July 1933

Thursday 06:

The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4 to 2.

Wednesday 12:

Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the United States: 33 cents per hour.

Friday 14:

Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.

Thursday 20:

In Germany, two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets.

Saturday 22:

Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.