The following events occurred in October 1933: October 1, 1933 (Sunday) Thirty-three people were killed in the capsizing of the Japanese sightseeing boat Koun Maru off of the coast of the Kumamoto Prefecture. At the recommendation of the Nazi government, all patriotic Germans were expected to set aside the first Sunday of each month as an Eintopfsonntag (literally, a "one-pot Sunday"), with families to have a simple meal rather than a more expensive Sunday meal, and to contribute the difference to the Winterhilfswerk fund. Died: Te Rata Mahuta, 56, King of the Māori people in New Zealand since 1912 October 2, 1933 (Monday) The Eugene O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness! was performed for the first time. O'Neill's only comedy, the play has "proved to be enduring and revivable especially in university and community theaters". Born: John Bertrand Gurdon; British biologist, in Dippenhall, Hampshire October 3, 1933 (Tuesday) A failed assassination attempt against Engelbert Dollfuss seriously injured him. A fire in Griffith Park in Los Angeles trapped more than 50 people employed by a Los Angeles County relief project. Cuban President Ramón Grau narrowly escaped assassination. Died: Abdolhossein Teymourtash, 50, recently jailed Court Minister of Iran, died from a lethal injection while imprisoned. Young Stribling, 30, American heavyweight boxer, died two days after being fatally injured in an auto accident. October 4, 1933 (Wednesday) The Schriftleitergesetz (Editorial Control Law) took effect in Germany, placing the press under the control of the government. All newspaper and magazine editors had to be members of the new "Reich League of the German Press", which banned non-Aryans as well as people married to non-Aryans. October 5, 1933 (Thursday) A group of 1,000 delegates to the annual British Labour Party congress in Hastings opened their session with a moment of silence in memory of fellow workers in Germany who had lost their lives to Nazi oppression. The conference then unanimously passed two resolutions, one condemning Fascism and the other pledging to boycott goods manufactured in Germany as well as calling upon the League of Nations to protect Jews and other racial minorities in Germany. Born: Billy Lee Riley, American country musician; in Pocahontas, Arkansas (d. 2009) Died: Nikolai Yudenich, 71, former Russian general who led the Menshevik "White Army" against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War Renée Adorée (Jeanne de la Fonte), 35, French film actress, died of tuberculosis Harry G. Cooper, 69, a/k/a "Railroad Jack",