Lateef Adegbite was a lawyer who became Attorney General of the Western Region of Nigeria, and who later became Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

1933George Altman, American baseball player^[†]

George Lee Altman is an American former professional baseball outfielder who had a lengthy career in both Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball. A three-time National League (NL) All-Star, he appeared in 991 games over nine full seasons in the major leagues. Then, at age 35, he began an eight-year tenure in Japanese baseball, where he would hit 205 home runs and bat .309 with 985 hits.

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1933Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed)^[†]

Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, 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 killed Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago, and injured four bystanders.

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1933Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.^[†]

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany. He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

Headlines from March 20, 1933

QUIT AS RECEIVERS OF S.W. STRAUS & CO.; Calder and Moses Say Seller of $380,000,000 Bonds Has Only $29,000 Liquid Assets. ATTACK NEW COMPANY Find Old Simply Has Moved Downtown -- S.J.T. Straus Defends Concern's Record. QUIT AS RECEIVERS OF S.W.STRAUS & CO.

MAJOR CRIME HERE DOWN 17% LAST YEAR; Mulrooney's Report Shows 2.6% Drop in Violence -- 11 Fewer Murders Committed. BUT HE IS DISSATISFIED Public Must Help Cut Total Still Further, He Says -- Young Offenders Increase. MAJOR CRIME HERE OFF 17% LAST YEAR

UNLICENSED BANKS ALLOWED TO PAY 5%; Treasury Lets States Loosen Curb on Deposits in Member Institutions. HOARDERS GET MORE TIME Reserve Board Extends the Reports on Gold Withdrawals to March 27. UNLICENSED BANKS ALLOWED TO PAY 5%

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