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  • Tel Aviv, Palestine (Present Day Tel Aviv, Israel)
    1932
    Shimon Peres

    Immigrated to Palestine

    Tel Aviv, Palestine (Present Day Tel Aviv, Israel)
    1932

    In 1932, Peres' father immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv.




  • 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.




  • Tokyo, Japan
    1932
    Hachikō

    National Spotlight

    Tokyo, Japan
    1932

    One of Ueno's students, Hirokichi Saito, who developed expertise on the Akita breed, saw the dog at the station and followed him to the home of Ueno's former gardener, Kuzaboro Kobayashi, where he learned the history of Hachikō's life. Shortly after the meeting, the former student published a documented census of Akitas in Japan. His research found only 30 purebred Akitas remaining, including Hachikō from Shibuya Station. He returned frequently to visit Hachikō, and over the years he published several articles about the dog's remarkable loyalty. In 1932, one of his articles, published in Asahi Shimbun, placed the dog in the national spotlight.




  • Hong Kong
    1932
    Ho Chi Minh

    Quốc (Ho) was Reported as Dead

    Hong Kong
    1932

    To reduce French pressure for extradition of Quốc (Ho), he was reported as dead in 1932.




  • Germany
    1932
    Antibiotic

    The First Sulfonamide and The First Systemically Active Antibacterial Drug Was Developed

    Germany
    1932

    The first sulfonamide and the first systemically active antibacterial drug, Prontosil, was developed by a research team led by Gerhard Domagk in 1932 or 1933 at the Bayer Laboratories of the IG Farben conglomerate in Germany,




  • Brazil
    1932
    Brazilian Revolution of 1930

    Terminating The Unpreparedness of The Lieutenants To Govern

    Brazil
    1932

    One of the biggest mistakes of the 1930 revolution was delivering the states to inexperienced administrative lieutenants. The unpreparedness of the lieutenants to govern was terminated early in 1932 by one of the top lieutenants, Lieutenant John Cabanas, who had participated in the 1924 revolution.




  • 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.


  • Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Jan 9, 1932
    Hirohito

    The Sakuradamon Incident

    Tokyo, Japan
    Saturday Jan 9, 1932

    Hirohito narrowly escaped assassination by a hand grenade thrown by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang, in Tokyo on 9 January 1932, in the Sakuradamon Incident.


  • 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.


  • Düsseldorf, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1932
    Adolf Hitler

    Industry Club speech

    Düsseldorf, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 27, 1932

    A speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf on 27 January 1932 won him support from many of Germany's most powerful industrialists. Hindenburg had support from various nationalist, monarchist, Catholic, and republican parties, and some Social Democrats. Hitler used the campaign slogan "Hitler über Deutschland" ("Hitler over Germany"), a reference to his political ambitions and his campaigning by aircraft.


  • Shanghai, China
    Thursday Jan 28, 1932
    Second Sino-Japanese War

    The January 28 Incident Battle

    Shanghai, China
    Thursday Jan 28, 1932

    Incessant fighting followed the Mukden Incident. In 1932, Chinese and Japanese troops fought the January 28 Incident battle. This resulted in the demilitarisation of Shanghai, which forbade the Chinese from deploying troops in their own city. In Manchukuo there was an ongoing campaign to defeat the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies that arose from widespread outrage over the policy of non-resistance to Japan.


  • Coruña, Spain
    Friday Feb 5, 1932
    Francisco Franco

    Command in a Coruña

    Coruña, Spain
    Friday Feb 5, 1932

    On 5 February 1932, he was given a command in Coruña.


  • 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.


  • China
    Thursday Feb 18, 1932
    Second Sino-Japanese War

    Japan established the puppet state of Manchukuo

    China
    Thursday Feb 18, 1932

    After five months of fighting, Japan established the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932, and installed the last Emperor of China, Puyi, as its puppet ruler. Militarily too weak to challenge Japan directly, China appealed to the League of Nations for help. The League's investigation led to the publication of the Lytton Report, condemning Japan for its incursion into Manchuria, causing Japan to withdraw from the League of Nations. No country took action against Japan beyond tepid censure.


  • Eccles Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1932
    Great Depression

    Federal Reserve conducts open market transactions

    Eccles Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Apr, 1932

    Federal Reserve conducts open market transactions, increasing the money supply by $1 billion.


  • Germany
    Sunday Apr 10, 1932
    Adolf Hitler

    1932 Presidential Elections

    Germany
    Sunday Apr 10, 1932

    Hitler lost to Hindenburg, this election established Hitler as a strong force in German politics.


  • Brazil
    May, 1932
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day (Brazil)

    Brazil
    May, 1932

    In 1932, President Getúlio Vargas made the second Sunday of May the official date for Mother's Day.


  • Haidian District, Beijing, China
    1932
    Anna May Wong

    Peking University awarded the actress an honorary doctorate

    Haidian District, Beijing, China
    1932

    Peking University awarded the actress an honorary doctorate 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.


  • Germany
    1932
    Joseph Goebbels

    "The Führer over Germany"

    Germany
    1932

    For two further elections held in 1932, Goebbels organized massive campaigns that included rallies, parades, speeches, and Hitler traveling around the country by airplane with the slogan "the Führer over Germany".


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1932
    Great Depression

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations

    U.S.
    Jun, 1932

    U.S. government discontinues open market operations.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Friday Jul 8, 1932
    Great Depression

    The Dow Jones Industrial Index bottoms out at 41.22

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Friday Jul 8, 1932

    The Dow Jones Industrial Index bottoms out at 41.22, the lowest level recorded in the 20th century and representing an 89% loss from its peak in September 1929.


