1932 34775 225915906 2008-07-16T00:18:43Z 83.3.154.74 {{year nav|1932}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1932''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC}} == Events of 1932 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 3]] - British arrest and intern [[Mohandas Gandhi]] and [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]. * [[January 7]] - The [[Stimson Doctrine]] is proclaimed in response to the [[Japan]]ese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. * [[January 8]] - In Britain the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] forbids church remarriage of divorced persons. [[Image:Gandhi studio 1931.jpg|thumb|100px|right| [[January 3]]: Arrest of [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gandhi]] & [[Vallabhbhai Patel|Patel]].]] * [[January 12]] - [[Hattie W. Caraway]] becomes the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. * [[January 14]] - [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Concerto in G (Ravel)|Concerto in G]]'' debuts with piano soloist [[Marguerite Long]] and Ravel conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra. * [[January 15]] - About 6 million are unemployed in [[Germany]]. * [[January 26]] - British submarine [[HMS M2]] sinks with all 60 hands. * [[January 28]] - [[Japan]] occupies [[Shanghai]]. * [[January 29]] - Minority government of [[Karl Mureschi]] in [[Austria]] ends the governmental crisis. * [[January 30]] - ''[[Brave New World]]'', a novel by [[Aldous Huxley]], is first published. * [[January 31]] - Japanese warships arrive in [[Nanking]]. ===February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[February 2]] **General convention of [[disarmament]] begins in [[Geneva]]. **[[League of Nations]] again recommends negotiations between the [[Republic of China]] and [[Japan]]. **[[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]] begins operations. * [[February 4]] - [[1932 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Lake Placid, New York]]. Japan occupies [[Harbin]], [[China]]. * [[February 11]] - [[Pope Pius XI]] meets [[Benito Mussolini]] in [[Vatican City]]. * [[February 15]] - ''Clara, Lu & Em'', generally regarded as the first daytime network [[soap opera]], debuts in its morning time slot over the [[Blue Network]] of [[NBC]] Radio, having originally been a late evening program. * [[February 18]] - Japan declares [[Manzhouguo]] (Japanese name for [[Manchuria]]) formally independent from China. * [[February 25]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] obtains German citizenship by [[naturalization]], opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for [[Reichspräsident]]. * [[February 27]] - [[Mäntsälä Rebellion]] occurs in [[Finland]]. ===March=== * [[March 1]] - [[Charles Lindbergh, Jr.]], the infant son of [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]] and [[Charles Lindbergh]], is kidnapped from the family home near [[Hopewell, New Jersey]]. * [[March 7]] - Four people are killed when police fire upon 3000 unemployed autoworkers marching outside the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[River Rouge Plant]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]]. * [[March 9]] - [[Eamon de Valera]] is elected [[President of the Executive Council]]. It is the first change of government in the [[Irish Free State]] in 10 years. * [[March 18]] - Peace negotiations between China and Japan begin. * [[March 19]] - [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] opens. * [[March 20]] - [[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]] begins a regular route to South America. * [[March 25]] - ''[[Tarzan the Ape Man]]'' opens, with Olympic gold medal swimmer [[Johnny Weissmuller]] in the title role. Weismuller starred in a total of 12 [[Tarzan]] 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 [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. *April - ''Kreuger & Toll'', the company of the "Match King" [[Ivar Kreuger]], collapses. * [[April 5]] - Prohibition is lifted in [[Finland]] at 10 in the morning (local time), resulting in a new [[mnemonic]] "[[Alko|543210]]". * [[April 6]] **U.S. president [[Herbert Hoover]] supports armament limitations. **Trial against fraudulent art dealer [[Otto Wacker]] begins in [[Berlin]]. * [[April 10]] - [[Paul von Hindenburg]] is elected president of Germany. * [[April 17]] - [[Haile Selassie]] announces an anti-[[slavery]] law in [[Abyssinia]]. * [[April 19]] - German art dealer [[Otto Wacker]] is sentenced to 19 months in prison for selling [[art forgery|fraudulent]] paintings he attributed to [[Vincent van Gogh]]. * [[April 25]] - Two of the companions of [[Islam]]'s Last Prophet [[Muhammad]] were moved from their graves upon informing of water in the graves in the dream of [[King Faisal]] of [[Iraq]] in Salmaan Paak, [[Iraq]]. Their names were Hazrat [[Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman]] and Hazrat [[Jabir ibn Abd-Allah]]. ===May=== *[[May 2]] - Comedian [[Jack Benny]]'s radio show airs for the first time. * [[May 6]] - [[Paul Gorguloff]] assassinates French president [[Paul Doumer]] in [[Paris]]. Doumer dies the next day. * [[May 10]] - [[Albert Lebrun]] becomes the new [[president of France]]. * [[May 12]] - Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. * [[May 13]] - The [[Premier of New South Wales]], [[Jack Lang (Australia)|Jack Lang]], is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Phillip Game. * [[May 15]] - Japanese troops leave Shanghai; [[May 15 Incident]], the assassination of Japanese prime minister [[Tsuyoshi Inukai]], occurs. * [[May 16]] - Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] - thousands dead and injured. * [[May 20]]-21 - [[Amelia Earhart]] flies from USA to [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]] in 14 hours 54 minutes. * [[May 29]] - The first of approximately 15,000 [[World War I]] veterans arrive in [[Washington, D.C.]] demanding the immediate payment of their military bonus, becoming known as the [[Bonus Army]]. * [[May 30]] - German [[chancellor]] [[Heinrich Brüning]] resigns. President Hindenburg takes [[Franz von Papen]] to form a new government. ===June=== * [[June 4]] - [[Military coup]] occurs in [[Chile]]. * [[June 6]] - The [[Revenue Act of 1932]] is enacted, creating the first [[gas tax]] in the [[United States]] at 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ¢/L) sold. * [[June 14]] - Bans against SS and [[SA]] overturned in [[Germany]]. * [[June 20]] - [[Benelux]] customs union is negotiated. * [[June 24]] - After a relatively bloodless military rebellion, [[Thailand|Siam]] becomes a [[constitutional monarchy]]. * [[June 29]] - The comedy serial ''[[Vic and Sade]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] Radio. ===July=== * [[July 5]] - [[Antonio de Oliveira Salazar]] becomes the [[fascist]] prime minister of [[Portugal]] (for the next 36 years). * [[July 7]] - French submarine [[Sromethee]] sinks off [[Cherbourg-Octeville|Cherbourg]] - 66 dead. * [[July 8]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its lowest level of the [[Great Depression]], bottoming out at 41.22. *[[July 12]] **[[Norway]] annexes northern [[Greenland]]. **[[Hedley Verity]] establishes a new [[first-class cricket]] record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm. * [[July 17]] - [[Bloody Sunday (1932)|Bloody Sunday]] of Altona in Germany - armed [[communist]]s attack a [[National Socialist German Workers Party|national socialist]] demonstration - 18 dead. Many other political street fights follow. * [[July 28]] - U.S. President [[Herbert Hoover]] orders the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] to forcibly evict the [[Bonus Army]] of [[World War I]] veterans gathered in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Troops dispersed the last of the Bonus Army the next day. * [[July 30]] **[[1932 Summer Olympics]] open in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. **Walt Disney's ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', the first animated cartoon to be presented in full [[Technicolor]], premieres in Los Angeles, California. It releases in theaters, along with [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s experimental play ''[[Strange Interlude]]'' (starring [[Norma Shearer]] and [[Clark Gable]]), and will go on to win the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short]]. ===August=== * August - Beginning of farmers' revolt in [[Midwestern United States]]. *[[August 1]] - Beginning of the second [[International Polar Year]], an international scientific collaboration. * [[August 2]] - First [[positron]] is discovered by [[Carl D. Anderson]]. * [[August 6]] - First [[Venice Film Festival]] is held. * [[August 7]] - Raymond Edward Welch (1894 - 1964) became first one legged man to scale the 6,288 ft. Mount Washington, NH. * [[August 10]] - A 5.1 [[kilogram|kg]] [[chondrite]]-type [[meteorite]] broke into at least seven fragments and struck earth near the town of [[Archie, Missouri|Archie]] in [[Cass County, Missouri]]. * [[August 18]] - [[Auguste Piccard]] reaches altitude of 16,197 meters with an air balloon. * [[August 30]] - [[Hermann Göring]] is elected as a chairman of German senate. * [[August 31]] - Total [[solar eclipse]] visible from northern Canada through NE Vermont, New Hampshire, SW Maine, and the Capes of Massachusetts. ===September=== * [[September 9]] - The Generalitat reinstated, [[Catalonia]] regains political autonomy inside the [[Spain|2nd Spanish Republic]] from [[September 25]]. * [[September 11]] - Canadian operations end on the [[Great Gorge and International Railway]]. * [[September 18]] - Actress [[Peg Entwistle]] commits [[suicide]] jumping from the letter H of the (then) "[[Hollywood]]land" sign. * [[September 20]] - [[Mohandas Gandhi]] begins a [[hunger]] strike in [[Poona]] prison. * [[September 23]] - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. * [[September 28]] - According to [[Prussia]]n statistics, 115 people have been killed in political riots during the year. ===October=== * [[October 15]] **Tata Airlines (later to become [[Air India]]) makes its first flight. **The [[Michigan Marching Band]] (then called the Varsity band) debuts [[Script Ohio]] at the Michigan versus Ohio State game in Columbus. * [[October 19]] - Wedding of [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten|Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden]] and [[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]]. * [[October 23]] - [[Fred Allen]]'s radio comedy show debuts on [[CBS]]. ===November=== [[Image:Enigma-plugboard.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In 1932 the ''[[Cipher Bureau]]'' broke the German Enigma cipher and overcame the ever-growing structural and operating complexities of the evolving [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] with [[plugboard]], the main German cipher device during [[World War II]]. ]] * [[November 1]] - [[San Francisco]] Opera House opens. * [[November 7]] - ''[[Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' airs on [[radio]] for the first time. * [[November 8]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1932]]: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. * [[November 9]] **Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in [[Switzerland]] - 13 dead, 60 injured. **A [[hurricane]] and huge waves kills about 2,500 in [[Santa Cruz del Sur]] in the worst [[natural disaster]] in [[Cuba]] history. * [[November 16]] - [[New York City]]'s [[Palace Theatre, New York|Palace Theatre]] fully converts to a [[Movie theater|cinema]], which is considered the final death knell of [[vaudeville]] as a popular entertainment in the United States. * [[November 19]] - Second wife of [[Joseph Stalin]] is found dead in her home. * [[November 21]] - German president [[Paul von Hindenburg|Hindenburg]] begins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government. * [[November 24]] - In Washington, DC, the [[FBI]] Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. * [[November 30]] - The [[Cipher Bureau]] breaks the German [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] cipher. ===December=== * [[December 3]] - Hindenburg names [[Kurt von Schleicher]] as a German chancellor. * [[December 12]] - Japan and [[Soviet Union]] reform their diplomatic connections. * [[December 19]] - [[BBC World Service]] begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. * [[December 25]] - [[Earthquake]] in the [[Kansu|Kansu Province]] in [[China]]: 70,000 dead. * [[December 27]] - [[Radio City Music Hall]] opens in New York City. ===Undated=== *Heath Hen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_hen] becomes extinct. * Female [[suffrage]] granted in [[Brazil]]. *Beginning of the [[Chaco War]] between [[Bolivia]] and [[Paraguay]]. *[[Mars Bar]] is sold for the first time. * [[Zippo]] lighters are developed. * [[Zero-length spring]]s are invented, revolutionizing [[seismometers]] and [[gravimeter]]s. * The [[Kennedy-Thorndike experiment]] shows that measured time as well as length are affected by motion, in accordance with the theory of [[special relativity]]. * [[James Chadwick]] discovers the [[neutron]]. * Geneticist [[J. B. S. Haldane]] publishes ''The Causes of Evolution'' and thereby unifies the findings of