1932 - What happened in 1932 ?

January 1932

Tuesday 12:

Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.

Thursday 28:

World War II: Japan occupies Shanghai.

February 1932

Thursday 04:

Asteroid 1239 Queteleta discovered by Eugène Joseph Delporte.

Thursday 18:

The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from China.

Monday 29:

TIME magazine features eccentric American politician William "Alfalfa" Murray on its cover after Murray stated his intention to run for President of the United States.

March 1932

Tuesday 01:

The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.

Saturday 19:

Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

April 1932

Saturday 23:

The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, the Netherlands burns down.

Thursday 28:

A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.

May 1932

Thursday 12:

Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home.

Sunday 15:

The May 15 incident. In an attempted coup the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.

Friday 20:

Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

Saturday 21:

Amelia Earhart, because of bad weather, lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Friday 27:

The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

June 1932

Monday 06:

The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (26 ¢/L) sold.

Friday 24:

A military coup ends the absolute power of the king of Siam (Thailand).

July 1932

Friday 08:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.

Tuesday 12:

Hedley Verity establishes a first-class record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.

Wednesday 20:

In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House.

Thursday 28:

US President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, DC.

Saturday 30:

The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California.

August 1932

Wednesday 10:

A 5.1 kg chondrite type meteorite broke into at least seven pieces and struck earth near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

Wednesday 24:

Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

September 1932

Saturday 10:

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned "IND", is opened.

Sunday 11:

Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm.

Sunday 18:

Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the H in the Hollywood sign, forever turning the sign into a symbol for the paradox of the American film industry.

Friday 23:

The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

October 1932

Monday 03:

Iraq gains its independence.

Saturday 08:

The Indian Air Force is established.

Saturday 15:

Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

November 1932

Monday 07:

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio for the first time.

Tuesday 08:

U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

Wednesday 09:

Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.

Thursday 24:

In Washington, DC, the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.

December 1932

Monday 05:

German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa

Wednesday 14:

Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom

Sunday 25:

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people

Tuesday 27:

Radio City Music Hall opens