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January

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January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...
– The British authorities in India arrest and intern
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
and
Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ''Vallabhbhāī Jhāverbhāī Paṭel''; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime ...
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January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...
Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist
Lee Bong-chang Lee Bong-chang (; August 10, 1900 – October 10, 1932) was a Korean independence activist. In Korea, he is remembered as a martyr due to his participation in the 1932 Sakuradamon incident, in which he attempted to assassinate the Japanese Emp ...
fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor
Hirohito , Posthumous name, posthumously honored as , was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until Death and state funeral of Hirohito, his death in 1989. He remains Japan's longest-reigni ...
of Japan. The
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack
Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
later in the month. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...
– The
1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising (Spanish language, Spanish for 'The Massacre') refers to a Communism, communist-Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous rebellion that took place in El Salvador between 22 and 25 January 1932. After the revolt was suppressed, it was ...
begins; it is suppressed by the government of
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (21 October 1882 – 15 May 1966) was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who served as president of El Salvador from 4 December 1931 to 28 August 1934 in a provisional capacity and again in an offi ...
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January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
– Marshal
Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino ( , ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regim ...
declares the end of
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
n resistance. *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– British
submarine aircraft carrier A submarine aircraft carrier is a submarine equipped with aircraft for observation or attack missions. These submarines saw their most extensive use during World War II, although their operational significance remained rather small. The most fam ...
sinks with the loss of all 60 onboard on exercise in
Lyme Bay Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel off the south coast of England. The south western counties of Devon and Dorset front onto the bay. The exact definitions of the bay vary. The eastern boundary is usually taken to be Portland Bill on ...
in the English Channel. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
January 28 incident The January 28 incident or Shanghai incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) was a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. It took place in the Shanghai International Settlement which was under international control. Japa ...
: Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
– Japanese warships arrive in
Nanking Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yan ...
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February

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February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
** A general
World Disarmament Conference The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, generally known as the Geneva Conference or World Disarmament Conference, was an international conference of states held in Geneva, Switzerland, between February 1932 and November 1934 ...
begins in
Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
. The principal issue at the conference is the demand made by Germany for ("equality of status" i.e. abolishing Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany) and the French demand for ("security" i.e. maintaining Part V). ** The
League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
again recommends negotiations between the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
and Japan. ** The
Reconstruction Finance Corporation The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States federal government that served as a lender of last resort to US banks and businesses. Established in ...
begins operations in Washington, D.C. *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** The
1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 ...
open in
Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid ...
. ** Japan occupies
Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
, China. *
February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
League of Blood Incident was a 1932 assassination plot in Japan in which extremists targeted wealthy businessmen and liberal politicians. The group chose twenty victims but succeeded in killing only two: former Ministry of Finance (Japan), Finance Minister and head of t ...
: Junnosuke Inoue, prominent Japanese businessman, banker and former governor of the Bank of Japan is assassinated by the right-wing extremist group the League of Blood. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...
meets
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
in
Vatican City Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ), is a Landlocked country, landlocked sovereign state and city-state; it is enclaved within Rome, the capital city of Italy and Bishop of Rome, seat of the Catholic Church. It became inde ...
. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
– ''Clara, Lu & Em'', generally regarded as the first daytime network
soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
, debuts in its morning time slot over the
Blue Network The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of a now defunct American Commercial broadcasting, radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945. Beginning as one of the two radio networks owned by the ...
of
NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
Radio in the United States, having originally been a late evening program. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
– Japan declares
Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...
(Japanese name for
Manchuria Manchuria is a historical region in northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda (Khabarovsk Krai), Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy Ranges. The exact ...
) formally independent from China. *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
obtains German citizenship by
naturalization Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the ...
, opening the opportunity for him to run in the
1932 German presidential election Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party of Germany, Communist ...
. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– The
Mäntsälä rebellion Mäntsälä () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa regions of Finland, region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. ...
occurs in Finland.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
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Lindbergh kidnapping On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. (born June 22, 1930), the 20-month-old son of Col. Charles Lindbergh and his wife, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was murdered after being abducted from his crib in the upper floor of t ...
: Charles Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of
Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
and
Anne Morrow Lindbergh Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights. Raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...
, is kidnapped from the family home near
Hopewell, New Jersey Hopewell is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Centrally located within the Raritan Valley region, this historical settlement (and its neighboring township of the same name) is an exurban commuter suburb of New York ...
. On May 12 he is found dead just a few miles away. ** Japan installs
Puyi Puyi (7 February 190617 October 1967) was the final emperor of China, reigning as the eleventh monarch of the Qing dynasty from 1908 to 1912. When the Guangxu Emperor died without an heir, Empress Dowager Cixi picked his nephew Puyi, aged tw ...
as puppet emperor of
Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...
. *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
– The
Mäntsälä rebellion Mäntsälä () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa regions of Finland, region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. ...
ends in failure; Finnish democracy prevails. The
Lapua Movement The Lapua Movement (, ) was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro- German and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, it turned towards far-right politics after its founding ...
is condemned by conservative Finnish president
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (, 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous s ...
in a radio speech. *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Easte ...
Dan Takuma was a Japanese businessman who was Director-General of Mitsui, one of the leading Japanese zaibatsu (family conglomerates). He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was married to the younger sister of statesman Kaneko Ke ...
, prominent Japanese businessman and director of the
Mitsui is a Japanese corporate group and '' keiretsu'' that traces its roots to the ''zaibatsu'' groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the ''zaibatsu'' of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Ins ...
''
Zaibatsu is a Japanese language, Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertical integration, vertically integrated business conglomerate (company), conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over signifi ...
'' conglomerate is assassinated by the radical right-wing League of Blood group. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (; ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the 3rd President of Ire ...
is elected
President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State The president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State () was the head of government or prime minister of the Irish Free State which existed from 1922 to 1937. He was the chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, the Fre ...
, the first change of government in the country since its foundation 10 years previously. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he ...
, founder of
Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated i ...
, commits suicide in
Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...
. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
– Peace negotiations between China and Japan begin. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– The
Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North ...
opens in Australia. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– The '' Graf Zeppelin'' airship begins a regular route between Germany and South America. *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...
221932 Deep South tornado outbreak: A series of deadly tornadoes in the United States kills more than 220 people in
Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
, 34 in
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
and 17 in
Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
. *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...
– '' Tarzan the Ape Man'' premieres in New Yord City, first of the classic film series starring
Johnny Weissmuller Johnny Weissmuller ( ; born Johann Peter Weißmüller, ; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was a Hungarian-born German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for having one of the best competitive-swimming records o ...
and
Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an Irish actress who played Jane in the ''Tarzan'' series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films across a span of more than half a ...
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April