Mendelian [[genetics]] with those of [[evolution]]ary science. * [[Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition]] established for [[repeal of prohibition]] in U.S. * [[Prontosil]], the first oral [[antibiotic]], is discovered by [[Gerhard Domagk]], but no publication occurs until [[1935]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 7}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Tzaims Luksus]], American artist and fashion designer *[[January 3]] **[[Dabney Coleman]], American actor **[[Neil Levang]], American musician **[[Coo Coo Marlin]], American race car driver (d. [[2005]]) *[[January 5]] **[[Johnny Adams]], American musician (d. [[1998]]) **[[Umberto Eco]], Italian scholar and author *[[January 6]] - [[Stuart A. Rice]], American chemist *[[January 13]] - [[Joseph Cardinal Zen]], Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong *[[January 16]] - [[Dian Fossey]], American zoologist (d. [[1985]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American author *[[January 22]] - [[Piper Laurie]], American actress *[[January 25]] - [[Nikolay Anikin]], Soviet cross-country skier *[[January 26]] - [[Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer (d. [[2004]]) *[[January 29]] **[[Tommy Taylor]], English footballer (d. [[1958]]) **[[George Allen (footballer)|George Allen]], English footballer *[[January 30]] - [[Knock Yokoyama]], Japanese comedian and politician * [[February 1]] - [[John Nott]], British polictian * [[February 3]] - [[Peggy Ann Garner]], American actress (d. [[1984]]) * [[February 6]] - [[François Truffaut]], French film director (d. [[1984]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Gay Talese]], American author * [[February 8]] - [[John Williams (composer)|John Williams]], American composer and conductor * [[February 9]] - [[Gerhard Richter]], German painter * [[February 11]] **[[Jerome Lowenthal]], American pianist **[[Dennis Skinner]], British politician * [[February 12]] - [[Julian Lincoln Simon]], American economist and author (d. [[1998]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Alexander Kluge]], German author and film director * [[February 16]] - [[Harry Goz]], American actor (d. [[2003]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Miloš Forman]], Czech film director * [[February 20]] - [[Adrian Cristobal]], Filipino writer (d. [[2007]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]], American politician * [[February 22]] - [[Robert Opron]], French automotive designer * [[February 23]] - [[Majel Barrett]], American actress * [[February 24]] - [[Michel Legrand]], French composer * [[February 25]] - [[Faron Young]] American singer (d. [[1996]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Johnny Cash]], American singer (d. [[2003]]) * [[February 27]] - [[Elizabeth Taylor]], English-born actress * [[February 28]] - [[Don Francks]], Canadian actor ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[March 4]] **[[Ryszard Kapuściński]], Polish journalist **[[Miriam Makeba]], South African singer **[[Ed Roth]], American car designer (d. [[2001]]) **[[Frank Wells]], American entertainment businessman (d. [[1994]]) * [[March 6]] - [[Bronisław Geremek]], Polish social historian and politician (d. [[2008]]) * [[March 12]] ** [[Barbara Feldon]], American actress ** [[Andrew Young]], U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations * [[March 16]] - [[Don Blasingame]], [[Major League Baseball]] player and Japanese baseball manager (d. [[2005]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Donald N. Langenberg]], American physicist * [[March 18]] - [[John Updike]], American author * [[March 21]] - [[Walter Gilbert]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[March 25]] - [[Gene Shalit]], American film critic * [[March 30]] - [[Ted Morgan]], French-born author, biographer, and journalist *[[April 1]] **[[Gordon Jump]], American television actor (d. [[2003]]) **[[Debbie Reynolds]], American actress *[[April 2]] - [[Michael Vernon]], Australian consumer activist (d.