1932 Events

1932 Adolf Hitler runs for president of Germany
In February 1932, President Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to run again and announced his candidacy for re-election. Hitler decided to oppose him and run for the presidency himself. "Fr...
1932 Agatha Christie publishes Peril at End House
Peril at End House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club i...
1932
to 1933
Bauhaus School at Berlin
Although neither the Nazi Party nor Hitler himself had a cohesive architectural policy before they came to power in 1933, Nazi writers like Wilhelm Frick and Alfred Rosenberg had already ...
1932 'Brave New World' is Published
Huxley's 1932 work — about a drugged, dull and mass-produced society of the future — has been challenged for its themes of sexuality, drugs and suicide. The book parodies H.G. Wells' utop...
1932 Ford Köln is First Produced
Ford Köln is an automobile from the Cologne, Germany plant of the Ford Motor Company that was in production from 1932 to 1935. It was the German version of the Ford Model Y. The name came...
1932 Ford Model Y is First Produced
The Model Y was the first Ford specifically designed for markets outside the United States of America, replacing the Model A in Europe. The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 (RAC)hp Ford Sid...
1932
to 1933
The Ukrainian Holodomor
In recent years this national tragedy has become widely known as the Holodomor (from moryty holodom ‘to kill by means of starvation’). This tragic event was (1) a planned repression of th...
1932 Jan 28 'January 28 Incident' Sparks Short War Over City of Shanghai Between Japan and China
After the Mukden Incident, Japan had acquired the vast northeastern region of China and would eventually establish the puppet government of Manchukuo. However, the Japanese military plann...
1932 Feb 4
to 1932 Feb 15
 III Olympic Winter Games Held in Lake Placid, New York, United States
The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games...
1932 Feb 18 Proclamation of the Manchu State
On 18 February 1932 the Manchu State (Manchukuo, Pinyin: Mǎnzhōuguó)[3] was proclaimed and recognized by Japan on 16 September 1932. The city of Changchun, renamed Xinjing (新京, literally ...
1932 Feb 22 Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is born in Boston
Kennedy was born at St. Margaret's Hospital in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, who were both ...
1932 Feb 25 Adolf Hitler is Granted German Citizenship
In 1932, Hitler intended to run against the aging President Paul von Hindenburg in the scheduled presidential elections. His 27 January 1932 speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf won ...
1932 Feb 26 Johnny Cash is Born
Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter, actor, author, and Biblical scholar, who was one of the most influential musician...
1932 Mar 3 Japanese Army Withdraws from Shanghai, Officially Ending Conflict, Despite Continued Sporadic Fighting
On 29 February, the Japanese 11th Infantry Division landed near Liuhe behind Chinese lines. The defenders launched a desperate counterattack from 1 March but were unable to dislodge the J...
1932 Mar 22 "One Hour With You" Is Released
One Hour with You is a 1932 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and his assistant Sam Bellas from the Lothar Schmidt play Only a Dre...
1932 Apr Bonnie Parker Is Arrested
During Buck Barrow's time in jail in 1932, Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton and a rotating core group of associates participated in small robberies, mostly of stores and gas stations. In Ap...
1932 Apr Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Move to Detroit
"Frida began work on a series of masterpieces which had no precedent in the history of art - paintings which exalted the feminine quality of truth, reality, cruelty and suffering. Never be..." —Diego Rivera
1932 Apr 7 Ma Zhanshan Announces Reestablishment of the “Heilungkiang Provincial Government” Independent of Manchukuo (Manchu State)
At Heihe on April 7, Ma announced the reestablishment of the “Heilungkiang Provincial Government” independent of Manchukuo, and reorganized his troops into 9 brigades at the beginning of ...
1932 Apr 9 "Scarface" Is Released
Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American gangster film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen M...
1932 Apr 9 Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1932 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-five series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto would win the series in three straight to win their first Stanley C...
1932 Apr 12 "Grand Hotel" Is Released
Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The plot device of the film—bringing together several unrelated characters into one settin...
1932 Apr 12 Tiny Tim is Born
Herbert Khaury (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), better known by the stage name Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist. He was most famous for his ren...
1932 Apr 30 Clyde Barrow Commits A Robbery
During Buck Barrow's time in jail in 1932, Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton and a rotating core group of associates participated in small robberies, mostly of stores and gas stations. In Ap...
1932 May 7 "The Mouthpiece" Is Released
The Mouthpiece is a 1932 crime drama film directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent. * Warren William as Vincent 'Vince' Day * Sidney Fox as Celia Farraday * Aline MacMa...
1932 May 20 Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
On May 20-21, 1932, Earhart accomplished her goal of flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She took off from Newfoundland, Canada, at 7:12 p.m. on May 20, in her Lockheed Vega. Her fligh...
1932 Jun 7 Ronald Reagan Graduates from Eureka College
"Dutch," as the boy was called, was president of Dixon High School's student council. He worked his way through small Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, where he was student senate presi...
1932 Jun 17 Bonnie Parker is Released From Jail
During Buck Barrow's time in jail in 1932, Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton and a rotating core group of associates participated in small robberies, mostly of stores and gas stations. In Ap...
1932 Jun 24 A Coup Ends The Monarchy Of Siam
On June 24, 1932, during the reign of King Prajadhipok of the Chakri dynasty, a coup ended the absolute monarchy of Siam (present-day Thailand). The military-dominated constitutional mona...
1932 Jul 28 The Bonus Army Gathers In The Nation's Capital
On July 28, 1932, protesters known as the "Bonus Army," or "Bonus Expeditionary Forces (B.E.F.)," who had gathered in the nation's capital to demand an immediate lump-sum payment of pensi...
1932 Jul 30
to 1932 Aug 14
 Games Of The X Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California, United States
On July 30, 1932, United States Vice President Charles Curtis declared, "I proclaim open the Olympic Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." A crowd of 10...
1932 Aug 5 Clyde Barrow Kills A Deputy
On August 5, 1932, while Parker was visiting her mother, Barrow, Hamilton and Everett Milligan were drinking alcohol at a country dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma (illegal under Prohibition)...
1932 Aug 24
to 1932 Aug 25
 Amelia Earhart Becomes the First Woman to Fly Solo from Coast-to-Coast
On August 24-25, 1932, she flew from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey, in a record 19 hours, 5 minutes, flying a Lockheed Vega, also becoming the first woman to fly solo coa...
1932 Sep Gandhi Begins Six-Day Fast to Protest Separate Elections for Untouchables
A new twist to the civil disobedience movement came in September 1932 when Gandhi, who was in Yeravda Jail, went on a fast as a protest against the segregation of the so-called "untouchab...
1932 Sep 23 'Death In The Afternoon' Is Published
Death in the Afternoon (1932) marked a departure from the fiction-writing career of Ernest Hemingway. A study of the Spanish bullfight, the book grew out of the author's keen interest in ...
1932 Sep 28
to 1932 Oct 2
 1932 World Series
The 1932 World Series was played between the New York Yankees (American League) and the Chicago Cubs (National League), with the Yankees holding home field advantage. The Yankees swept th...
1932 Oct Iraq Granted Independence from British Empire
Iraq was granted official independence in 1932 in accordance with an agreement signed by the United Kingdom in 1930, whereby the United Kingdom would end its official mandate on the condi...
1932 Oct 1 Babe Ruth's Called Shot
It was October 1, 1932, when the Yankees met the Cubs at Wrigley Field for Game 3 of the World Series. The Yankees had won the first two games and had withstood having lemons and curse wo...
1932 Oct 6 'Light In August' Is Published
Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working ...
1932 Oct 11 Bonnie And Clyde Kill Their Second Victim
On August 5, 1932, while Parker was visiting her mother, Barrow, Hamilton and Everett Milligan were drinking alcohol at a country dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma (illegal under Prohibition)...
1932 Oct 23 Kenmore (MBTA station) Opens
Kenmore (also known as Kenmore Square) is an dual-island platform rapid transit station in the Kenmore Square area of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, owned and managed by the Massachu...
1932 Nov 9 Nadezhda Alliluyeva Dies
It was customary to bury not only rulers, but their wives, too, at the Novodevichy cemetery. At this point we would like to recall the wife of Joseph Stalin, Nadezhda Alliluyeva. This wom...
1932 Nov 18 5th Academy Awards
The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932 at a ceremony held at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ce...
1932 Dec Ronald Reagan Finds Radio Work
After graduating from Eureka in 1932, Reagan drove himself to Iowa, where he auditioned for a job at many small-town radio stations. The University of Iowa hired him to broadcast home foo...
1932 Dec 8 The Film Version of 'A Farewell to Arms' Is Released
Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes play Frederic and Catherine, a soldier and nurse who fall for each other in wartime, and they are matched perfectly. They bring Borzage's liking for towering, ...
1932 Dec 18 Rosa Parks marries Raymond Parks
In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery, at her mother's house. Raymond was a member of the NAACP, at the time collecting money to support the Scottsboro Boys, a gro...
1932 Dec 25 Gansu Earthquake of 1932
A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 Richter scale hit Changma fort (39.7°N, 97.0°E) in Gansu Province at 10:04:27 am on December 25, 1932. The epicenter intensity was X and 70 thousand peop...
1932 Dec 27 Radio City Music Hall Opens
Radio City Music Hall opened to the public on December 27, 1932. Located in New York City's Rockefeller Center, this fabulous Art Deco theater is home to the The Radio City Christmas Spec...