Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 - 1938 - 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Births
- January 31 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- February 11 - Boris Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
- February 11 - Yevgeniy Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
- February 11 - Bevan Congdon,New Zealand cricket player.
- February 11 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer.
- February 11 - Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator.
- April 29 - Larry Niven, author
- September 29 - Wim Kok, prime minister of The Netherlands (1994- )
Deaths
- August 16 - Robert Johnson, blues musician
Events
- Superman first published in comic book form.
- Italy wins Football World Cup in France
- March - Anschluss, Austria incorporated into Germany.
- Physics - Enrico Fermi
- Chemistry - Richard Kuhn
- Medicine - Corneille Jean François Heymans
- Literature - Pearl S. Buck
- Peace - Nansen International Office For Refugees, Geneva.