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 28, 1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
- February 17, 1932 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- April 5, 1932 – Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
- April 23, 1932 – The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- 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 28, 1932 – In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
- June 6, 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
- 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 12, 1932 – Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
- September 5, 1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
- September 24, 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” (Untouchables).
- November 3, 1932 – Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- November 24, 1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- December 5, 1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
- 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 opened in New York, New York.
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