The Bridge They Said Couldn't Be Built
On January 5, 1933, with America deep in the Great Depression, workers broke ground on the Golden Gate Bridge — a single 4,200-foot leap across a strait engineers had called unspannable.
Tales from the year 1933
FDR's First Fireside Chat, March 12, 1933
On the evening of March 12, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt went on the radio to explain the banking crisis in plain words — and invented a new kind of presidential leadership.
The One-Eyed Pilot Who Flew Solo Around the World
On July 22, 1933, one-eyed aviator Wiley Post landed his Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae, in New York — completing the first solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes.