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August 16, 1933
On August 16, 1933, christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario. Robert Bourassa, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Robert Bourassa would arrive in the same year.
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Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
The Christie Pits riot occurred on 16 August 1933 at the Christie Pits playground in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The riot took place in the context of the Great Depression, antisemitism, "Swastika Clubs" and parades and resentment of "foreigners" in Toronto, and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany in 1933.
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The year in brief
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.
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On August 16, 1933
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1933 Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario. 1933 race riot in Canada
The Christie Pits riot occurred on 16 August 1933 at the Christie Pits playground in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The riot took place in the context of the Great Depression, antisemitism, "Swastika Clubs" and parades and resentment of "foreigners" in Toronto, and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany in 1933.
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Other moments from 1933
- April 1 The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
- April 24 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
- April 25 Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
- April 26 The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.
- April 3 First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
- April 4 U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
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