[[1993]]) *[[April 4]] **[[Anthony Perkins]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) **[[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian film director (d. [[1986]]) *[[April 8]] - [[Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail]], King of Malaysia *[[April 9]] **[[Armin Jordan]], Swiss conductor (d. [[2006]]) **[[Carl Perkins]], American musician (d. [[1998]]) *[[April 11]] - [[Joel Grey]], American actor *[[April 12]] **[[Lakshman Kadirgamar]], Sri Lankan politician (assassinated) (d. [[2005]]) **[[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]], American musician (d. [[1996]]) *[[April 21]] - [[Elaine May]], American movie director *[[April 23]] - [[Halston]], American fashion designer (d. [[1990]]) *[[April 25]] - [[William Roache]], British actor (''[[Coronation Street]]'') *[[April 26]] - [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2000]]) *[[April 27]] **[[Casey Kasem]], American disc jockey and voice actor **[[Gian-Carlo Rota]], Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. [[1999]]) ===May-June=== *[[May 7]] **[[Jenny Joseph]], English poet ** [[Jordi Bonet]], Canadian artist *[[May 8]] **[[Phyllida Law]], Scottish actress **[[Sonny Liston]], American boxer (d. [[1970]]) *[[May]] *[[May 19]] - [[Alma Cogan]], English singer (d. [[1966]]) *[[May 25]] **[[John Gregory Dunne]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) **[[Roger Bowen]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) **[[K.C. Jones]], American basketball player and coach *[[June 4]] **[[John Drew Barrymore]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) **[[Maurice Shadbolt]], New Zealand writer (d. [[2004]]) *[[June 9]] - [[Jack Imel]], American singer *[[June 12]] - [[Rona Jaffe]], American novelist (d. [[2005]]) *[[June 15]] - [[Mario Cuomo]], American politician *[[June 18]] **[[Dudley R. Herschbach]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Geoffrey Hill]], English poet *[[June 22]] - [[Prunella Scales]], English Actress *[[June 25]] - [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]], English artist *[[June 27]] - [[Anna Moffo]], American soprano (d. [[2006]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Pat Morita]], American actor (d. [[2005]]) *[[June 29]] - [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton]], British Law Lord ===July-August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] - [[Dave Thomas (American businessman)|Dave Thomas]], American fast-food entrepreneur (d. [[2002]]) *[[July 4]] - [[Otis Young]], African-American actor (d. [[2001]]) *[[July 7]] - [[Eileen Lemass]], Irish politician *[[July 9]] - [[Donald Rumsfeld]], U.S. Secretary of Defense *[[July 12]] - [[Otis Davis]], American runner *[[July 16]] **[[Tim Asch]], Anthropologist, photographer and ethnographic filmmaker **[[Max McGee]], American football player (d. [[2007]]) *[[July 21]] - [[Ernie Warlick]], American football player *[[July 29]] - [[Nancy Kassebaum Baker|Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker]], U.S. Senator * [[August 1]] - [[Meena Kumari]], Indian actress (d. [[1972]]) * [[August 2]] **[[Lamar Hunt]], American sportsman **[[Peter O'Toole]], Irish actor * [[August 6]] - [[Howard Hodgkin]], British painter and print-maker * [[August 7]] - [[Maurice Rabb, Jr.|Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr.]], African American ophthalmologist * [[August 8]] - [[Mel Tillis]], American singer * [[August 11]] - [[Fernando Arrabal]], Moroccan-born writer * [[August 12]] - [[Charlie O'Donnell]], American game show announcer * [[August 17]] - [[V. S. Naipaul]], West Indian-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[August 18]] - [[William R. Bennett]], Premier of British Columbia ===September-October=== * [[September 4]] - [[Dinsdale Landen]], British actor (d. [[2003]]) * [[September 7]] - [[Paul Getty]], American-born philanthropist (d. [[2003]]) * [[September 8]] - [[Patsy Cline]], American singer (d. [[1963]]) * [[September 11]] - [[Peter Anderson (footballer)|Peter Anderson]], English footballer * [[September 18]] - [[Nikolai Rukavishnikov]], cosmonaut (d. [[2002]]) * [[September 22]] - [[Algirdas Brazauskas]], [[President of Lithuania]] * [[September 25]] **[[Glenn Gould]], Canadian pianist (d. [[1982]]) **[[Charles Stanley]], American televangelist * [[September 26]] **[[Richard Herd]], American actor **Dr [[Manmohan Singh]], [[Prime Minister of India]] * [[September 27]] - [[Oliver E. Williamson]], American economist *[[September 29]] - [[Mehmood]], Indian actor (d. [[2004]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Shintaro Ishihara]], Japanese author and politician * [[October 4]] - [[Milan Chvostek]], Canadian television director * [[October 5]] - [[Michael John Rogers]], English ornithologist (d. [[2006]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Ray Reardon]], Welsh snooker