Protesting measures against the church, President Zamora resigned on October 14, and was succeeded by Manuel Azaña. At the conclusion of the Convention and the adoption of the Constitution on December 9, Zamora was elected President and Manuel Azaña became Premier in the new Cabinet. Some of the most important features of the Constitution were suffrage for women and the rejection of the Catholic faith as the state religion. On January 23, 1932, President Zamora published a decree providing for the dissolution of the Society of Jesus ...

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Second Spanish Republic, Second Spanish Republic - The Provisional Government April-October 1931, Second Spanish Republic - The Left Republicans and Socialists October 1931-November 1933, Second Spanish Republic - Conservative Government November 1933-February 1936, Second Spanish Republic - Asturian Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - After the Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - The Liberal Government February 1936-April 1939, Second Spanish Republic - Civil War

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1933, 1933 - Events, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September, 1933 - October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Undated, 1933 - Births, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September-October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Deaths, 1933 - January-March, 1933 - April-June, 1933 - July-December, 1933 - Nobel Prizes

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1933 - January-March. January 1 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876) January 3 - Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (b. 1896) January 5 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872) January 7 - Bert Hinkler, Australian pioneer aviator (b. 1892) January 31 - John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) February 12 - Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848) February 15 - Pat Sullivan, Australian-born director ...

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1933, 1933 - Events, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September, 1933 - October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Undated, 1933 - Births, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September-October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Deaths, 1933 - January-March, 1933 - April-June, 1933 - July-December, 1933 - Nobel Prizes

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress votes favorable for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover January 30 - Edouard Daladier forms a government i ...

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1933 - February 1933 - March 1933 - April 1933 - May 1933 - June 1933 - July 1933 - August 1933 - September 1933 - October 1933 - November 1933 - December 1933 - Undated
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1933 - Deaths
1933 - January-March 1933 - April-June 1933 - July-December
1933 - Nobel Prizes

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1933 in rail transport - January events. January 1 – The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Southern Belle is re-equipped with electric multiple unit cars to replace steam power. January 23 - San Diego and Arizona Railway's bypass around tunnel 7, which was destroyed by fire, opens.[1] 1933 in rail transport - February events. February 1 – The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway is incorporated and assumes all operat ...

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1933 in rail transport, 1933 in rail transport - Events, 1933 in rail transport - January events, 1933 in rail transport - February events, 1933 in rail transport - May events, 1933 in rail transport - June events, 1933 in rail transport - July events, 1933 in rail transport - August events, 1933 in rail transport - October events, 1933 in rail transport - November events, 1933 in rail transport - Unknown date events, 1933 in rail transport - Births, 1933 in rail transport - Deaths

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By 1933, great opposition, however, was developing among the extremists, the Anarcho-Syndicalists and the Conservatives. The former were dissatisfied with the "moderation" of the Socialists and consequently provoked strikes and made several determined efforts at revolution. Two such revolts occurred in 1933, the first in January and the second in December, both of which were suppressed by the government with great severity. Martial law was frequently declared and arbitrary arrests and the holding of persons without c ...

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Second Spanish Republic, Second Spanish Republic - The Provisional Government April-October 1931, Second Spanish Republic - The Left Republicans and Socialists October 1931-November 1933, Second Spanish Republic - Conservative Government November 1933-February 1936, Second Spanish Republic - Asturian Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - After the Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - The Liberal Government February 1936-April 1939, Second Spanish Republic - Civil War

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William A. Anders (born October 17, 1933) former National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut. Anders was born in Hong Kong and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1955 and a master of science degree in nuclear engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in 1962. Anders completed the Harvard ...

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A Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines and registered as NC13304 was destroyed in midflight by a nitroglycerin bomb over Chesterton, Indiana, on October 10, 1933. The flight, carrying three crew and seven passengers, originated in Cleveland and was destined for Chicago. All aboard died in the crash. This is thought to be the first proven act of air sabotage in the history of commercial avi ...

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Annie Wood Besant (Clapham, London October 1, 1847 – India September 20, 1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator. Besant was divorced from her clergyman husband Frank Besant, younger brother of Walter Besant, and she had to leave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with freedom of thought, women's rights, secularism (she was a leading member of the National Secular Society alongside Charles Bradlaugh), birth control, Fabian socialism and wo ...

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Annie Besant - Selected Works

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The two brothers Arkady (Арка́дий, August 28, 1925 – October 12, 1991) and Boris (Бори́с, born April 14, 1933) Strugatsky (Струга́цкий; alternate spelling: Strugatski) are Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction. Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Life and work. The Strugatsky brothers (Бра́тья Струга́цкие), as they are usually called, became the best-known Soviet science fiction writers with a well developed fan base. Th ...

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Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Life and work Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Noon Universe Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Tributes Boris and Arkady Strugatsky - Selected bibliography

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Léon Charles Albert Calmette (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenin for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. Calmette was born in Nice, France. He wanted to serve in the Navy and be a physician, so in 1881 he joined the School of Naval Physicians at Brest in 1881 ...

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Albert Calmette - Research on tuberculosis

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Warith Deen Muhammad (born Wallace D. Mohammed on October 30, 1933) is an influential American Muslim leader. He now known as Warith Deen Muhammad or Imam W.D. Mohammed. He is the son of Clara and Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad, also referred to as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, founded the Nation of Islam, which preached Black Nationalism. Elijah Muhammad died on February 26, 1975. After his father's death, Warith Deen Muhammad was accepted by the people as their leader. He brought about many reforms, which brought th ...

