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December 19, 1932
On December 19, 1932, bBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. Rosey Grier, Per Maurseth, Rosey Grier would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 19, 1932
BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
The BBC World Service is a British public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM, LW and MW relays.
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The year in brief
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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On December 19, 1932
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1932 BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. International radio division of the BBC
The BBC World Service is a British public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcasts radio news, speech and discussions in more than 40 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM, LW and MW relays.
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Other moments from 1932
- April 24 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
- April 5 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
- August 2 The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
- August 24 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
- December 10 Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- December 18 The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
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