July 1932

Sunday 03:

First Sunday game at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 13-2, and John McGraw retires from baseball.

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.

Friday 29:

Great Depression: In Washington, DC, US troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

Saturday 30:

The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California.