Timeline Saturday 4 March 1933

Events on Saturday 4 March 1933 4

• 1929 – 1933 Hoover presidency 31st President — 1929 to 1933 Herbert Hoover served as the 31st President from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933. The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 occurred just months into his term, leading to the Great Depression.
• 1933 Dollfuss suspends the Austrian parliament Chancellor begins ruling Austria by decree After all three presiding officers of the National Council resigned on 4 March, Engelbert Dollfuss prevented parliament from reconvening. He went on to build the authoritarian corporative state.
• 1933 – 1945 F.D. Roosevelt presidency 32nd President — 1933 to 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt served as the 32nd President from March 4, 1933 until his death on April 12, 1945. He implemented the New Deal to combat the Great Depression and led the Allied powers through most of World War II.
• 1933 Frances Perkins becomes US Secretary of Labor First woman appointed to a US cabinet Perkins took office on 4 March and served for all twelve years of Roosevelt's presidency. She played a central role in creating Social Security and US labour standards.