* Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured ( 1927 – 1933 )

* 1902 – Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1933 – Roy Goode, British lawyer

* 1933 – Eduardo Malapit, American politician ( d. 2007 )

* 1933 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano

* 1933 – Dickie Davies, English television presenter

* 1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and activist

* 1933 – Jenő Hámori, Hungarian fencer

* 1933 – Joke Smit, Dutch activist and politician ( d. 1981 )

* 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer ( d. 1987 )

* 1933 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress and author

* 1851 – Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and social reformer ( d. 1933 )

* 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States

* 1865 – Irving Babbitt, American critic and academic ( d. 1933 )

* 1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician

* 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.

The party's leader Antonin Svehla ( 1873 – 1933 ) was prime minister several times.

* 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian ( d. 2009 )

* 1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player

* 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian ( d. 2007 )

* 1933 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate ( d. 2012 )

* 1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer ( d. 2009 )

* 1995 – Edward Whittemore, American writer ( b. 1933 )

* 2008 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter ( The Tarriers and The Rooftop Singers ) ( b. 1933 )

* 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.

The President of the United States, pursuant to a Joint Resolution of Congress, has issued a proclamation each year since 1933 declaring May 22nd to be National Maritime Day.

* Charles Aubrey Eaton ( 1868 – 1953 ), clergyman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the from 1925 – 1933, and the from 1933-1953.

* Hernández, José M. Cuba and the United States: Intervention and Militarism, 1868 – 1933 U. of Texas Press, 1993.

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ( July 4, 1872January 5, 1933 ) was the 30th President of the United States ( 1923 – 1929 ).

The first comic book appeared in the United States in 1933, reprinting the earlier newspaper comic strips, which established many of the story-telling devices used in comics.

Since the introduction of the comic book format in 1933 with the publication of Famous Funnies, the United States has produced the most titles, along with British comics and Japanese manga, in terms of quantity of titles.

Image: FDR in 1933. jpg | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Columbia Law School

During Prohibition in the United States ( 1920 – 1933 ), when alcoholic beverages were illegal, cocktails were still consumed illegally in establishments known as speakeasies.

The Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 17 – 23.

* 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.

* 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, former United States air force officer

* 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U. S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75 % of states needed to enact the amendment ( this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States ).

Carr analyzes how English dictionaries gloss Taoisms pronunciation, comparing 12 published in Great Britain ( 1933 – 1989 ) and 11 published in the United States ( 1948 – 1987 ).

In 1933, the State of Iowa opened the Dragoon Trail, a scenic and historic drive that follows the path of the 1st United States Dragoons on their historic march.

On January 16, 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, ushering in Prohibition in the United States, which lasted from 1920 to 1933.

The group went on with its now famous experiments, but in 1933 Rasetti left Italy for Canada and the United States, Pontecorvo went to France and Segrè left to teach in Palermo.

She had three children: Susan Saunders, Victoria Riskin, and Robert Riskin, Jr. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1933.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( or ; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 ), also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States ( 1933 – 1945 ) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.

* 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.

* 1933 – The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.