28 events found for 1932
Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom
Having been incarcerated at the Cook County Jail since his sentencing on October 24, 1931, mobster Al Capone is transfer
In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated
Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a
Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first wom
In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJ
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D
Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic o
Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U
A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailan
Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party…
In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
During the Great Depression, U.S. president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus…
Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using…
Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award…