What Happened on November 3, 1933

Famous Birthdays

Amartya Sen (90 years old)

Indian economist and Nobel Prize laureate (welfare economics and social choice theory), born in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

  • Aneta Corsaut, American actress (Helen Crump-The Andy Griffith Show; Jane-The Blob), born in Hutchinson, Kansas (d. 1995)
  • Jeremy Brett [Peter Huggins], British actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; My Fair Lady), born in Berkswell England (d. 1995)
  • John Barry [Prendergast], English film score composer (James Bond films; Born Free), born in York, England (d. 2011)
  • Louis W Sullivan, US Secretary of Health & Human Services (1989- )

Michael Dukakis (90 years old)

Governor of Massachusetts (1975-79 and 1983-91) and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, born in Brookline, Massachusetts


Famous Deaths

Émile Roux (1853-1933)

French physician, bacteriologist, immunologist who developed the 1st diphtheria vaccine and co-founded the Pasteur Institute, dies at 79

Died in 1933 1933 Highlights

About November 3, 1933

Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 90 years and 6 months
Leap Year: No

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Star Sign: Scorpio