May 1933

Tuesday 02:

Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.

Wednesday 03:

Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint.

Monday 08:

Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest of British oppression in India.

Wednesday 10:

Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

Wednesday 17:

Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.

Thursday 18:

New Deal: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Saturday 27:

The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.