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List of events
Events from the year
1932 in the United States
.
1932
Chrysler Imperial
Convertible Sedan by
LeBaron
.
Incumbents
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Events
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January?March
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- January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues
a set of 12 stamps
commemorating the 200th anniversary of
George Washington
's birth.
- January 7 – The
Stimson Doctrine
is proclaimed, in response to the Japanese invasion of
Manchuria
.
- January 12 –
Hattie W. Caraway
becomes the first woman elected to the
United States Senate
.
- February 2 – The
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
begins operations in
Washington, D.C.
- February 4 – The
1932 Winter Olympics
open in
Lake Placid, New York
.
[1]
- February 15 –
Clara, Lu & Em
, generally regarded as the first daytime network
soap opera
, debuts in its morning time slot over the
Blue Network
of
NBC
Radio, having originally been a late evening program.
- February 22 (
Washington's Birthday
) – The
Purple Heart
is revived by War Department
General Order No. 3
as a
decoration of the U.S. military
awarded in the name of the
president
to those wounded or killed while serving with the
U.S. Armed Forces
; retrospective awards are made.
- March 1 –
Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
, the infant son of
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
and
Charles Lindbergh
, is kidnapped from the family home near
Hopewell, New Jersey
.
- March 7 – Four people are killed when police fire upon 3,000 unemployed autoworkers marching outside the
Ford
River Rouge Plant
in
Dearborn, Michigan
.
[2]
- March 25 –
Tarzan the Ape Man
opens, with Olympic gold medal swimmer
Johnny Weissmuller
in the title role; he will star in a total of twelve
Tarzan
films.
April?June
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July?September
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- July 8 – The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
reaches its lowest level of the
Great Depression
, bottoming out at 41.22.
- July 28 – U.S. President
Herbert Hoover
orders the
U.S. Army
to forcibly evict the
Bonus Army
of
World War I
veterans gathered in
Washington, D.C.
Troops disperse the last of the Bonus Army the next day.
- July 30?August 14 ? The
1932 Summer Olympics
take place in
Los Angeles
.
[3]
- July 30 – Walt Disney's
Flowers and Trees
, the first animated cartoon to be presented in full
Technicolor
, premieres in Los Angeles, California. It releases in theaters, along with
Eugene O'Neill
's experimental play
Strange Interlude
(starring
Norma Shearer
and
Clark Gable
), and will go on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- August – A farmers' revolt begins in the
Midwestern United States
.
- August 7 – Raymond Edward Welch becomes the first one-legged man to scale 6,288 feet (1,917 m)
New Hampshire
.
- August 10 – A 5.1 kg
chondrite
-type
meteorite
breaks into at least 7 fragments and strikes earth near the town of
Archie
in
Cass County, Missouri
.
- August 31 – A total
solar eclipse
is visible from northern Canada through northeastern Vermont, New Hampshire, southwestern Maine, and the Capes of Massachusetts.
October?December
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- October 1 – The famous
Babe Ruth's called shot
is made in the fifth inning of game 3 of the
1932 World Series
(baseball) during the
1932 New York Yankees season
.
- October 2 – The
New York Yankees
defeat the
Chicago Cubs
, 4 games to 0, to win their 4th
World Series
Title in baseball.
- October 13 – Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes
lays the cornerstone for a new U.S. Supreme Court building.
- October 15 – The
Michigan Marching Band
(at this time called the Varsity band) debuts
Script Ohio
at the Michigan versus Ohio State game in Columbus.
- October 23 –
Fred Allen
's radio comedy show debuts on
CBS
.
- November 1 – The
San Francisco Opera House
opens.
- November 7 –
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
airs on American
radio
for the first time.
- November 8 –
U.S. presidential election, 1932
: Democratic Governor of
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
defeats Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
- November 16 –
New York City
's
Palace Theatre
fully converts to a
cinema
, which is considered the final death knell of
vaudeville
as a popular entertainment in the United States.
- November 18 – The
5th Academy Awards
, hosted by
Conrad Nagel
, are presented at
Ambassador Hotel
in
Los Angeles
, with
Edmund Goulding
's
Grand Hotel
winning the
Academy Award for Best Picture
.
John Ford
and
Brian Desmond Hurst
's
Arrowsmith
and
King Vidor
's
The Champ
both receive the most nominations with four, while the latter film and
Frank Borzage
's
Bad Girl
both receive the most awards with two. Borzage also wins
Best Director
, his second overall.
- November 24 – In Washington, D.C., the
FBI
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
- November 30 – Exhibition
American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America 1750?1900
opens at the
Museum of Modern Art
in New York City.
