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Significant Events and Figures of 1933

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 1933, covering various topics including literature, economics, and historical resolutions.

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1 ________ – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d.

2 ________, Pulitzer Prize winning and National Book Award winning author

3 ________, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate

4 ________ – The Oxford Union approves a resolution stating, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and country."

5 The ________ organization joins the Nazi party.

6 The United States and the ________ establish formal diplomatic relations.

7 ________ – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.

8 ________ – The London Economic Conference is held.

9 The Nissan Motor Company is organized in Tokyo, ________.

10 Turkey concluded a treaty with the creditors of former ________ to schedule the payments in Paris.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which was passed by the Nazi regime on April 7, 1933, prohibited Jews and political opponents of the Nazis from working as civil servants.
  • the heaviest domestic pig on record weighed over a long ton but died before it could be exhibited at the Century of Progress in 1933.
  • the first ever Ranji Trophy cricket match, played in the year 1933 between Mysore and Madras teams, is the only game in the history of the Ranji Trophy to have been completed in a single day.
  • the Budweiser Clydesdales (pictured) were first introduced to the public on April 7, 1933, to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition.
  • in 1933, Ed Walsh (Jr.), son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh, stopped Joe DiMaggio's minor league record 61 game hitting streak.
  • Lady Macbeth wore a crown of saucepan lids in the 1933 production of Shakespeare's play, staged by Theodore Komisarjevsky in Stratford-on-Avon and popularly dubbed "Aluminium Macbeth".
  • Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, the son of professional wrestler Road Warrior Animal, is the first Buckeyes scholarship football player from Minnesota since 1933.
  • an amateur baseball tournament held on August 16, 1933 in the Christie Pits, ended with Nazi-sympathisers unveiling a flag depicting a swastika.
  • Archbishop Leon Tourian was assassinated in a Manhattan church on Christmas Eve, 1933, for his refusal to publicly support independent Armenia.
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