About the day » Friday October 20, 1933Calender converter

• Cornelius Schut, Hudsonville, Michigan († 1933)
• Eugenia Francisca Verberckt, Bornem († 2003)
• Gerhardus Hermanus (Gradus) Wösten, Emmen (Barger Oosterveld) († 1990)
• Betty Ann Dykstra, Fenton Whiteside Ill., Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Bernhard Grommel, 49767, Schöninghsdorf, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 2016)
• Albert Jan Rorije, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1934)
• Anna Helena - Annie Arling, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Alphonsius Antonius Maria Kock († 1942)
• van den Boer, Dommelen († 1994)
• Benjamin Wertheim, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Benjamin B Lusby (87), Owen, Kentucky, United States
• Beatrice E. Leonard (21), Oroville, Butte Co., CA
• van der Voort (0), Utrecht
• Albertus de Vries (48), Kampen
• Anna Lonke (71), Ouwerkerk
• Cornelis Minke (57), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Lijzer (16), Oostburg (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Heijmans (68), Vught
• Anna Elisabeth Otten (86), Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Adriana Mertens (60), Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1931 » Ken Morrison, English businessman († 2017)
• 1931 » Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1995)
• 1931 » Richard Caliguiri, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh († 1988)
• 1932 » Rokurō Naya, Japanese voice actor († 2014)
• 1932 » Rosey Brown, American football player and coach († 2004)
• 1932 » William Christopher, American actor and singer († 2016)
• 1933 » Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer
• 1934 » Bill Chase, American trumpet player († 1974)
• 1934 » Eddie Harris, American saxophonist († 1996)
• 1935 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer († 2004)

• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Antonius
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Aaltje
13. Jacoba
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
• February 20 » Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
• February 25 » Launch of the USSRanger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
• March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
• March 12 » 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".
• May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

The temperature on October 20, 1933 was between 2.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.