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Bd of Aldermen adopts budget after cutting it by $3,604,264 in accordance with joint com rept
Protestant chs
Proclaims repeal
Confusion results because of Gov Moore's failure to act on control bill; outcome dubious
1933Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (died 1999)[†]
Gennadiy Mikhailovich Agapov was a Soviet Russian race walker. Agapov held the unofficial world records in both the 20 km walk and the 50 km walk and placed second in the 50 km walk at the 1966 European Championships.
1933Harry Holgate, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania (died 1997)[†]
Harold Norman Holgate AO was an Australian politician. He was premier of Tasmania from 1981 to 1982, serving as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during that period. He succeeded Doug Lowe as party leader and premier during internal conflict over the Franklin Dam controversy, leading the ALP to defeat at the 1982 state election just over six months after taking office.
1933Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (born 1869)[†]
Alexander Movsesi Atabekian was an Armenian physician, publisher and anarchist communist.
1933The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States.[†]
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed by the 72nd Congress on February 20, 1933, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 5, 1933. It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment, as well as being the only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.