1933 Headline News
The first electronic TV receiver is developed.
    Congress enacts several programs to ease the pressure of the United States economical depression.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to the American people over the radio in "fireside chats".
Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, assuming dictatorial power. The first woman cabinet member in U.S. history is Frances Perkins.
The 21st Amendment ends the prohibition era in the U.S.

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