Timeline September 1933

Events in September 1933 10

• 1847 – 1933 Annie Besant (1847-1933) Died 20 September 1933, aged 85 British social reformer, Theosophist and campaigner for Indian home rule. She served as president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.
• 1862 – 1933 Edward Grey (1862-1933) Died 7 September 1933, aged 71 British foreign secretary from 1905 to 1916 who led Britain into the First World War. He is remembered for the remark that the lamps were going out all over Europe.
• 1885 – 1933 Faisal I of Iraq (1885-1933) Died 8 September 1933, aged 48 Leader of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans, he was briefly king of Syria and then the first king of Iraq from 1921. He led Iraq to independence and League of Nations membership in 1932.
• 1885 – 1933 Ring Lardner (1885-1933) Died 25 September 1933, aged 48 American sportswriter and short-story writer known for his satirical baseball stories. His best-known book is You Know Me Al.
• 1933 – 1993 Conway Twitty (1933-1993) Died 5 June 1993, aged 59 Conway Twitty was one of the best-selling country music artists in history, scoring more number-one hits on the Billboard country chart than any other performer of his era. He also had early success as a rock and roll singer before shifting to country music in the 1960s. He collapsed and died shortly after a performance in Branson, Missouri.
• 1933 Sergeants' Revolt in Cuba Fulgencio Batista rises to power On 4 September, non-commissioned officers led by Sergeant Fulgencio Batista overthrew the provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Batista went on to dominate Cuban politics for most of the next 25 years.
• 1933 – 2019 Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) Died 19 February 2019, aged 85 Karl Lagerfeld was a German fashion designer who led the houses of Chanel and Fendi for decades while also running his own label. Known for his instantly recognizable white ponytail and sunglasses, he became one of the most influential figures in modern fashion. He died in Paris after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
• 1933 Szilard conceives the nuclear chain reaction Physicist realises neutrons could sustain a chain reaction On 12 September in London, Leo Szilard realised that a neutron-induced chain reaction could release vast amounts of energy. He patented the idea the following year.
• 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 – 1986 Samora Machel (1933-1986) Died 19 October 1986, aged 53 First president of Mozambique after independence from Portugal, and a leading figure in southern Africa's liberation movements. He died when his presidential plane crashed near the South African border, in circumstances that remain disputed. His death was widely seen amid the region's Cold War-era conflicts as suspicious.