[4]
- December 23 or December 24 ?
Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster
: a methane gas explosion claims 54 lives in Illinois.
- December 27 –
Radio City Music Hall
opens in New York City.
Undated
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Ongoing
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Births
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January
[
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Piper Laurie
- January 1
- January 3
?
Dabney Coleman
, actor
2024
)
- January 5
- January 6
?
Stuart A. Rice
, chemist
- January 9
?
Robert F. Taft
, Jesuit priest (d.
2018
)
- January 15
?
Cleven Goudeau
, art director and cartoonist (d.
2015
)
- January 16
?
Dian Fossey
,
primatologist
(killed 1985 in Rwanda)
- January 19
- January 22
?
Piper Laurie
, born Rosetta Jacobs, film actress (d.
2023
)
- January 23
?
James Rado
, actor, playwright, director, writer and composer
- January 31
?
Rick Hall
, record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner (d.
2018
)
February
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Ted Kennedy
Johnny Cash
Elizabeth Taylor
- February 2
?
Robert Mandan
, American actor (d.
2018
)
- February 3
?
Peggy Ann Garner
, American actress (d.
1984
)
- February 4
?
Herman D. Farrell Jr.
, American politician (d.
2018
)
- February 7
- February 8
?
John Williams
, American film music composer
- February 10
- February 11
?
Jerome Lowenthal
, American pianist
- February 12
?
Julian Simon
, American economist and author (d.
1998
)
- February 13
?
Susan Oliver
, American actress (d.
1990
)
- February 14
?
Leo Thorsness
, American war veteran and politician (d.
2017
)
- February 16
- February 22
?
Ted Kennedy
, American politician (d.
2009
)
- February 23
- February 24
?
Zell Miller
, American politician (d.
2018
)
- February 25
?
Faron Young
, American country singer (d.
1996
)
- February 26
?
Johnny Cash
, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor and author (d.
2003
)
- February 27
?
Elizabeth Taylor
, English-American film actress (d.
2011
)
- February 29
?
Gene H. Golub
, American mathematician (d.
2007
)
March
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Alan Bean
John Updike
- March 2
- March 4
?
Ed Roth
, American car designer (d.
2001
)
- March 5
- March 7
?
Ed Thrasher
, American art director and photographer (d.
2006
)
- March 11
?
Leroy Jenkins
, African-American jazz musician and composer
- March 12
?
Andrew Young
, African-American politician, diplomat and activist
- March 14
- March 15
?
Alan Bean
, American naval officer and naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (d.
2018
)
- March 16
?
Walter Cunningham
, American astronaut (d.
2023
)
[11]
- March 17
?
Donald N. Langenberg
, American physicist and professor (d.
2019
)
- March 18
?
John Updike
, American novelist and poet (d. 2009)
- March 20
?
Tod Dockstader
, American composer (d.
2015
)
- March 21
?
Walter Gilbert
, American chemist,
Nobel Prize
laureate
- March 22
?
Leo Welch
, American blues musician (d.
2017
)
- March 27
?
Junior Parker
, African-American blues musician (d.
1971
)
- March 29
?
Al Bianchi
, American basketball player
- March 31
? Thomas Beers, co-founder of the needle-pointing business Sudberry House
April
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Debbie Reynolds
Loretta Lynn
Casey Kasem
- April 1
- April 2
?
Edward Egan
, American cardinal (d.
2015
)
- April 3
?
Colin Cantwell
, American artist (d.
2022
)
[13]
- April 4
- April 5
?
Clemmie Spangler
, American billionaire businessman and academic administrator (d.
2018
)
- April 7
- April 9
- April 10
?
Blaze Starr
, American burlesque artist (d.
2015
)
- April 11
?
Joel Grey
, born Joel Katz, American actor, singer and dancer
- April 12
?
Tiny Tim
, American musician (d.
1996
)
- April 13
?
Dick Farley
, American basketball player (d.
1969
)
- April 14
?
Loretta Lynn
, American country singer (d.
2022
)
- April 16
?
Bob Beckwith
, American firefighter (
September 11 attacks
) (d.
2024
)
- April 21
?
Elaine May
, American film director
- April 22
?
Red Davis
, American basketball player
- April 23
?
Halston
, American fashion designer (d.
1990
)
- April 26
?
Red Morrison
, American basketball player
- April 27
?
Casey Kasem
, American disc jockey and actor (d.
2014
)
K. C. Jones
- May 2
?
Ed Bressoud
, American baseball player (d.
2023
)
[14]
- May 4
?
Susan Brown
, American actress (d.
