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1932 Calendar
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1932 Historical Event(s)
- 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 28, 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- September 5, 1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
- October 15, 1932 – Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- December 27, 1932 – Radio City Music Hall opened in New York, New York.
Who Were Born On 1932?
- February 12, 1932 – Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
- March 31, 1932 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
- April 21, 1932 – Elaine May, American comedian
- May 3, 1932 – Robert Osborne, American film historian
- June 27, 1932 – Eddie Kasko, baseball player
- August 18, 1932 – William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
- September 4, 1932 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
- September 25, 1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1977–1981)
- December 15, 1932 – Jesse Belvin, American musician (d. 1960)
- December 28, 1932 – Roy Hattersley, British politician