1932

Year 1932 () was a (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the.

January

 * - British arrest and intern and.
 * - In Britain the forbids church remarriage of divorces.


 * - becomes the first woman elected to the.
 * - 's debuts with piano soloist  and Ravel conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra.
 * - About 6 million are unemployed in.
 * - British submarine sinks with all 50 hands.
 * - occupies.
 * - Minority government of in  ends the governmental crisis.
 * - Japanese warships arrive in.

February

 * General convention of begins in.
 * again recommends negotiations between the and.
 * - open in .  occupies,.
 * - meets  in the.
 * - Clara, Lu & Em, generally regarded as the first daytime network, debuts in its morning time slot over the of  Radio, having originally been a late evening program.
 * - declares  (Japanese name for ) formally independent from.
 * - obtains German citizenship by, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for.
 * - occurs in.
 * - occurs in.

March

 * -, the infant son of and  is kidnapped.
 * - is elected .  It is the first change of government in the  in 10 years.
 * - Peace negotiations between and  begin.
 * - opens.
 * - begins a regular route to South America.
 * - opens, with Olympic gold medal swimmer  in the title role.  Weismuller starred in a total of 12  films.

April

 * April - 10 000 disgruntled Newfoundlanders march on their legislature to show discontent with their current political situation; this was a flash point in the demise of the.
 * April - Kreuger & Toll, the company of the "Match King", collapses; he commits suicide shortly afterwards.
 * - Prohibition is lifted in at 10 in the morning (local time), resulting in a new  "".
 * U.S. president supports armament limitations.
 * Trial against fraudulent art dealer begins in.
 * - is elected president of Germany.
 * - announces an anti- law in.
 * - German art dealer is sentenced to 19 months in prison for selling  paintings he attributed to.
 * - Two of the companions of the 's Last Prophet were moved from their graves upon informing of water in the graves in the dream of  of  in Salmaan Paak, . Their names were Hazrat  and Hazrat.
 * - Two of the companions of the 's Last Prophet were moved from their graves upon informing of water in the graves in the dream of  of  in Salmaan Paak, . Their names were Hazrat  and Hazrat.

May

 * - Comedian 's radio show airs for the first time.
 * - assassinates French president  in Paris - Doumer dies the next day.
 * - becomes the new.
 * - Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of is found dead in  just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.
 * - The, , is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Phillip Game.
 * - Japanese troops leave ;, the assassination of Japanese prime minister , occurs.
 * - Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in - thousands dead and injured.
 * -21 - flies from USA to,  in 14 hours 54 minutes.
 * - German  resigns. President Hindenburg takes  to form a new government.

June

 * June - 15,000 veterans march in.
 * - occurs in.
 * - The is enacted, creating the first  in the  at 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ¢/L) sold.
 * - Bans against SS and overturned in.
 * - customs union is negotiated.
 * - After a relatively bloodless military rebellion, becomes a.

July

 * - ABC is established.
 * - becomes the  prime minister of  (for the next 36 years).
 * - French submarine sinks off  - 66 dead.
 * - The reaches its lowest level of the, bottoming out at 41.22.
 * annexes northern.
 * establishes a new record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.
 * - of Altona in Germany - armed s attack a  demonstration - 18 dead. Many other political street fights follow.
 * - US President orders the  to forcibly evict the "" of  veterans gathered in . US troops dispersed the last of the "Bonus Army" the next day.
 * - open in.
 * - open in.

August

 * - Beginning of the second, an international scientific collaboration.
 * - First is discovered by.
 * - First is held.
 * - A 5.1 -type  broke into at least seven fragments and struck earth near the town of  in.
 * - reaches altitude of 16,197 meters with an air balloon.
 * - is elected as a chairman of German senate.
 * - Total visible from northern Canada through NE Vermont, New Hampshire, SW Maine, and the Capes of Massachusetts.

September

 * - The Generalitat reinstaurated, regains political autonomy inside the  from.
 * - Canadian operations end on the.
 * - Actress commits  jumping from the letter H of the (then) "land" sign.
 * - begins a  strike in  prison.
 * - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 * - According to n statistics, 115 people have been killed in political riots during the year.

October

 * Tata Airlines (later to become ) makes its first flight.
 * The (then called the Varsity band) debuts  at the Michigan versus Ohio State game in Columbus.
 * - Wedding of and.
 * - Wedding of and.

November

 * - Opera House opens.
 * -  airs on for the first time.
 * - : defeats  in a landslide victory.
 * Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in - 13 dead, 60 injured.
 * A and huge waves kills about 2,500 in  in the worst  in  history.
 * - 's fully converted to a, which is considered the final death knell of  as a popular entertainment in the United States.
 * - Second wife of is found dead in her home.
 * - German president begins negotiations with  about the formation of a new government.
 * - In, the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
 * - The broke the German  cipher.
 * - The broke the German  cipher.

December

 * - Hindenburg names as a German chancellor.
 * - and  reform their diplomatic connections.
 * - in the  in : 70,000 dead.
 * - opens in.

