Today in History for November 1933

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 25 of 25

4th - Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours
4th - Hermann Goering & Georgi Dimitrov duel
4th - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
5th - Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
5th - Spanish Basques vote for autonomy
7th - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
7th - Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
8th - FDR creates Civil Works Administration
10th - Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic
11th - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains
12th - 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
12th - 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0
12th - 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken
12th - Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany
13th - 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn
16th - Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator
16th - Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
17th - United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade
19th - Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)
21st - 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
25th - 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
26th - Camille Chautemps becomes French premier
29th - 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
29th - Japan begins persecution of communists
30th - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 44 of 44

3rd - Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson Ks, actress (Helen Crump-Andy Griffith)
3rd - Jeremy Brett, Berkswell England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady)
3rd - Louis W Sullivan, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1989- )
3rd - Michael S Dukakis, (Gov-D-Mass, 1988 Pres Candidate)
3rd - John Barry, English composer
3rd - Amartya Sen, Santiniketan, Bengal, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (welfare economics and social choice theory)
4th - Mildred McDaniel, US high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
4th - Tito Francona, American baseball player
6th - Joseph Pope, US singer (Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
6th - Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
7th - George Tibbits, composer
10th - Seymour Nurse, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 258 v NZ 1969)
10th - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
12th - Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive)
13th - Adrienne Corri, Glasgow Scotland, actress (River, Dr Zhivago)
13th - Clyde McPhatter, rocker
14th - Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
15th - Barbara Carson, Memphis Tn, actress (Comedy Tonight, Carter Country)
15th - Jack Burns, Boston Mass, comedian (Burns & Schreiber)
Economist/Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen (3rd) 16th - Guy Stockwell, NYC, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise)
17th - Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
18th - Jacques Charpentier, composer
19th - Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN)
19th - Jerry Sheindlin, American jurist; husband of Judith Sheindlin
21st - Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
21st - Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
21st - Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
21st - Joseph Campanella, American actor
23rd - Hayes Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
23rd - Krzysztof Penderecki, Debica Poland, composer (Hiroshima Threnody)
23rd - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
25th - Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress (Mr Cory, Big Circus)
25th - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Die Teufel von Loudon)
25th - Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
25th - Ramiro Cortes, composer
25th - Rene Enriquez, SF California, actor (Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues)
26th - Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, US singer (Enchanters-Cry Baby)
26th - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
28th - Joe Knollenberg, (Rep-R-Michigan)
29th - David Reuben, author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)
29th - John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician (Don't Washed Me Time)
29th - James Rosenquist, American artist
30th - Linwood C Ivey, NC, (Mayor-Garysburg NC)
30th - Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853)
5th - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
8th - Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig
15th - Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
19th - Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84
26th - Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84
30th - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)