2018
)
- May 7
?
Pete Domenici
, American politician (d.
2017
)
- May 8
?
Sonny Liston
, American boxer (d.
1970
)
- May 10
?
Diane Washburn
, American fashion model
- May 11
?
John Vasconcellos
, American lawyer and politician (d.
2014
)
- May 16
?
William J. Pulte
, American real estate developer (d.
2018
)
- May 17
?
Chris Ballingall
, American baseball player
- May 19
?
Bill Fitch
, American basketball coach (d.
2022
)
- May 22
?
Robert Spitzer
, American
psychiatrist
(d.
2015
)
- May 25
- May 26
?
Joe Altobelli
, American baseball player (d.
2021
)
- May 29
June
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David Scott
Mario Cuomo
Pat Morita
- June 4
?
John Drew Barrymore
, American actor (d.
2004
)
- June 6
?
David Scott
, American astronaut
- June 7
?
Joe Collier
, American football coach (d.
2024
)
- June 10
- June 12
?
Barbara Uehling
, American educator and university administrator (d.
2020
)
- June 13
?
Bob McGrath
, American actor (d.
2022
)
- June 15
?
Mario Cuomo
, American politician (d.
2015
)
- June 18
?
Dudley R. Herschbach
, American chemist, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
in 1986
- June 21
- June 24
?
Scott Marlowe
, American actor (d.
2001
)
- June 25
- June 26
- June 27
- June 28
?
Pat Morita
, Asian-American actor (d.
2005
)
- June 29
?
Alice Langtry
, American politician (d.
2017
)
July
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Dave Thomas
Donald Rumsfeld
John Searle
August
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Melvin Van Peebles
- August 1
?
Meir Kahane
, American-born Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist writer and political figure (d.
1990 in Israel
)
- August 2
- August 3
?
Bob Carney
, American basketball player (d.
2011
)
- August 5
?
Ja'Net DuBois
, American actress, singer, dancer (d.
2020
)
- August 7
?
Maurice Rabb Jr.
, African-American ophthalmologist (d.
2005
)
- August 8
- August 12
?
Charlie O'Donnell
, American game show announcer (d.
2010
)
- August 14
?
James V. Hansen
, American politician (d.
2018
)
- August 15
- August 16
?
Pervis Spann
, African-American radio broadcaster (d.
2022
)
[21]
- August 20
?
Bill Hudson
, civil rights photojournalist (d.
2010
)
- August 21
September
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Patsy Cline
- September 1
?
Sunny von Bulow
, socialite (d.
2008
)
- September 3
?
Eileen Brennan
, actress and singer (d.
2013
)
- September 4
?
Vince Dooley
, American football coach (d.
2022
)
- September 5
?
Carol Lawrence
, actress, singer and dancer
- September 6
?
Marguerite Pearson
, baseball player (d.
2005
)
- September 7
- September 8
?
Patsy Cline
, country singer (d.
1963
)
- September 9
?
Bill Porter
, salesman (d.
2013
)
- September 11
- September 13
?
Whitey Bell
, basketball player
- September 17
?
Doyle Corman
, politician (d.
2019
)
- September 14
?
Josh Culbreath
, Olympic athlete (d.
2021
)
[23]
- September 21
?
Mickey Kuhn
, child actor (d.
2022
)
- September 24
- September 26
- September 27
?
Oliver E. Williamson
, economist (d.
2020
)
October
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Dottie West
Dick Gregory
Robert Reed
- October 1
?
Albert Collins
, African-American blues guitarist and singer (d.
1993
)
- October 2
?
Maury Wills
, baseball player and manager (d.
2022
)
[24]
- October 3
?
Joe Morgenstern
, film critic and journalist
- October 4
- October 9
- October 11
?
Dottie West
, country music singer and songwriter (d.
1991
)
- October 12
- October 13
- October 17
?
Paul Anderson
, weightlifter (d.
1994
)
- October 19
?
Robert Reed
, American actor (
The Brady Bunch
) (d.
1992
)
- October 20
- October 22
?
Barboura Morris
, American actress (d.
1975
)
- October 24
?
Foster Diebold
, American academic (d.
2018
)
- October 27
- October 28
?
Suzy Parker
, American fashion model and actress (d.
2003
)
- October 29
?
Dick Garmaker
, American basketball player (d.
2020
)
- October 29
?
Velma Barfield
, American serial killer who murders at least six (d.
1984
)
- October 30
?
Bob Koester
, record producer and businessman (d.
2021
)
November
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Roy Scheider
Robert Vaughn
December
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Little Richard
Nichelle Nichols
- December 5
- December 7
- December 9
?