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April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
** 10,000 disgruntled Newfoundlanders march on their legislature to show discontent with their current political situation; this is a flash point in the demise of the
Dominion of Newfoundland 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 orig ...
. ** The first
Alko Alko Inc is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly in Finland. It is the only store in the country which retails beer over 8% ABV, wine (except in vineyards) and spirits. Alcoholic beverages are also sold in licensed restaurants an ...
stores are opened in Finland at 10 in the morning (local time) following the end of Prohibition in that country, resulting in a new
mnemonic A mnemonic device ( ), memory trick or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating the information with something that is easier to remember. It makes use of e ...
"543210". *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. * ...
** U.S. president
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
supports armament limitations at the
World Disarmament Conference The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, generally known as the Geneva Conference or World Disarmament Conference, was an international conference of states held in Geneva, Switzerland, between February 1932 and November 1934 ...
. ** The trial of fraudulent art dealer Otto Wacker begins in Berlin. *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. * 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...
1932 German presidential election Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party of Germany, Communist ...
:
Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military and political leader who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War and later became President of Germany (1919 ...
is re-elected as '' Reichspräsident'', defeating Hitler. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
– German Chancellor
Heinrich Brüning Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning (; 26 November 1885 – 30 March 1970) was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. A political scientis ...
bans the SA and the SS as threats to public order, arguing that they are chiefly responsible for the wave of political violence afflicting Germany. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
John Cockcroft Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was an English nuclear physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which was instrumental in the developmen ...
and
Ernest Walton Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish nuclear physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Cockcroft "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerate ...
, at the
Cavendish Laboratory The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is named ...
in the University of Cambridge (England), focus a proton beam on lithium and split its nucleus ("splitting the atom"). *
April 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. * 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of H ...
Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...
announces an anti-
slavery Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...
law in
Abyssinia Abyssinia (; also known as Abyssinie, Abissinia, Habessinien, or Al-Habash) was an ancient region in the Horn of Africa situated in the northern highlands of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.Sven Rubenson, The survival of Ethiopian independence, ...
. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...
– German art dealer Otto Wacker is sentenced to 19 months in prison for selling
fraudulent In law, fraud is intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain from a victim unlawfully or unfairly. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover mone ...
paintings he attributed to
Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...
. *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
** Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrates the
carillon A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a musical keyboard, keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells. The bells are Bellfounding, cast in Bell metal, bronze, hung in fixed suspension, and Musical tuning, tu ...
of the National War Memorial in New Zealand. ** The bodies of
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (), or pronounced Huthaifah or Huzaifah (died in 656), was one of the Sahabah (companion) of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Early years in Medina. At Medina, Hudhayfah became a trusted and great companion of Muhammad, part ...
and
Jabir ibn Abd Allah Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī (, died 697 CE/78 AH), Abu Muhammad and Abu Abd al-Rahman also wrote his nickname was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and narrator of Hadith. Imami sources say ...
, two of the companions of Islamic prophet
Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
, are moved from their graves in Salmaan Paak following a dream of King
Faisal I of Iraq Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi (, ''Fayṣal al-Awwal bin Ḥusayn bin ʻAlī al-Hāshimī''; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemites, Hashemite family, ...
that they are affected by water. *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
– Korean pro-independence paramilitary
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detonates a bomb at a gathering of Japanese government and military officials in
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's
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, killing General Yoshinori Shirakawa and injuring
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and Vice Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura.


May

*
May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** Paul Gorguloff shoots French president
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in Paris; Doumer dies the next day. ** The politically powerful General
Kurt von Schleicher Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate Chancellor of Germany#First German Republic (Weimar Republic, 1919–1933), chancellor of Germany during the Weim ...
meets secretly with
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. Schleicher tells Hitler that he is scheming to bring down the Brüning government in Germany and asks for Nazi support of the new "presidential government" Schleicher is planning to form. Schleicher and Hitler negotiate a "gentlemen's agreement" where in exchange for lifting the ban on the SA and SS and having the Reichstag dissolved for early elections this summer, the Nazis will support Schleicher's new chancellor. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
** There are violent scenes in the German
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in Berlin as
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and other Nazi MRDs attack the Defense Minister General
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for his lack of belief in a supposed Social Democratic '' putsch''. After the debate, General Schleicher tells Groener that he has lost the confidence of the Army and must resign at once. **
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becomes the new
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. **
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, working at the Cavendish Laboratory in the University of Cambridge, reports the existence of the
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. *
May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...
– General Wilhelm Groener resigns as German Defense Minister. Schleicher takes control of the Defense Ministry. *
May 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1344 – A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades. *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, v ...
– The
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, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir
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. *
May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurpe ...
May 15 Incident, an attempted military coup in which Japanese prime minister
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is assassinated by naval officers. Japanese troops leave Shanghai. *
May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. *13 ...
– Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in
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leave thousands dead and injured. *
May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose h ...
21
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flies from the United States to
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,
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in 14 hours 54 minutes. *
May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose h ...
– '' Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne'' initiates a major strike action, strike in the Argentina, Argentinian meat-packing industry. * May 25 – Goofy makes his appearance in the Disney animated short ''Mickey's Revue''. * May 26 – Judgement in ''Donoghue v Stevenson'' handed down in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, creating the modern concept of a duty of care in British law. * May 30 – German chancellor
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is dismissed by President von Hindenburg. President Hindenburg asks Franz von Papen to form a new government, known as the "Government of the President's Friends", which is openly dedicated to the destruction of democracy and the Weimar Republic. The downfall of Brüning is largely the work of Schleicher, who has been scheming against him since the beginning of May. Schleicher takes the position of Defense Minister in his friend Papen's government.