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Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) served as United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. Born in Pickett County, Tennessee, Hull attended a teachers' college from 1889 until 1890. At the age of 19, Hull became the elected Chairman of the Clay County Democratic Party. In 1891, he graduated from Cumberland University law school and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897. During the Spanish-American War Hull served in Cuba as a captain in the F ...

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Cordell Hull - Primary Sources Cordell Hull - Secondary Sources Cordell Hull - Multimedia

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American human rights activist, stateswoman, journalist, educator, author, and diplomat. As the wife of President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the New Deal and visited troops at the frontlines during World War II. She was a first-wave Feminist (but opposed the Equal Rights Amendment), an ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt - Early Life Eleanor Roosevelt - Marriage and family Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt - Life after the White House
Eleanor Roosevelt - The Catholic Issue Eleanor Roosevelt - New York and National Politics
Eleanor Roosevelt - Reference Eleanor Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources

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Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, sometimes Gaelicised Éamon de Bhailéara; October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Ireland's struggle for independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the early 20th Century, and the Republican ...

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Eamon de Valera - Childhood Eamon de Valera - Early political activity Eamon de Valera - Easter Rising Eamon de Valera - President of Dáil Éireann Eamon de Valera - President of the Republic Eamon de Valera - The Treaty Eamon de Valera - Civil War Eamon de Valera - Entry into the Free State Dáil: the 'empty formula' Eamon de Valera - President of the Executive Council Eamon de Valera - De Valera's new Constitution - Bunreacht na hÉireann Eamon de Valera - Neutrality in World War II
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Eamon de Valera - De Valera and Churchill clash on radio Eamon de Valera - Post-War Period Eamon de Valera - President of Ireland Eamon de Valera - Overview
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Eamon de Valera - First Cabinet March 1932-February 1933 Eamon de Valera - Second Cabinet February 1933-July 1937
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Third Cabinet July 1937-June 1938
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Fourth Cabinet June 1938-July 1943
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Fifth Cabinet July 1943-June 1944 Eamon de Valera - Sixth Cabinet June 1944-February 1948
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - Seventh Cabinet June 1951-June 1954 Eamon de Valera - Eighth Cabinet March 1957-June 1959
Eamon de Valera - Changes
Eamon de Valera - See Also

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The Second Republic began on 14 April 1931 after the abdication of King Alfonso XIII, following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas. The abdication led to a provisional government under Niceto Alcalá-Zamora. Under the provisional government, titles of nobility were swept away, and the property of the King was confiscated. On June 28, elections for the Constitutional Convention (constituent Cortes) were held and the Socialist party won the largest number of seats in the ...

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Second Spanish Republic, Second Spanish Republic - The Provisional Government April-October 1931, Second Spanish Republic - The Left Republicans and Socialists October 1931-November 1933, Second Spanish Republic - Conservative Government November 1933-February 1936, Second Spanish Republic - Asturian Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - After the Uprising, Second Spanish Republic - The Liberal Government February 1936-April 1939, Second Spanish Republic - Civil War

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The Viceroy, Lord Irwin, convinced the new Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald to allow him to make the following public statement to still Indian suspicions on 31 October 1929 (see India, Gwyer & Appadorai pp. 225-227). The Chairman of the [Indian Statutory] Commission has pointed out in correspondence with the Prime Minister … that as their investigation has proceeded, he and his colleagues have been greatly impressed, in considering the direction which the future constitutional development of India is likely to take, ...

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Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - British Commitments to Self-government, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Right of Indians to Draft their Own Constitution, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Proposed Indian Round Table Conference 1922, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - The Concept of an All India Federation, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - The Genesis of the Round Table Conferences, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Were They Really Round Table Conferences – Were they Honest Negotiations?, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Agenda – Dominion Constitution?, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Why the Congress Did Not Attend, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - First Round Table Conference Nov. 1930-Jan. 1931 – All India Federalism Embraced and Lack of Hindu-Muslim Agreement Glossed Over, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Second Round Table Conference Sept.-Dec. 1931 - A Conservative Federation Scheme, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Third Round Table Conference Nov.-Dec. 1932 – Cleaning Up Details, Indian Round Table Conferences 1931-1933 - Who Won Who Lost?

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The Act was passed by the United States Congress on October 28, 1919 over the veto by President Woodrow Wilson. It went into effect with the Eighteenth Amendment on January 16, 1920. Prohibition was repealed in 1933. ...

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Volstead Act, Volstead Act - Legislative History, Volstead Act - External link

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In the second week of October 2005, a large and complex area of low pressure developed over the western Atlantic and eastern Caribbean with several centers of thunderstorm activity. This area of disturbed weather southwest of Jamaica slowly organized into Tropical Depression Twenty-four on October 15. It reached tropical storm strength at 5 am EDT October 17 (09:00 UTC), making it the first storm ever to use the 'W' name since alphabetical naming began in 1950, and tying the record for most storms in a season with 1933. Moving slowly ...

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Hurricane Wilma, Hurricane Wilma - Storm history, Hurricane Wilma - Preparations, Hurricane Wilma - Impact, Hurricane Wilma - Death toll, Hurricane Wilma - Mexico, Hurricane Wilma - Cuba, Hurricane Wilma - Florida, Hurricane Wilma - Economic impact

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Alcatraz was a military fort from 1850 to 1933. The United States Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz were acquired by the United States Department of Justice on October 12, 1933. The island became a federal prison on August, 1934. During the 29 years it was in use, the jail held such notable criminals as Al Capone; Robert Franklin Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz; and Alvin Karpis, who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate. It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prison staff and their families. Today the family members that oc ...

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Alcatraz Island, Alcatraz Island - History, Alcatraz Island - Escape attempts

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