Calvin Coolidge died on 5 January 1933 in Northampton, aged 60. The 30th President of the United States, Coolidge first became widely known as governor of Massachusetts during the 1919 Boston police strike, which he handled firmly. Elected vice president on the ticket with Warren Harding, he became president in August 1923 when Harding died, and was sworn in by his father at the family home in Vermont. He won a full term in 1924 and presided over the prosperous years of the 1920s, favouring low taxes, small government and business-friendly policies. Nicknamed Silent Cal for his reserved manner, he chose not to run again in 1928. Critics later argued that his hands-off approach contributed to the conditions that led to the Great Depression.
Before and after
- 1933Enabling Act of 1933
- 1933Construction of Heydar Aliyev International Airport
- 1933Karl Jansky detects radio waves from the Milky Way
- 1933Fritz Zwicky infers dark matter
- 5 January 1933Death of Calvin Coolidge
- 25 January 1933Birth of Corazon Aquino
- 30 January 1933Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 18 February 1933Birth of Yoko Ono
- 21 February 1933Birth of Nina Simone
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