Timeline April 1933

Events in April 1933 16

• 1863 – 1933 Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) Died 29 April 1933, aged 70 Greek poet from Alexandria whose poems include Ithaka and Waiting for the Barbarians. He died on his seventieth birthday.
• 1889 – 1933 Luis Sánchez Cerro (1889-1933) Died 30 April 1933, aged 43 Army officer and president of Peru who took power in a 1930 coup and was later elected. He was assassinated in Lima by a member of APRA.
• 1933 Portugal's Estado Novo constitution Salazar's authoritarian regime formalised A new constitution was approved in a plebiscite on 19 March and came into force on 11 April. It established the Estado Novo, which ruled Portugal until 1974.
• 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses Nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned shops and professionals On 1 April, SA members stood outside Jewish-owned shops, law offices and medical practices across Germany to deter customers. It was the first nationally organised anti-Jewish action of the Nazi regime.
• 1933 First flight over Mount Everest Houston expedition biplanes fly over the summit On 3 April, two Westland biplanes of the Houston–Mount Everest expedition flew over the summit from India. The flight produced the first aerial photographs of the mountain.
• 1933 USS Akron crash US Navy airship lost in a storm off New Jersey The rigid airship USS Akron crashed into the Atlantic on 4 April, killing 73 of the 76 people aboard. It remains the deadliest airship accident in history.
• 1933 Executive Order 6102 Private hoarding of gold banned in the United States Signed on 5 April, the order required Americans to hand over most of their gold coins, bullion and gold certificates to the Federal Reserve. It marked the effective end of the gold standard for US citizens.
• 1933 Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service Jews and political opponents purged from German public service Enacted on 7 April, the law removed Jewish and politically unreliable officials from the civil service, including university teachers. It was among the first antisemitic laws of the Nazi regime.
• 1933 – 2018 Montserrat Caballé Opera Legend Renowned soprano known for her bel canto technique and her "Barcelona" duet with Freddie Mercury.
• 1933 – 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995) Died 18 December 1995, aged 62 Elizabeth Montgomery was an American actress best known for starring as the witch Samantha Stephens in the television sitcom Bewitched. The show ran for eight seasons in the 1960s and remained a staple of television syndication for decades afterward. She continued acting in television films throughout her career.
• 1933 – 1967 Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) American actress and sex symbol of the 1950s, star of The Girl Can't Help It.
• 1933 Jayne Mansfield born in Bryn Mawr Jayne Mansfield is born in Bryn Mawr.
• 1933 – 2024 Arno Penzias (1933-2024) Died 22 January 2024, aged 90 German-American astrophysicist who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for detecting the cosmic microwave background.
• 1933 Gestapo established Secret state police founded in Prussia Hermann Göring created the Gestapo on 26 April from the Prussian political police. It became the Nazi regime's chief instrument for persecuting political opponents and Jews.
• 1933 – present Willie Nelson Singer-songwriter Texan country singer and songwriter — Crazy, On the Road Again — a leader of outlaw country and co-founder of Farm Aid.
• 1933 Willie Nelson born in Abbott, Texas Raised by his grandparents Writes his first song at seven.