player *[[October 9]] - [[David Plowden]], American photographer * [[October 10]] - [[Harry Smith (footballer)|Harry Smith]], English footballer * [[October 11]] - [[Dottie West]], American singer/songwriter (d. [[1991]]) * [[October 12]] - [[Dick Gregory]], American comedian and activist * [[October 13]] - [[Jean Edward Smith]], American political scientist and biographer * [[October 18]] - [[Vytautas Landsbergis]], Lithuanian politician * [[October 19]] - [[Robert Reed]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) * [[October 20]] **[[Rosey Brown]], American football player (d. [[2004]]) **[[William Christopher]], American actor * [[October 24]] **[[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Robert Mundell]], Canadian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[October 25]] - [[Harry Gregg]], Irish footballer and football manager * [[October 27]] - [[Sylvia Plath]], American poet and author (d. [[1963]]) * [[October 28]] - [[Suzy Parker]], American actress (d. [[2003]]) ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 3]] - [[Albert Reynolds]], eighth [[Taoiseach]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] * [[November 4]] **[[Thomas Klestil]], [[President of Austria]] (d. [[2004]]) **[[Noam Pitlik]], American actor and director (d. [[1999]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Germano Mosconi]], Italian journalist * [[November 10]] - [[Roy Scheider]], American film actor (d. [[2008]]) * [[November 12]] - [[Jerry Douglas (actor)|Jerry Douglas]], American actor * [[November 13]] - [[Richard Mulligan]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) * [[November 15]] - **[[Clyde McPhatter]], American singer (d. [[1972]]) **[[Petula Clark]], British singer, actress, and songwriter * [[November 18]] - [[Yoyoy Villame]], Philippine Novelty singer and movie actor (d. [[2007]]) * [[November 20]] - [[Richard Dawson]], British-born comedian and game show host * [[November 22]] - [[Robert Vaughn]], American actor * [[November 27]] - [[Benigno Aquino, Jr.]], Filipino politician and senator (d. [[1983]]) * [[November 29]] **[[Jacques Chirac]], [[President of France]] **[[Diane Ladd]], American actress * [[December 2]] - [[Manuel Puig]], Argentinian writer (d. [[1990]]) * [[December 5]] **[[Sheldon Lee Glashow]], American physicist **[[Little Richard]], American singer * [[December 6]] - [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]], American boxing promoter * [[December 7]] **[[Ellen Burstyn]], American actress **[[Paul Caponigro]], American photographer * [[December 9]] - [[Bill Hartack]], American jockey *[[December 9]] - [[Morton Downey, Jr.]], American television personality (d. [[2001]]) * [[December 21]] - [[Edward Hoagland]], American essayist * [[December 24]] **[[On Kawara]], Japanese conceptual artist **[[Earl Dodge]], American temperance movement leader * [[December 28]] **[[Dhirubhai Ambani]], Indian businessman (d. [[2002]]) **[[Dorsey Burnette]], American singer (d. [[1979]]) **[[Roy Hattersley]], British politician **[[Nichelle Nichols]], American actress and singer *''date unknown'' **[[Basil Blackshaw]], Irish artist **[[Mohamed Hamri]], Moroccan artist (d. [[2000]]) **[[Irene Jai Narayan]], Fiji politician **[[Blaze Starr]], American dancer ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 8]] - [[Eurosia Fabris]], Italian Catholic ''Blessed'' (b. [[1866]]) * [[January 13]] - [[J. Ernest Mangnall]], English football manager (b. [[1866]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Giles Lytton Strachey]] British writer and biographer (b. [[1880]]) *[[January 24]] - Sir [[Alfred Yarrow]], English shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. [[1842]]) * [[January 26]] - [[William Wrigley Jr.]], [[U.S.]][[chewing gum]] industrialist (b. [[1861]]) *[[February 10]] - [[Edgar Wallace]], English novelist and screenwriter (b. [[1875]]) *[[February 16]] - [[Ferdinand Buisson]], French pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1841]]) *[[March 1]] - [[Frank Teschemacher]], American musician (b. [[1906]]) *[[March 6]] - [[John Philip Sousa]], American band leader, conductor, and composer (b. [[1854]]) *[[March 7]] - [[Aristide Briand]], French statesman, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1862]]) *[[March 14]] - [[George Eastman]], American inventor (b. [[1854]]) *[[March 31]] - [[Eben Byers]], American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. [[1880]]) *[[April 