  • Italy
    Jul, 1932
    Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini suggested an anti-French Italo-German alliance

    Italy
    Jul, 1932

    In July 1932, Mussolini sent a message to German Defense Minister General Kurt von Schleicher, suggesting an anti-French Italo-German alliance, an offer Schleicher responded to favorably, albeit with the condition that Germany needed to rearm first.


  • Madrid, Spain
    1932
    Severo Ochoa

    Getting married

    Madrid, Spain
    1932

    Ochoa married Carmen García Cobián, he did not have any children.


  • 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.


  • Germany
    1932
    Weimar Republic

    Communists and Nazis won a high percentage in Government

    Germany
    1932

    The general elections on 31 July 1932 yielded major gains for the Communists, and for the Nazis, who won 37.3% of the vote—their high-water mark in a free election. The Nazi party then supplanted the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag, although it did not gain a majority.


  • Berlin, Germany
    Sunday Jul 31, 1932
    Great Depression

    German federal election (July 1932)

    Berlin, Germany
    Sunday Jul 31, 1932

    The German federal election, July 1932 is held, and the Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, becomes the largest party in the Reichstag.


  • Munich, Germany
    1932
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill met Ernst Hanfstaengl

    Munich, Germany
    1932

    In Munich, Churchill met Ernst Hanfstaengl, a friend of Hitler, who was then rising in prominence. Talking to Hanfstaengl, Churchill raised concerns about Hitler's anti-Semitism and, probably because of that, missed the opportunity to meet his future enemy. Soon after visiting Blenheim, he was afflicted with paratyphoid fever and spent two weeks at a sanatorium in Salzburg.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1932
    Severo Ochoa

    Postdoctoral study at the London

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1932

    He then began postdoctoral study at the London National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), where he worked with Henry Hallett Dale. His London research involved the enzyme glyoxalase and was an important departure in Ochoa's career in two respects. First, the work marked the beginning of Ochoa's lifelong interest in enzymes. Second, the project was at the cutting edge of the rapidly evolving study of intermediary metabolism.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 25, 1932
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill returned to Chartwell

    England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 25, 1932

    Churchill returned to Chartwell on 25 September, still working on Marlborough. Two days later, he collapsed while walking on the grounds after a recurrence of paratyphoid which caused an ulcer to hemorrhage. He was taken to a London nursing home and remained there until late October.


  • Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
    Tuesday Oct 4, 1932
    Hachikō

    The First Article

    Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
    Tuesday Oct 4, 1932

    Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. Initial reactions from the people, especially from those working at the station, were not necessarily friendly. However, after the first appearance of the article about him in Asahi Shimbun on October 4, 1932, people started to bring Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.


  • Berlin, Germany
    Sunday Nov 6, 1932
    Great Depression

    German federal election (November 1932)

    Berlin, Germany
    Sunday Nov 6, 1932

    The German federal election, November 1932, the last free and fair all-German election until 1990, is held. A minor setback for the Nazi Party, a campaign of mass violence and intimidation would begin in the run up to the next election in March 1933. Hitler is later appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg, and would use the Reichstag fire as a pretext to declare a state of emergency in Germany expanding his powers.


  • 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.


  • Linkebeek, Belgium
    1932
    Audrey Hepburn

    Family settled in the suburban Brussels municipality of Linkebeek

    Linkebeek, Belgium
    1932

    After three years spent traveling between Brussels, Arnhem, The Hague and London, the family settled in the suburban Brussels municipality of Linkebeek in 1932.


  • United Kingdom
    1932
    Nuclear Power

    Ernest Rutherford

    United Kingdom
    1932

    In 1932, physicist Ernest Rutherford discovered that when lithium atoms were "split" by protons from a proton accelerator, immense amounts of energy were released by the principle of mass-energy equivalence. However, he and other nuclear physics pioneers Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein believed harnessing the power of the atom for practical purposes anytime shortly was unlikely.


  • France
    Dec, 1932
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle was promoted to lieutenant-colonel

    France
    Dec, 1932

    He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in December 1932 and appointed Head of the Third Section (operations). His service at SGDN gave him six years' experience in the interface between army planning and government.


  • Italy
    1932
    Benito Mussolini

    Philosopher Giovanni Gentile and Mussolini made principles of the doctrine of Fascism

    Italy
    1932

    The principles of the doctrine of Fascism were laid down in an article by eminent philosopher Giovanni Gentile and Mussolini himself that appeared in 1932 in the Enciclopedia Italiana.


  • 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.


  • Berlin, Germany
    1932
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels organized massive campaigns supported Nazis

    Berlin, Germany
    1932

    For two further elections held in 1932, Goebbels organized massive campaigns that included rallies, parades, speeches.


  • Kyoto, Japan
    1932
    Nintendo

    Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. Ltd.

    Kyoto, Japan
    1932

    The company was formally established as an unlimited partnership titled Yamauchi Nintendo & Co. Ltd. in 1933.


  • U.S.
    1932
    Great Depression

    The 1932 situation

    U.S.
    1932

    Unemployment rises to 23%, GDP growth is -13%, annual inflation rate is -11%, 1,700 banks fail. US nominal GDP falls to $60 billion. Over 13 million in the U.S. are unemployed and 3.5 million in the U.K.


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