Undated

 * Female granted in.
 * Beginning of the between  and.
 * is sold for the first time.
 * lighters are developed.
 * s are invented, revolutionizing and s.
 * The shows that measured time as well as length are affected by motion, in accordance with the theory of.
 * discovers the.
 * Geneticist publishes The Causes of Evolution and thereby unifies the findings of Mendelian  with those of  science.
 * established for in U.S.
 * , the first oral, is discovered by , but no publication occurs until.
 * York House School is founded in Vancouver, BC
 * publishes his most famous novel

January-February

 * -, American artist and fashion designer
 * , American actor
 * , American musician
 * , American race car driver (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , Italian scholar and author
 * -, American chemist
 * -, Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong
 * -, American zoologist (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, American actress
 * -, Soviet cross-country skier
 * -, Jamaican record producer (d. )
 * , English footballer (d. )
 * , English footballer
 * -, Japanese comedian and politician
 * -, British polictian
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, American composer and conductor
 * -, German painter
 * , American pianist
 * , British politician
 * -, American economist and author (d. )
 * -, German author and film director
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Czech film director
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actress
 * -, French composer
 * - American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, English-born actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * - American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, English-born actress
 * -, Canadian actor

March-April

 * , Polish journalist
 * , South African singer
 * , American car designer (d. )
 * , American entertainment businessman (d. )
 * , American actress
 * , U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
 * -, player and Japanese baseball manager (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, American film critic
 * -, French-born author, biographer, and journalist
 * , American television actor (d. )
 * , American actress
 * -, Australian consumer activist (d.)
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , Russian film director (d. )
 * -, King of Malaysia
 * , Swiss conductor (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , Sri Lankan politician (assassinated) (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, American movie director
 * -, American fashion designer (d. )
 * -, British actor ()
 * -, English-born chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , American disc jockey and voice actor
 * , Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. )
 * -, American movie director
 * -, American fashion designer (d. )
 * -, British actor ()
 * -, English-born chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , American disc jockey and voice actor
 * , Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. )
 * , Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. )

May-June

 * , English poet
 * , Canadian artist
 * , Scottish actress
 * , American boxer (d. )
 * -, English singer (d. )
 * , American writer (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , New Zealand writer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * , American chemist, laureate
 * , English poet
 * -, English Actress
 * -, English artist
 * -, American soprano (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British Law Lord
 * -, English Actress
 * -, English artist
 * -, American soprano (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British Law Lord

July-August

 * -, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, African-American actor (d. )
 * -, Irish politician
 * -, U.S. Secretary of Defense
 * -, American runner
 * , Anthropologist, photographer and ethnographic filmmaker
 * , American football player (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, U.S. Senator
 * -, Indian actress (d. )
 * , American sportsman
 * , Irish-born actor
 * -, British painter and print-maker
 * -, African American ophthalmologist
 * -, American singer
 * -, Moroccan-born writer
 * -, American game show announcer
 * -, West Indian-born writer, laureate
 * -, Premier of British Columbia
 * -, West Indian-born writer, laureate
 * -, Premier of British Columbia

September-October

 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, American-born philanthropist (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, English footballer
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * , Canadian pianist (d. )
 * , American televangelist
 * , American actor
 * Dr ,
 * -, American economist
 * -, Indian actor (d. )
 * -, Japanese author and politician
 * -, Canadian television director
 * -, English ornithologist (d. )
 * -, Welsh snooker player
 * -, American photographer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American singer/songwriter (d. )
 * -, American comedian and activist
 * -, American political scientist and biographer
 * -, Lithuanian politician
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , American football player (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , French physicist, laureate
 * , Canadian economist, laureate
 * -, Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, American poet and author (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , French physicist, laureate
 * , Canadian economist, laureate
 * -, Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, American poet and author (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )

November-December

 * , (d. )
 * , American actor and director (d. )
 * -, Italian journalist
 * -, American film actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )
 * , British singer, actress, and songwriter
 * -, Philippine Novelty singer and movie actor (d. )
 * -, British-born comedian and game show host
 * -, American actor
 * , American actress
 * -, Argentinian writer (d. )
 * , American physicist
 * , American singer
 * -, American boxing promoter
 * , American actress
 * , American photographer
 * -, American jockey
 * -, American essayist
 * , Japanese conceptual artist
 * , American temperance movement leader
 * , Indian businessman (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )
 * , British politician
 * , American actress and singer
 * date unknown
 * , Irish artist
 * , Moroccan artist (d. )
 * , Fiji politician
 * , American dancer
 * , Indian businessman (d. )
 * , American singer (d. )
 * , British politician
 * , American actress and singer
 * date unknown
 * , Irish artist
 * , Moroccan artist (d. )
 * , Fiji politician
 * , American dancer

January - June

 * -, Italian Catholic Blessed (b. )
 * -, English football manager (b. )
 * - British writer and biographer (b. )
 * - Sir, English shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, industrialist (b. )
 * -, English novelist and screenwriter (b. )
 * -, French pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American band leader, conductor, and composer (b. )
 * -, French statesman, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (b. )
 * , American poet (b. )
 * , English cricketer (b. )
 * , father of (b.
 * , American researcher of the unusual (b. )
 * -, (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Irish writer and folklorist (b. )
 * -, American cyclist (b. )
 * -, Irish writer and folklorist (b. )
 * -, American cyclist (b. )

July - December

 * -, last king of Portugal (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, American Lutheran theologian (b. )
 * -, Italian Anarchist (b. )
 * -, Brazilian aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, English physician, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Paiute visionary
 * -, French poster designer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American painter (b. )
 * -, Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea (executed) (b. )

Nobel prizes

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 * - not awarded
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 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded