360What happened in 1933?
4 moments from 1933 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 22 July 1933
Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world
On 22 July 1933, the American pilot Wiley Post landed in New York after flying alone around the world in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, in his plane Winnie Mae. He used an autopilot and radio direction finder, new technologies that made long solo flights possible.
- May 1933 · from Oil is discovered at Dammam No. 7
The Kingdom grants its first oil concession
- 1933 · from King Abdulaziz unifies the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom grants its first oil concession
- 1933 · from The 1930s: hard times, a new kingdom and a world at war
The New Deal begins in the United States