Timeline December 1933

Events in December 1933 8

• 1868 – 1933 Stefan George (1868-1933) Died 4 December 1933, aged 65 German Symbolist poet who led an influential circle of writers and scholars. He left Germany after refusing honours from the Nazi regime and died in Switzerland.
• 1875 – 1933 Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933) Died 26 December 1933, aged 58 First Soviet People's Commissar for Education, responsible for culture and schooling from 1917 to 1929. He died in France on his way to take up the post of ambassador to Spain.
• 1876 – 1933 Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (1876-1933) Died 17 December 1933, aged 57 Spiritual and political leader of Tibet who declared its independence from China in 1913. He tried to modernise the Tibetan state and army.
• 1933 Reichstag fire trial Leipzig trial ends in acquittal of the communist defendants The trial over the Reichstag fire ran from 21 September to 23 December. Marinus van der Lubbe was convicted and executed, but Georgi Dimitrov and the other communist defendants were acquitted.
• 1933 – 2019 Tim Conway (1933-2019) Died 14 May 2019, aged 85 Tim Conway was an American comedic actor best known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show, where his improvised bits with co-star Harvey Korman became legendary. He won six Emmy Awards over his career. He died in Los Angeles after a long illness.
• 1933 5th Elfstedentocht Shared victory — the only December edition The 1933 edition on 16 December is the only official Elfstedentocht ever held in December. Five skaters crossed the finish line together in a shared victory. After this edition, shared wins were officially banned by the organisation.
• 1933 Armstrong patents FM radio Edwin Armstrong receives patents for wideband frequency modulation On 26 December, Edwin Howard Armstrong was granted four patents for his frequency modulation system. FM greatly reduced static and became the standard for high-fidelity broadcasting.
• 1933 Montevideo Convention American states set out the criteria for statehood Signed on 26 December at the Seventh International Conference of American States, the convention defined a state as having a permanent population, defined territory, a government and the capacity to conduct foreign relations. It remains a standard reference in international law.