June

* c. June – The Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition is established for the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. * June 4 ** A military coup occurs in Chile. ** The Papen government in Germany dissolves the Reichstag for elections on July 31 in the full expectation that the Nazis will win the largest number of seats. * June 14 – The Papen government lifts the ban against the SS and SA in Germany. * June 16– Lausanne Conference of 1932, Lausanne conference opens to discuss World War I reparations, reparations, which Germany had not paid since the Hoover Moratorium of June 1931. * June 20 – The Benelux customs union is negotiated. * June 24 – After a Siamese revolution of 1932, relatively bloodless military rebellion, Thailand, Siam becomes a constitutional monarchy. * June 25 – India national cricket team, India plays its first Test cricket match with England cricket team, England at Lord's.


July

* July 5 – becomes the fascist prime minister of Portugal (for the next 36 years). * July 7 – French submarine Prométhée (1930), French submarine ''Prométhée'' sinks with the loss of 62 of 69 onboard on trial out of Cherbourg in the English Channel. * July 8 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average in the United States reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22. * July 9 ** The Constitutionalist Revolution starts in Brazil with the uprising of the state of São Paulo. ** Lausanne conference ends, agreeing to cancel World War I reparations against Germany. * July 12 ** Norway annexes northern Greenland. ** Hedley Verity establishes a new first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm. * July 17 – Altona Bloody Sunday: In Altona, Germany, a bloody clash with heavy police involvement occurs when Nazi Party, Nazi marchers enter a working class area with many Communist Party of Germany, communist supporters; 18 are killed. * July 20 – The in Germany. The political coup gives Franz von Papen control of Free State of Prussia, Prussia, the most powerful state in Germany, and is a major blow to German democracy. * July 21 – The British Empire Economic Conference opens in Ottawa, Canada. * July 30 ** The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles. ** Walt Disney's ''Flowers and Trees'', the first animated cartoon to be presented in full Technicolor, premieres in Los Angeles. It releases in theaters, along with Strange Interlude (film), the film version of Eugene O'Neill's ''Strange Interlude'' (starring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable); ''Flowers and Trees'' goes on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Short. * July 31 – July 1932 German federal election sees the Nazis become the largest party in the Reichstag, winning 37% of the vote.


