Year retrospective · 1930s

1932

1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.

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Notable deaths

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1930s

Defining moment · 1932

Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.

Bernard "Benny" Rothman was a British political activist. He is known for organizing the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, which led to the establishment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

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Defining events of 1932

  1. 1932 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.

    British left-wing political activist (1911–2002)

    Bernard "Benny" Rothman was a British political activist. He is known for organizing the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, which led to the establishment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

  2. 1932 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

    British dominion in North America from 1907 to 1949

    The Dominion of Newfoundland, or simply Newfoundland, was a British Dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It included the island of Newfoundland, and Labrador on the continental mainland. Newfoundland was one of the original dominions under the Balfour Declaration of 1926, and accordingly enjoyed a constitutional status equivalent to the other dominions of the time.

  3. 1932 The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.

    Anti-particle to the electron

    The positron or antielectron is the particle with an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1/2 ħ, and the same mass as an electron. It is the antiparticle of the electron. When a positron collides with an electron, annihilation occurs.

  4. 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

    American aviation pioneer (1897–1937)

    Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.

  5. 1932 Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.

    Country in Southeast Asia

    Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, and formerly known as Siam until 1939, is a country located in Mainland Southeast Asia. It shares land borders with Myanmar to the west and northwest, Laos to the east and northeast, Cambodia to the southeast, and Malaysia to the south. Its maritime boundaries include the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, as well as maritime borders with Vietnam, Indonesia, and India.

  6. 1932 The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.

    National Football League franchise in Chicago, Illinois

    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. They are one of two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920, along with the Arizona Cardinals.

  7. 1932 BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
  8. 1932 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
  9. 1932 Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
  10. 1932 German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

Arrivals

Born in 1932

Rosey Grier 1932– American football player, actor writer (born 1932)
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian and politician (1932–2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player, actor writer (born 1932)
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian and politician (1932–2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player, actor writer (born 1932)
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian and politician (1932–2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player, actor writer (born 1932)
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian and politician (1932–2013)

Farewells

Died in 1932

Giuseppe Peano Italian mathematician and glottologist (1858–1932)
Ferenc Oslay Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer and propagandist
Georgios Jakobides Greek painter (1853–1932)
Edgar Wallace British writer (1875–1932)
Guillaume Bigourdan French astronomer
Arthur Mills Lea Australian entomologist (1868–1932)
Giuseppe Vitali Italian mathematician (1875–1932)
John Verran Australian politician (1856–1932)
Frank Teschemacher American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (1906–1932)
George Eastman American entrepreneur, inventor, and photographer (1854–1932)
Frederick Jackson Turner American historian (1861–1932)
Aristide Briand French statesman (1862–1932)

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Across the calendar of 1932

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