About the day » Friday December 22, 1933Calender converter

• Edward Mac Gillavry, Djokjakarta, Nederlands-Indië († 2012)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Zwiebel, Hengelo Overijssel Nederland († 2009)
• Bethy Haerkens († 2024)
• Antje Vuurens, Meerkerk, Netherlands († 2015)
• Cornelis Moes, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Dankert Wolfrat, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Maria Arendshorst († 2005)
• Boudewijn Goudswaard, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Antonia Willemina Jansen, Arnhem († 2012)
• Cornelis Johannes Beerse, Breezand († 2002)

• Aaffien Hoving (80), Haren
• Akke POOL (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amalia Lucie Cartier (78), Parijs
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes Helmons (60), Steenbergen
• Cornelis Biemond (90)
• Aaltjen Mast (90), Arnhem
• Albert Boedt (76), Kortrijk
• Aart Jansz Vos (62), Huizen
• Aart Vos (62), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van der Sluijs (80), Heemskerk (Noord-Holland)

• 1929 » Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1930 » Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter and educator († 1998)
• 1931 » Carlos Graça, São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe († 2013)
• 1931 » Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach
• 1932 » Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager († 2013)
• 1933 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer († 1968)
• 1934 » David Pearson, American race car driver († 2018)
• 1935 » Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1936 » Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
• 1936 » James Burke, Irish historian and author

• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)

• 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.
• April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
• May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
• September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
• October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
• December 15 » 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.

The temperature on December 22, 1933 was between -0.2 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.