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Births on April 5

1933Apr, 5

K. Kailasapathy

K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)
Kanagasabapathy Kailasapathy (5 April 1933 – 6 December 1982) was a Sri Lankan journalist and academic. He was the first president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.

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Events on 1933

  • 3Feb

    Third Reich

    Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
  • 5Jun

    Gold standard

    The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
  • 14Jul

    Nazi Party

    Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
  • 19Oct

    League of Nations

    Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
  • 8Nov

    New Deal

    Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.