1933

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 - 1933 - 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

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Births

• May 20 - [Danny Aiello]?, American actor

Deaths

• Blind Blake, influential blues singer

Events:

• January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
• May - [Karl Jansky]? announces the detection of radio waves from the centre of the galaxy.
• Change of US presidency from Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - [Thomas Hunt Morgan]?
• Literature - [Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin]?
• Peace - [Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane)]?