1932 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1932?
- 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 3, 1932 – Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
- February 4, 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
- February 17, 1932 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 25, 1932 – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
- April 28, 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
- May 2, 1932 – Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
- May 15, 1932 – The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
- 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 24, 1932 – A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People’s Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
- July 9, 1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- July 17, 1932 – Altona Bloody Sunday.
- July 31, 1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- August 10, 1932 – A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
- 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 29, 1932 – Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
- November 3, 1932 – Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- December 5, 1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
- December 10, 1932 – Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- December 19, 1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service
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