Page 8: Historical Events In 1933
Saturday, 20 June 2026
May 18 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams. 


May 21 John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69 


May 21 Mount Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph. 


May 21 Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph 


May 22 John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956). 


May 22 John Mackay makes the inaugural reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster 


May 22 Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay 


May 22 Loch Ness Monster is inaugural reportedly sighted by John Mackay 


May 22 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day inaugural celebrated. 


May 23 Parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression. 


May 24 Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow. 


May 26 2nd emergency Dutch Government of Colijn forms. 


May 26 2nd emergency Dutch govt of Colijn forms 


May 26 Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35 


May 27 Austrian communist party banned 


May 27 Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago 


May 27 Federal Securities Act signed. 


May 27 The Academy-Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs, is released by young animator Walt Disney. 


May 27 Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released. 


May 29 Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies. 


May 29 Helmuth Rilling, German conductor. 


May 30 Patent on invisible glass installation 


Jun 01 Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts). 


Jun 01 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago. 


Jun 02 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie). 


Jun 02 FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House. 


Jun 02 WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air. 


Jun 03 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th and win 17-11 


Jun 03 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88. 


Jun 04 John Sparrow, CEO (British Horseracing Betting Levy Board). 


Jun 05 Gold standard abolished. 


Jun 05 The United States goes off the gold standard. 


Jun 05 US goes off gold standard 


Jun 06 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ). 


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