Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Monday - 27th February 1933
The Reichstag building (home of the German parliament) in Berlin was burnt down on 27 February 1933, just one month after Adolf Hitler had been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. The Nazis stated that Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist, was found near the building. The Nazis publicly blamed the fire on communist agitators in general, although in a German court in 1933, it was decided that Van Der Lubbe had acted alone, as he claimed to have done. After the fire, the Reichstag Fire Decree was passed. The fire was used as evidence by the Nazi Party that communists were plotting against the German government. The event is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.
Monday - 6th March 1933
President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 2039, declaring a nationwide "bank holiday", temporarily closing every bank in the United States and freezing all financial transactions. The 'holiday' ended on March 13th for the 12 federal reserve banks, and by March 15th for all banks, which then had to apply for a license. Two thousand banks did not reopen after the holiday. On the same day, President Roosevelt placed an embargo on the export of gold and suspended the payment of gold to satisfy government obligations. Finally, he declared a state of national emergency.
Tuesday - 21st March 1933
Opening of the New Reichstag address by Adolf Hitler in Potsdam. The Day of Potsdam took place at the tomb of Frederick the Great, with a ceremony marking the beginning of the Third Reich. The First Reich had been the Empire of Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne), and the Second Reich had been the German Empire (1871–1918). Hitler, President Hindenburg, and former Crown Prince Wilhelm appeared together in a ceremony choreographed by the Ministry of Propaganda to symbolize the transition between Germany's past before World War I, to its future under Nazi rule.
Wednesday - 19th April 1933
US President Roosevelt took the United States off the gold standard by ordering that gold exports to other nations be halted. The effect would be to devalue the U.S. dollar by 36% (against gold-backed currencies) over the next eight months.
Friday - 26th May 1933
Friday the 26th of May 1933 saw the introduction of a new Nazi law as part of the eugenics (a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population) program that permitted the sterilization of human beings. This law was part of the Nazi's plan to build a master race by eliminating anyone who fell below the required 'standard'.
Thursday - 17th August 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Wednesday - 6th September 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Tuesday - 26th September 1933
Charged with setting the Reichstag Fire, Marinus Van Der Lubbe confessed at his trial in Leipzig that he had set fire to the city hall, the former imperial palace and a welfare office in Berlin but denied burning the Reichstag.
Tuesday - 3rd October 1933
Tuesday October 3rd, 1933, saw a failed assassination attempt against Engelbert Dollfuss which left him severely wounded. Dollfuss was an Austrian Chancellor and later dictator who opposed the Nazification of Austria in the early 1930's. Once the Nazi's had gained power in Germany, they took little time in causing trouble in neighbouring Austria and Dollfuss was a thorn in the Austrian Nazi's side as he fought to make them illegal. He was eventually assassinated in July 1934 in a failed Nazi coup and was succeeded by another anti-Nazi Kurt Schuschnigg until he too was removed when the Nazi's gained power in 1938 following the Anschluss with Germany.
Tuesday - 31st October 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Thursday - 2nd November 1933
Thursday 2nd November 1933 saw home rule in Malta suspended after the Nationalist Party continued to advocate Italian as an official language to be used in schools and court proceedings, in order to strengthen ties to Fascist Italy. Authority over the islands was returned to the British Governor, General David Campbell.
Wednesday - 29th November 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Monday - 4th December 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Saturday - 9th December 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
Friday - 22nd December 1933
Nothing of any significance took place on this day.