August

* August – A farmers' revolt begins in the Midwestern United States. * August 1 ** The second International Polar Year, an international scientific collaboration, begins. ** Forrest Edward Mars, Sr., Forrest Mars produces the first Mars bar in his Slough factory in the UK. * August 2 – The first positron is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. * August 5 – Hitler meets with Schleicher and reneges on the "gentlemen's agreement", demanding that he be appointed Chancellor. Schleicher agrees to support Hitler as Chancellor provided that he can remain minister of defense. Schleicher sets up a meeting between Hindenburg and Hitler on August 13 to discuss Hitler's possible appointment as Chancellor. * August 6 ** The first Venice Film Festival is held. ** In Germany, the world's first Autobahn is opened by Konrad Adenauer (Bundesautobahn 555). ** Carl Gustaf Ekman resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden and is replaced by his Minister of Finance Felix Hamrin. * August 9 – In Germany: **The Papen government, which likes to take a tough "law and order" stance, passes via Article 48 a law prescribing the death penalty for a variety of offenses and with the court system simplified so that the courts can hand down as many death sentences as possible. ** Potempa Murder of 1932: In the eastern town of Potępa, Potempa, five Nazi "Brownshirts" break into the house of Konrad Pietrzuch, a Communist miner, and proceed to castrate and beat him to death in front of his mother. * August 10 – A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into fragments and strikes earth near the town of Archie, Missouri, United States. * August 11 – To celebrate Constitution Day in Germany, Chancellor Franz von Papen and his interior minister Baron Wilhelm von Gayl present proposed amendments to the Weimar constitution for a "New State" to deal with the problems besetting Germany. * August 13 – Hitler meets President von Hindenburg and asks to be appointed as Chancellor. Hindenburg refuses under the grounds that Hitler is not qualified to be Chancellor and asks him instead to serve as Vice-Chancellor in Papen's government. Hitler announces his "all or nothing" strategy in which he will oppose any government not headed by himself and will accept no office other than Chancellor. * August 18 – Auguste Piccard reaches an altitude of with a hot air balloon. * August 18–August 19, 19 – Scottish aviator Jim Mollison becomes the first pilot to make an East-to-West solo transatlantic flight, from Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland to RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada, in his de Havilland Puss Moth high-wing monoplane ''The Heart's Content''. * August 20 – The Ottawa conference ends with the adoption of Imperial Preference tariff, turning the British Empire into one economic zone with a series of tariffs meant to exclude non-empire states from competing within the markets of Britain; the Dominions; and the rest of the empire. * August 22 – Potempa murder of 1932, Potempa murder: The five SA men involved in the torture and murder of Konrad Pietrzuch are quickly convicted and sentenced to death under the new law introduced by the Papen government. The Potempa case becomes a ''wikt:cause célèbre, cause célèbre'' in Germany, where some maintain the death sentences are appropriate given the brutality of the torture and murder, whilst Nazis demonstrate for amnesty for the "Potempa five" on the grounds they are patriotic heroes, justified in killing the Communist Pietrzuch, and should not be executed. Hitler sends a telegram congratulating the five and they are released from jail in 1933 after he becomes Chancellor of Germany. * August 23 – The Civil Aviation Authority (Panama), Panama Civil Aviation Authority is established. * August 30 –
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is elected as Speaker of the German Reichstag. * August 31 – A total solar eclipse is visible from northern Canada through northeastern Vermont, New Hampshire, southwestern Maine and the Capes of Massachusetts.


September

* September 2 – Despite the court's sentence of death against the "Potempa five", Chancellor von Papen in his capacity as Reich Commissioner of Prussia refuses to have them executed under the grounds that they were not aware of the emergency law at the time they committed the murder, but in reality because he is still hoping for Nazi support for his government. * September 9 ** The (Parliament) of the Second Spanish Republic approves the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932, Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia which grants full autonomy for Catalonia for the first time in modern history. ** Beginning of the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia because of delimitation problems and others. * September 10 – The IND Eighth Avenue Line, at this time the world's longest rapid transit, subway line (), begins operation in Manhattan. * September 11 ** Canadian operations end on the International Railway (New York–Ontario). ** A bronze statue of Youssef Bey Karam is erected in his memory outside the Cathedral of Saint Georges, Ehden in Lebanon. * September 12 – The very unpopular Papen government in Germany is defeated on a massive motion of no-confidence in the Reichstag. With the exceptions of the German People's Party and the German National People's Party, every party in the Reichstag votes for the no-confidence motion. Papen has Hindenburg dissolve the Reichstag for new elections in November. *September 17 ** A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident between Colombia and Peru. ** Start of the Han–Liu War over Shandong. * September 20 –
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begins a hunger strike in Poona prison, India. * September 22 – Soviet famine of 1932–33 begins; millions starve to death as a result of forced collectivization and as part of the government's effort to break rural resistance to its policies. The Soviet regime denies the famine and allows the deaths. * September 23 – The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is proclaimed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, concluding the country's Unification of Saudi Arabia, unification under the rule of Ibn Saud, King Abdulaziz. * September 24 – After his party's victory in the election to the Swedish Riksdag's second chamber, Social Democrat Per Albin Hansson becomes the new prime minister of Sweden, after Felix Hamrin. * September 27 – Ryutin Affair at its height in the Soviet Union. The Politburo meets and condemns the so-called "Ryutin Platform" and agrees to expel those associated with it from the Communist Party, but refuses Stalin's request to execute those associated with the Platform. * September 28 – The court of Helsinki sentences Vilho Kallio, Ville Saari and Ida Maria Viden to prison for the Tattarisuo case, Tattarisuo mutilation case.


