May 1932

Monday 02:

Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

Wednesday 04:

In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

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.

Thursday 19:

The gangster film ' opens at the Rialto Theater in Los Angeles, California.

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.