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Giuseppe Zangara
1933Mar, 20

Giuseppe Zangara

Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900)
Giuseppe Zangara (September 7, 1900 – March 20, 1933) was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who attempted to assassinate then-President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration. During a night speech by Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple of days before. He missed his target and instead injured five bystanders and killed Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago.

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  • 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.