About the day » Tuesday August 22, 1933Calender converter

• Albertus Brunt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Dolores Scharr, New York (State) († 2020)
• David Clyde Fairbanks Sr., Groveland, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Antonius van Aken, Zevenbergen († 1967)
• Albert Baas († 2010)
• Antonius van Aken, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 1967)
• Eldred Sams († 1994)
• Eileen Quinn, Derrylaughan, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1996)
• A J E van Bladel, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Berendina Hans, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)

• Albertus Harms de Boer (74), Vollenhove, Nederland
• Albertina Reynders (68), DIEST
• (58), Tilburg,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Arij van der Ster (67), Vlaardingen
• Allegonda Johanna Maria Gommans (5), Venray, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Hassing (66), Sassenheim
• Aaltje van Zoeren (72)
• Albert de Boer (74), Vollenhove
• Steinz (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Joseph Körver (47), Kerkrade (L

• 1929 » Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author († 1991)
• 1930 » Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1932 » Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut
• 1933 » Sylva Koscina, Italian actress († 1994)
• 1934 » Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer († 2012)
• 1935 » Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
• 1936 » Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2012)
• 1936 » Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1936 » John Callaway, American journalist and producer († 2009)
• 1936 » Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster

• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)

• 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.
• January 3 » Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
• 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 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
• September 3 » Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
• September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

The temperature on August 22, 1933 was between 10.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.