October

* October – Hergé's ''Tintin in America (Tintin en Amérique)'' concludes serial publication and is issued in book format (in black and white) in Belgium. * October 1 – Gyula Gömbös becomes Prime Minister of Hungary, the first time a member of the radical right has become the country's head of government. * October 3 – Iraq becomes an independent kingdom under Faisal I of Iraq, Faisal, ending the Mandatory Iraq, British mandate there. * October 15 – Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. * October 19 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden marries Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. * October 25 – George Lansbury becomes the leader of the opposition British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party.


November

* November 1 – The Kennedy–Thorndike experiment is published, showing that measured time as well as length is affected by motion, in accordance with the theory of special relativity. * November 2 – The Emu War, a nuisance wildlife management military operation, begins in Australia. * November 3 – Strike by transport workers in Berlin. The Nazis and the Communists both co-operate in support of the strike. The Nazi-Communist co-operation damages the Nazis at the upcoming election with many right-wing voters switching back to the German National People's Party. * November 6 – November 1932 German federal election: The Nazis remain the largest party in the Reichstag but their share of the seats drops from 37% to 32%. * November 7 – ''Buck Rogers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' debuts on American radio. It is the first science fiction program on radio. * November 8 – 1932 United States presidential election: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic governor of New York (state), New York Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican president Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory, having promised a New Deal and Repeal of Prohibition in the United States, repeal of Prohibition. * November 9 ** A hurricane and huge waves kill about 2,500 in Santa Cruz del Sur in the worst natural disaster in Cuban history. ** Geneva massacre: Military of Switzerland fire on a socialist anti-fascist demonstration in
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leaving 13 dead and 60 injured. * November 21 – German president Paul von Hindenburg, Hindenburg begins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government. * November 27 – The Second Eastern Women's Congress opens in Tehran, Iran. * November 30 – The Polish Cipher Bureau breaks the German Enigma machine, Enigma cipher.


December

* December 1 – Germany returns to the
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after the other powers agree to accept ''gleichberechtigung'' "in principle". Henceforward, it is clear that Germany will be allowed to rearm beyond the limits imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. * December 3 – Hindenburg names
Kurt von Schleicher Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher (; 7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and the penultimate Chancellor of Germany#First German Republic (Weimar Republic, 1919–1933), chancellor of Germany during the Weim ...
as German chancellor after he ousts Papen. Papen is deeply angry about how his former friend Schleicher has brought him down and decides that he will do anything to get back into power. * December 4 – Chancellor Schleicher meets with Gregor Strasser and offers to appoint him Vice-Chancellor and ''Reich'' Commissioner for Prussia out of the hope that if faced with a split in the NSDAP, Hitler will support his government. * December 5 – At a secret meeting of the Nazi leaders, Strasser urges Hitler to drop his "all or nothing" strategy and accept Schleicher's offer to have the Nazis serve in his cabinet. Hitler gives a dramatic speech saying that Schleicher's offer is not acceptable and he will stick to his "all or nothing" strategy whatever the consequences might be and wins the Nazi leadership over to his viewpoint. * December 8 – Gregor Strasser resigns as the chief of the NSDAP's organizational department in protest against Hitler's "all or nothing" strategy. * December 10 – The Emu War in Australia ends in failure. * December 12 – Japan and the Soviet Union reform their diplomatic connections. * December 19 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service using a shortwave radio facility at its Daventry transmitting station in England. * December 24 – 1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster * December 25 ** The 7.6 1932 Changma earthquake, Changma earthquake shakes the Gansu, Gansu Province in China with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Two-hundred and seventy-five people are killed. ** IG Farben files a patent application in Germany for the medical application of the first Sulfonamide (medicine), sulfonamide oral antibiotic, which will be marketed as Prontosil, following Gerhard Domagk's laboratory demonstration of its properties as an antibiotic. ** King George V delivers the first Royal Christmas Message on the new BBC Empire Service radio from Sandringham House; the text has been written by Rudyard Kipling. * December 27 – Internal passports are introduced in the Soviet Union. * December 28 – The Cologne banker Kurt Baron von Schröder, Kurt von Schröder, who is a close friend of Papen and a NSDAP member, meets with
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to tell him that Papen wants to set up a meeting to discuss how they can work together. Papen wants Nazi support to return to the Chancellorship while Hitler wants Papen to convince Hindenburg to appoint him Chancellor. Hitler agrees to meet Papen on January 3, 1933.