Bill Hartack
, jockey (d.
2007
)
- December 12
?
Bob Pettit
, basketball player
- December 17
?
Kelly E. Taggart
, admiral and civil engineer (d.
2014
)
- December 19
?
Jim Paxson Sr.
, basketball player (d.
2014
)
- December 18
?
Roger Smith
, actor (d.
2017
)
- December 21
?
Edward Hoagland
, essayist
- December 24
?
Earl Dodge
, temperance movement leader (d.
2007
)
- December 25
?
Janie Lou Gibbs
, serial killer who murdered five of her relatives (d.
2010
)
- December 28
?
Nichelle Nichols
, African American actress (d.
2022
)
[27]
- December 29
?
Inga Swenson
, actress and singer
Deaths
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- January 12 –
James Felts
, newspaper editor and politician (born
1866
)
- January 26 –
William Wrigley, Jr.
, chewing gum manufacturer (born
1861
)
- January 27 –
Ed Appleton
, baseball player (born
1892
)
- February 8 –
Mad Dog Coll
, hitman (shot) (born
1908 in Ireland
)
- February 15 –
Minnie Maddern Fiske
, stage actress (born
1865
)
- March 1 –
Frank Teschemacher
, jazz woodwind player (automobile accident) (born
1906
)
- March 6 –
John Philip Sousa
, composer and conductor, "the march king" ("
The Stars and Stripes Forever
") (born
1854
)
- March 14 –
George Eastman
, photographic inventor (
Eastman Kodak
) (suicide) (born 1854)
- March 18 –
Chauncey Olcott
, musical theater actor (born
1858
)
- March 31 –
Eben Byers
, steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (born
1880
)
- April 2 –
Bill Pickett
, African American cowboy of slave ancestry (born
1870
)
- April 15 –
A. J. Rosier
, politician, assassinated (b.
1880
)
[28]
- April 22 –
J. Warren Keifer
, Union army officer and politician (born
1836
)
- April 27 –
Hart Crane
, poet (born
1899
)
[29]
- May 3 –
Charles Fort
, researcher of the unusual (born
1874
)
- May 30 –
John Hubbard
, admiral (born
1849
)
- June 21 –
Major Taylor
, African American racing cyclist (born
1878
)
- June 27 –
Francis P. Duffy
, Roman Catholic priest (born
1871 in Canada
)
- July 7 –
Henry Eyster Jacobs
, Lutheran theologian (born
1844
)
- July 22 –
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
, Broadway theatrical impresario (born
1867
)
- July 24 –
Cynthia S. Burnett
, educator, temperance reformer, and newspaper editor (born
1840
)
- August 2 –
Dan Brouthers
, baseball player (born
1858
)
[30]
- August 25 –
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
, socialite, daughter of
Standard Oil
co-founder
John D. Rockefeller
(born
1872
)
- September 5 –
Paul Bern
, screenwriter (suicide) (born
1889
)
- September 22 –
Claude C. Hopkins
, advertising executive (born
1866
)
- September 25 –
Joel R. P. Pringle
, admiral (born
1873
)
- September 27 –
John Sharp Williams
, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1911 to 1923 (born 1854)
- October 17 –
Lucy Bacon
, painter (born
1857
)
- October 26 –
Molly Brown
, Denver socialite, survivor of the
sinking of the RMS
Titanic
(born
1867
)
- November 4 –
Belle Bennett
, actress (cancer) (born
1891
)
- November 15 or 17 –
Charles W. Chesnutt
, African American author, essayist and political activist (born
1858
)
- November 18 –
Jay Hunt
, American film director (born
1855
)
- November 22 –
William Walker Atkinson
, writer and occultist (born
1862
)
- November 23 –
Henry S. Whitehead
, writer of horror fiction and fantasy (born
1882
)
- December 28 –
Malcolm Whitman
, tennis player (born
1877
)
See also
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23 August
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Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013).
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.
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,
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MLB All-Star Ed Bressoud ? who played for NY Giants and Mets before Willie Mays did it ? dead at 91
- ^
Goldstein, Richard (December 25, 2020),
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,
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Pervis Spann, WVON broadcasting legend, dies at 89
- ^
NASA Remembers Former NASA Johnson Director George W. S. Abbey
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Josh Culbreath, Norristown native and Olympic medalist in the hurdles, dies at 88
- ^
Los Angeles Dodgers great Maury Wills, NL MVP in 1962, dies at age 89
- ^
"Sylvia Plath | Biography, Poems, Books, Death, & Facts"
.
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
25 June
2023
.
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