25 Feb 1933
- The USS Ranger was launched as the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
- Japanese troops captured Chaoyang, Baipiao, and Kailu in Rehe, China. ww2dbase [First Battle of Hebei | CPC]
- The Lytton Commission reported to the League of Nations at Geneva, Switzerland that Japan had violated Chinese sovereignty and the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo was illegal. Japanese representative to the league Matsuoka Yosuke walked out of the conference hall as instructed by his superiors in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Geneva | CPC]
- The aircraft carrier Ranger was launched at Newport News, Virginia with First Lady Lou Hoover as sponsor. As this was during America’s Prohibition period, Mrs. Hoover cracked a bottle of grape juice against the bow of the ship. ww2dbase [Newport News Shipbuilding | Ranger | Newport News, Virginia | DS]
25 Feb 1933 Interactive Map
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