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  • Eureka, Illinois, U.S.
    1932
    Ronald Reagan

    Graduated

    Eureka, Illinois, U.S.
    1932

    He majored in economics and sociology and graduated with a C grade from Eureka College.




  • Burbank, California, U.S.
    1932
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Hughes Aircraft Founding

    Burbank, California, U.S.
    1932

    Hughes Aircraft Company, a division of Hughes Tool Company, was founded by Hughes in 1932, in a rented corner of a Lockheed Aircraft Corporation hangar in Burbank, California, to build the H-1 racer. During and after World War II, Hughes fashioned his company into a major defense contractor. The Hughes Helicopters division started in 1947 when helicopter manufacturer Kellett sold their latest design to Hughes for production. The company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor manufacturing numerous technology related products that include spacecraft vehicles, military aircraft, radar systems, electro-optical systems, the first working laser, aircraft computer systems, missile systems, ion-propulsion engines for space travel, commercial satellites, and other electronics systems.




  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 22, 1932
    Great Depression

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation is created

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 22, 1932

    The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is created to lend $2 billion to troubled financial institutions that were not part of the Federal Reserve System that were solvent in the long-run. By 1941, the RFC would lend out some $9.5 billion to banks, railroads, and mortgage associations, as well as state and local governments.




  • U.S.
    Friday Feb 12, 1932
    Anna May Wong

    Shanghai Express

    U.S.
    Friday Feb 12, 1932

    Wong appeared alongside Marlene Dietrich as a self-sacrificing courtesan in Sternberg's Shanghai Express.




  • Michigan, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 14, 1932
    Great Depression

    Michigan becomes the first state in the U.S. to declare an indefinite bank holiday

    Michigan, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 14, 1932

    Michigan becomes the first state in the U.S. to declare an indefinite bank holiday, in an attempt to stem the impending collapse of First National Bank of Detroit and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce, the two largest banks in Detroit. First National and Guardian National were threatened with failure if the Ford Motor Company made good on its desire to withdraw all of its deposits in the two banks; Ford needed the cash to cover its $75 million loss in 1932.




  • U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1932
    Great Depression

    Revenue Act of 1932

    U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1932

    The Revenue Act of 1932 is signed into law, raising taxes on personal income, corporate income, and sales taxes on various goods.




  • U.S. and United Kingdom
    1932
    Great Depression

    Majority of foreign trade restrictions take effect

    U.S. and United Kingdom
    1932

    Majority of foreign trade restrictions take effect, from Smoot-Hawley in the United States and Imperial Preference in the British Empire.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1932
    Great Depression

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations

    U.S.
    Jun, 1932

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1932
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower participated in the clearing of the Bonus March encampment in Washington D.C.

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1932

    In 1932 Eisenhower participated in the clearing of the Bonus March encampment in Washington, D.C. Although he was against the actions taken against the veterans and strongly advised MacArthur against taking a public role in it, he later wrote the Army's official incident report, endorsing MacArthur's conduct.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    United States presidential election of 1932

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932

    The United States presidential election of 1932 was the thirty-seventh quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932
    Great Depression

    Democratic Party wins massive majorities in both chambers of Congress

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932

    1932 United States elections: Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 32nd President of the United States in a landslide, the Democratic Party wins massive majorities in both chambers of Congress.


  • The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1932
    Walt Disney

    Winning The Academy Award For best Short Subject (Cartoon) at The 1932 Ceremony

    The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1932

    Disney, always keen to embrace new technology, filmed Flowers and Trees (1932) in full-color three-strip Technicolor; he was also able to negotiate a deal giving him the sole right to use the three-strip process until August 31, 1935. All subsequent Silly Symphony cartoons were in color. Flowers and Trees was popular with audiences and won the Academy Award for best Short Subject (Cartoon) at the 1932 ceremony.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1932
    Jimmy Hoffa

    Union Activities

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1932

    By 1932, after defiantly refusing to work for an abusive shift foreman, who inspired Hoffa's long career of organizing workers, he left the grocery chain, in part because of his union activities. Hoffa was then invited to become an organizer with the Local 299 of the Teamsters in Detroit.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Dec 18, 1932
    Rosa Parks

    Marriage

    U.S.
    Sunday Dec 18, 1932

    In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery. He was a member of the NAACP, which at the time was collecting money to support the defense of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of black men falsely accused of raping two white women.


  • U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1932
    Anna May Wong

    The Son-Daughter

    U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1932

    After her success in Europe and a prominent role in Shanghai Express, Wong's Hollywood career returned to its old pattern. Because of the Hays Code's anti-miscegenation rules, she was passed over for the leading female role in The Son-Daughter in favor of Helen Hayes.


