12 Mar 1933
- Jews in Gedern, Germany were assaulted by others of the town. One of them was severely injured and was forced to remain hospitalized for the following year. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt held the first of a series of radio addresses, which would later be known as Fireside Chats, speaking on the banking crisis. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- A German ruling established two legal national flags: the reintroduced black-white-red imperial tricolor and the Nazi Party swastika flag. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Du Yuming received orders to withdraw Chinese 25th Division from the area near Gubeikou Pass of the Great Wall in Hebei Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]
- Zhang Xueliang resigned his position as the head of the Beiping Military Committee. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Oranienburg north of Berlin, Germany became the site of the first German concentration camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | TH]
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