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  • Germany
    Sunday Dec 3, 1933
    Weimar Republic

    Von Schleicher's government took over after the resignation of Franz von Papen

    Germany
    Sunday Dec 3, 1933

    The Von Schleicher Cabinet de jure formed the government of Weimar Germany between 3 December 1932 and 28 January 1933 upon the resignation of Franz von Papen




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1933
    Great Depression

    Prohibition is repealed at the national level

    U.S.
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1933

    Prohibition is repealed at the national level. 18 states continue with state-level prohibition. The end of Prohibition hurts organized crime, allows legal employment in alcoholic drink production, and increases state tax revenues.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Dec 21, 1933
    The Holocaust

    "400,000 Germans to be sterilized"

    U.S.
    Thursday Dec 21, 1933

    The New York Times reported on 21 December that year: "400,000 Germans to be sterilized". There were 84,525 applications from doctors in the first year. The courts reached a decision in 64,499 of those cases; 56,244 were in favor of sterilization. Estimates for the number of involuntary sterilizations during the whole of the Third Reich range from 300,000 to 400,000.




  • Italy
    Sunday Dec 24, 1933
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day (Italy)

    Italy
    Sunday Dec 24, 1933

    Mother's Day in Italy was celebrated for the first time on 24 December 1933 as the "Day of the mother and the child" (Giornata della madre e del fanciullo).




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