4]] - [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1853]]) *[[April 20]] - [[Giuseppe Peano]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1858]]) *[[April 26]] - [[William Lockwood]], English cricketer (b. [[1868]]) *[[April 27]] - [[Hart Crane]], American poet (b. [[1899]]) *[[May 3]] - **[[Henri de Gaulle]], father of [[Charles de Gaulle]] (b. [[1848]] **[[Charles Fort]], American researcher of the unusual (b. [[1874]]) *[[May 7]] - [[Paul Doumer]], [[President of France]] (assassinated) (b. [[1857]]) *[[May 15]] - [[Tsuyoshi Inukai]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (assassinated) (b. [[1855]]) *[[May 17]] - [[Frederick C. Billard]], [[Commandant of the Coast Guard|Commandant of the United States Coast Guard]] (b. [[1873]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Lady Gregory]], Irish writer and folklorist (b. [[1852]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Major Taylor]], American cyclist (b. [[1878]]) *[[June 22]] - [[Tommy Treichel]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1892]]) ===July - December=== <!--DEATHS--> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] - [[Manuel II of Portugal]], last king of Portugal (b. [[1889]]) *[[July 6]] - [[Kenneth Grahame]], English author (b. [[1859]]) *[[July 7]] - [[Henry Eyster Jacobs]], American Lutheran theologian (b. [[1844]]) *[[July 22]] - [[Errico Malatesta]], Italian Anarchist (b. [[1853]]) *[[July 23]] - [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]], Brazilian aviation pioneer (b. [[1873]]) *[[July 23]] - [[Tenby Davies]], Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b. [[1884]]) *[[September 16]] - [[Ronald Ross]], English physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1857]]) *[[September 20]] - [[Wovoka]], Paiute visionary *[[September 23]] - [[Jules Chéret]], French poster designer (b. [[1836]]) *[[October 5]] - [[Christopher Brennan]] (b. [[1870]]) *[[October 17]] - [[Lucy Bacon]], American painter (b. [[1857]]) *[[December 19]] - [[Yoon Bong-Gil]], Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea (executed) (b. [[1908]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Werner Heisenberg|Werner Karl Heisenberg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Irving Langmuir]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - Sir [[Charles Scott Sherrington]], [[Edgar Douglas Adrian]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[John Galsworthy]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - not awarded ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1932/1932fr.html The 1930s Timeline: 1932] &mdash; from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1932| ]] [[af:1932]] [[am:1932 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1932]] [[an:1932]] [[roa-rup:1932]] [[frp:1932]] [[ast:1932]] [[av:1932]] [[az:1932]] [[bn:১৯৩২]] [[zh-min-nan:1932 nî]] [[map-bms:1932]] [[be:1932]] [[be-x-old:1932]] [[bh:१९३२]] [[bs:1932]] [[br:1932]] [[bg:1932]] [[ca:1932]] [[cv:1932]] [[cs:1932]] [[co:1932]] [[cy:1932]] [[da:1932]] [[de:1932]] [[et:1932]] [[el:1932]] [[es:1932]] [[eo:1932]] [[eu:1932]] [[fa:۱۹۳۲ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1932]] [[hif:1932]] [[fr:1932]] [[fy:1932]] [[fur:1932]] [[ga:1932]] [[gan:1932年]] [[gv:1932]] [[gd:1932]] [[gl:1932]] [[ko:1932년]] [[hy:1932]] [[hi:1932]] [[hr:1932.]] [[io:1932]] [[ilo:1932]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৩২]] [[id:1932]] [[ia:1932]] [[os:1932]] [[is:1932]] [[it:1932]] [[he:1932]] [[jv:1932]] [[pam:1932]] [[kn:೧೯೩೨]] [[ka:1932]] [[csb:1932]] [[kk:1932]] [[kw:1932]] [[sw:1932]] [[ht:1932 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1932]] [[la:1932]] [[lv:1932]] [[lb:1932]] [[lt:1932 m.]] [[lij:1932]] [[hu:1932]] [[mk:1932]] [[mi:1932]] [[mr:इ.स. १९३२]] [[ms:1932]] [[nah:1932]] [[nl:1932]] [[new:ई सं १९३२]] [[ja:1932年]] [[nap:1932]] [[no:1932]] [[nn:1932]] [[nrm:1932]] [[nov:1932]] [[oc:1932]] [[uz:1932]] [[pi:१९३२]] [[nds:1932]] [[pl:1932]] [[pt:1932]] [[ty:1932]] [[ksh:Joohr 1932]] [[ro:1932]] [[ru:1932 год]] [[se:1932]] [[sq:1932]] [[scn:1932]] [[simple:1932]] [[sk:1932]] [[sl:1932]] [[sr:1932]] [[sh:1932]] [[su:1932]] [[fi:1932]] [[sv:1932]] [[tl:1932]] [[ta:1932]] [[tt:1932]] [[te:1932]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2475]] [[vi:1932]] [[tg:1932]] [[tr:1932]] [[uk:1932]] [[vec:1932]] [[wa:1932]] [[vls:1932]] [[yo:1932]] [[zh-yue:1932年]] [[cbk-zam:1932]] [[bat-smg:1932]] [[zh:1932年]]