Find out what all happened February to March 1933

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

The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States. (31. March 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)

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

Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats". (12. March 1933)

Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions. (5. March 1933)

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

The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. (23. March 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 film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall. (2. March 1933)

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

Working as maids, the sisters Christine and Lea Papin murder their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case is the subject of a number of French films and plays. (2. February 1933)

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

Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies. (9. March 1933)

The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. (17. February 1933)

In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933. (15. February 1933)

The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board. (28. March 1933)

Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. (20. March 1933)

An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage. (10. March 1933)