Timeline August 1933

Events in August 1933 7

• 1870 – 1933 Adolf Loos (1870-1933) Died 23 August 1933, aged 62 Austrian architect and pioneer of modernism who attacked decorative architecture in his essay Ornament and Crime. His buildings include the Looshaus in Vienna.
• 1933 US Championships 1933 Men: Fred Perry · Women: Helen Jacobs
• 1933 Simele massacre Iraqi army kills Assyrian villagers in northern Iraq In August, Iraqi troops and irregulars killed thousands of Assyrians in and around the village of Simele. Assyrians commemorate the massacre each year on 7 August as Martyrs' Day.
• 1933 Machado overthrown in Cuba President Gerardo Machado flees after a general strike A general strike and army pressure forced Machado to leave Cuba on 12 August. His fall opened a period of revolutionary instability.
• 1933 Haavara Agreement Deal allowing German Jews to emigrate to Palestine with some assets Concluded on 25 August between Nazi Germany and Zionist organisations, the agreement let emigrating Jews transfer part of their wealth through the export of German goods to Palestine. About 60,000 German Jews emigrated under the scheme.
• 1933 – 2023 Wayne Shorter Jazz Saxophonist & Composer American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of modern jazz. A 12-time Grammy Award winner, he was a foundational member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and co-founder of the fusion band Weather Report. His compositions, including Footprints, Speak No Evil and Nefertiti, became enduring jazz standards.
• 1933 Wayne Shorter born in Newark Born in Newark, New Jersey. Grew up fascinated by comic books and science fiction, creating his own comic called Other Worlds as a child.