  • Eureka, Illinois, U.S.
    1932
    Ronald Reagan

    Graduated

    Eureka, Illinois, U.S.
    1932

    He majored in economics and sociology and graduated with a C grade from Eureka College.


  • Burbank, California, U.S.
    1932
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Hughes Aircraft Founding

    Burbank, California, U.S.
    1932

    Hughes Aircraft Company, a division of Hughes Tool Company, was founded by Hughes in 1932, in a rented corner of a Lockheed Aircraft Corporation hangar in Burbank, California, to build the H-1 racer. During and after World War II, Hughes fashioned his company into a major defense contractor. The Hughes Helicopters division started in 1947 when helicopter manufacturer Kellett sold their latest design to Hughes for production. The company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor manufacturing numerous technology related products that include spacecraft vehicles, military aircraft, radar systems, electro-optical systems, the first working laser, aircraft computer systems, missile systems, ion-propulsion engines for space travel, commercial satellites, and other electronics systems.


  • U.S.
    Friday Jan 22, 1932
    Great Depression

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation is created

    U.S.
    Friday Jan 22, 1932

    The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is created to lend $2 billion to troubled financial institutions that were not part of the Federal Reserve System that were solvent in the long-run. By 1941, the RFC would lend out some $9.5 billion to banks, railroads, and mortgage associations, as well as state and local governments.


  • U.S.
    Friday Feb 12, 1932
    Anna May Wong

    Shanghai Express

    U.S.
    Friday Feb 12, 1932

    Wong appeared alongside Marlene Dietrich as a self-sacrificing courtesan in Sternberg's Shanghai Express.


  • Michigan, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 14, 1932
    Great Depression

    Michigan becomes the first state in the U.S. to declare an indefinite bank holiday

    Michigan, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 14, 1932

    Michigan becomes the first state in the U.S. to declare an indefinite bank holiday, in an attempt to stem the impending collapse of First National Bank of Detroit and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce, the two largest banks in Detroit. First National and Guardian National were threatened with failure if the Ford Motor Company made good on its desire to withdraw all of its deposits in the two banks; Ford needed the cash to cover its $75 million loss in 1932.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1932
    Great Depression

    Revenue Act of 1932

    U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1932

    The Revenue Act of 1932 is signed into law, raising taxes on personal income, corporate income, and sales taxes on various goods.


  • U.S. and United Kingdom
    1932
    Great Depression

    Majority of foreign trade restrictions take effect

    U.S. and United Kingdom
    1932

    Majority of foreign trade restrictions take effect, from Smoot-Hawley in the United States and Imperial Preference in the British Empire.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1932
    Great Depression

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations

    U.S.
    Jun, 1932

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1932
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower participated in the clearing of the Bonus March encampment in Washington D.C.

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1932

    In 1932 Eisenhower participated in the clearing of the Bonus March encampment in Washington, D.C. Although he was against the actions taken against the veterans and strongly advised MacArthur against taking a public role in it, he later wrote the Army's official incident report, endorsing MacArthur's conduct.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    United States presidential election of 1932

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932

    The United States presidential election of 1932 was the thirty-seventh quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932
    Great Depression

    Democratic Party wins massive majorities in both chambers of Congress

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1932

    1932 United States elections: Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 32nd President of the United States in a landslide, the Democratic Party wins massive majorities in both chambers of Congress.


  • The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1932
    Walt Disney

    Winning The Academy Award For best Short Subject (Cartoon) at The 1932 Ceremony

    The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1932

    Disney, always keen to embrace new technology, filmed Flowers and Trees (1932) in full-color three-strip Technicolor; he was also able to negotiate a deal giving him the sole right to use the three-strip process until August 31, 1935. All subsequent Silly Symphony cartoons were in color. Flowers and Trees was popular with audiences and won the Academy Award for best Short Subject (Cartoon) at the 1932 ceremony.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1932
    Jimmy Hoffa

    Union Activities

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1932

    By 1932, after defiantly refusing to work for an abusive shift foreman, who inspired Hoffa's long career of organizing workers, he left the grocery chain, in part because of his union activities. Hoffa was then invited to become an organizer with the Local 299 of the Teamsters in Detroit.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Dec 18, 1932
    Rosa Parks

    Marriage

    U.S.
    Sunday Dec 18, 1932

    In 1932, Rosa married Raymond Parks, a barber from Montgomery. He was a member of the NAACP, which at the time was collecting money to support the defense of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of black men falsely accused of raping two white women.


  • U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1932
    Anna May Wong

    The Son-Daughter

    U.S.
    Friday Dec 23, 1932

    After her success in Europe and a prominent role in Shanghai Express, Wong's Hollywood career returned to its old pattern. Because of the Hays Code's anti-miscegenation rules, she was passed over for the leading female role in The Son-Daughter in favor of Helen Hayes.


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