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Events in July 1933 11
1852 – 1933Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852-1933)Died 3 July 1933, aged 80Leader of the Radical Civic Union who was twice president of Argentina. His overthrow in 1930 was the first military coup in modern Argentine history.
1863 – 1933Anthony Hope (1863-1933)Died 8 July 1933, aged 70English novelist who wrote The Prisoner of Zenda. The book gave the name Ruritania to fictional European kingdoms.
1872 – 1933Mykola Skrypnyk (1872-1933)Died 7 July 1933, aged 61Ukrainian Bolshevik leader who championed Ukrainisation as Soviet Ukraine's education commissar. He killed himself amid Stalin's purge of Ukrainian national communists.
1919 – 1933Bauhaus SchoolDesign RevolutionA ground-breaking art school that merged craft and fine arts, influencing modern design globally.
1933London Economic ConferenceWorld leaders fail to agree on currency stabilisationDelegates from 66 nations met in London from 12 June to try to revive trade and stabilise currencies. The conference collapsed after Roosevelt rejected currency stabilisation.
1933Wimbledon 1933Men: Jack Crawford · Women: Helen Wills MoodyWills Moody's 7th title.
1933First Major League Baseball All-Star GameAmerican League beats National League at Comiskey ParkThe first All-Star Game was played on 6 July in Chicago alongside the Century of Progress exposition. The American League won 4–2, helped by a home run from Babe Ruth.
1933 – 2015Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)Died 30 August 2015, aged 82Oliver Sacks was a British neurologist and author who wrote bestselling books recounting the case histories of patients with unusual neurological conditions. His works, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings, brought neuroscience to a wide popular audience. Awakenings was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film.
1933Nazi Party becomes the only legal party in GermanyLaw against the formation of new parties makes Germany a one-party stateAfter the remaining parties were banned or dissolved themselves, the law of 14 July made the Nazi Party the sole legal party. On the same day the regime passed its compulsory sterilisation law.
1933Wiley Post's solo round-the-world flightFirst person to fly solo around the worldWiley Post flew the Winnie Mae around the world alone between 15 and 22 July, taking 7 days and 19 hours. He relied on an autopilot and a radio direction finder.
1933Reichskonkordat signedTreaty between the Holy See and Nazi GermanyThe concordat signed on 20 July guaranteed the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany in exchange for clergy staying out of politics. It gave Hitler's regime an early boost of international legitimacy.