Important Historical Events of the year 1932, Year 1932 in History
List of 1932 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1932
What happened in the year 1932?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1, 1932 | The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. |
| January 12, 1932 | Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. |
| January 21, 1932 | Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. |
| January 25, 1932 | Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin. |
| January 28, 1932 | Japanese forces attack Shanghai. |
| February 4, 1932 | Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan. |
| February 9, 1932 | Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.[11] |
| February 18, 1932 | The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State. |
| February 25, 1932 | Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election. |
| March 1, 1932 | Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son Charles Jr is kidnapped from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His body would not be found until May 12. |
| March 2, 1932 | Finnish president P. E. Svinhufvud gave a radio speech, which four days later finally ended the Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right Lapua Movement that started it.[10] |
| March 19, 1932 | The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. |
| March 25, 1932 | The famous Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens. |
| April 5, 1932 | Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. |
| April 24, 1932 | Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. |
| May 4, 1932 | In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion. |
| May 12, 1932 | Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. |
| May 15, 1932 | In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. |
| May 20, 1932 | 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. |
| May 21, 1932 | Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| May 23, 1932 | In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later. |
| May 28, 1932 | In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. |
| May 29, 1932 | World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. |
| June 4, 1932 | Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. |
| June 17, 1932 | Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. |
| June 24, 1932 | A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). |
| July 1, 1932 | Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed. |
| July 8, 1932 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. |
| July 9, 1932 | The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution. |
| July 17, 1932 | Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues. |
| July 20, 1932 | In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government. |
| July 28, 1932 | U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. |
| July 29, 1932 | Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. |
| July 30, 1932 | Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. |
| July 31, 1932 | The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. |
| August 2, 1932 | The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. |
| August 24, 1932 | Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey). |
| September 5, 1932 | The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger. |
| September 7, 1932 | The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. |
| September 10, 1932 | The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. |
| September 17, 1932 | A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident. |
| September 24, 1932 | Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables). |
| September 29, 1932 | Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War. |
| October 3, 1932 | The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| October 15, 1932 | Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. |
| October 25, 1932 | George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party. |
| November 3, 1932 | Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece. |
| November 8, 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover. |
| November 24, 1932 | In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. |
| December 7, 1932 | German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. |
| December 10, 1932 | Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. |
| December 18, 1932 | The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship. |
| December 19, 1932 | BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. |
| December 25, 1932 | A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people. |
| December 27, 1932 | Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City. |