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1932 Calendar

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•  January 3, 1932 – Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
•  February 17, 1932 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  February 18, 1932 – The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
•  March 1, 1932 – The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
•  April 5, 1932 – Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
•  July 12, 1932 – Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
•  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 10, 1932 – The New York City Subway’s third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
•  September 23, 1932 – The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
•  November 3, 1932 – Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

•  January 3, 1932 – Dabney Coleman, American actor
•  January 4, 1932 – Carlos Saura, Spanish director
•  June 21, 1932 – Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer
•  September 11, 1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
•  September 25, 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
•  October 13, 1932 – Jack Colvin, American actor (d. 2005)
•  October 16, 1932 – John Grant, British politician (d. 2000)
•  November 10, 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
•  November 28, 1932 – Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts)
•  November 30, 1932 – Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader