4th » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
4th » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure Chancellor of Austria called Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an Austrofascism or authoritarian rule by decree.
5th » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "Emergency Banking Act called bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
9th » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
10th » An 1933 Long Beach earthquake known as earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
12th » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
13th » Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President of the United States or President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday".
15th » Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council of Austria e.g National Council from convening, starting the austrofascism called austrofascist dictatorship.
20th » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau Concentration Camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
21st » Construction of Dachau concentration camp named Dachau, the first Nazi Germany e.g Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
23rd » The 'Reichstag (Weimar Republic) named Reichstag' passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
28th » The Imperial Airways biplane 'City of Liverpool' is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger 1933 Imperial Airways Dixmude crash or sets a fire on board.
31st » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1933
1st » Gerry Bron, English record producer and manager (d. 2012)