Date unknown

* Zero-length springs are invented, revolutionizing seismometers and gravimeters. * British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane publishes ''The Causes of Evolution'', unifying the findings of Mendelian genetics with those of evolutionary science. * The heath hen becomes extinct in North America. * Walter B. Pitkin publishes ''Life Begins at Forty'' in the United States. * SPAR (retailer), SPAR, the global retail brand, is founded in Zegwaart, Netherlands. * Unemployment in the United States – ca. 33% – 14 million. A similar level of unemployment affects Germany. Many people in depressed countries do not receive unemployment benefit due to governments not being able to afford benefit payments.


Births


January

* January 3 – Dabney Coleman, American actor (d. 2024) * January 5 ** Bob Barney and Dave Barney, American educators and sportspersons ** Umberto Eco, Italian scholar and novelist (d. 2016) ** Raisa Gorbacheva, wife of the president of the Soviet Union (d. 1999) * January 10 ** József Szécsényi, Hungarian track and field athlete (d. 2017) ** David Ejoor, Nigerian Army officer (d. 2019) * January 11 – Takkō Ishimori, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013) * January 13 – Joseph Cardinal Zen, Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong * January 16 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985) * January 17 – Sheree North, American actress and singer (d. 2005) * January 18 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007) * January 19 – Richard Lester, American film director *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...
– Piper Laurie, American actress (d. 2023) * January 25 – Nikolay Anikin, Soviet cross-country skier (d. 2009) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer (d. 2004) * January 27 – Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2008) *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
– Ellen Griffin Dunne, American actress and activist (d. 1997) * January 29 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958) * January 30 ** Kazuo Inamori, Japanese businessman (d. 2022) ** Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007)


February

* February 1 – Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (d. 2016) * February 3 ** Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984) ** Blaise Rabetafika, Malagasy diplomat (d. 2000) * February 5 – Cesare Maldini, Italian football player and manager (d. 2016) * February 6 ** François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984) ** Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary leader (d. 1959) * February 7 ** Gay Talese, American author ** Alfred Worden, American astronaut (d. 2020) * February 8 – John Williams, American composer and conductor *
February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
– Gerhard Richter, German painter *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
– Margit Carlqvist, Swedish actress * February 13 – Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990) * February 14 – Alexander Kluge, German author and film director * February 16 ** Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former president of Sierra Leone (d. 2014) ** Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-born Israeli writer (d. 2018) *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
– Miloš Forman, Czech-American film director (d. 2018) * February 19 – Alberto Dines, Brazilian journalist and writer (d. 2018) * February 20 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. 2007) * February 22 ** Ted Kennedy, American politician (d. 2009) ** Robert Opron, French automotive designer (d. 2021) * February 23 – Irene Jai Narayan, Fiji politician (d. 2011) * February 24 ** John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005) ** Michel Legrand, French composer (d. 2019) ** Zell Miller, American politician (d. 2018) ** M. S. Rajeswari, Indian singer (d. 2018) *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
** Augusto Polo Campos, Peruvian composer (d. 2018) ** Faron Young, American country singer (d. 1996) **Tony Brooks (racing driver), Tony Brooks, British racing driver (d. 2022) * February 26 – Johnny Cash, American country singer (d. 2003) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– Dame Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011) * February 28 ** Don Francks, Canadian actor, musician and singer (d. 2016) ** Francisco Colmenero, Mexican dub director, dub actor.


March

* March 4 ** Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (d. 2007) ** Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (d. 2008) ** Efrén Echeverría, Paraguayan musician guitarist, composer, and compiler (d. 2018) * March 6 ** Marc Bazin, 4th prime minister of Haiti (d. 2010) ** Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (d. 2008) * March 7 ** Lola Beltrán, Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter (d. 1996) ** Momoko Kōchi, Japanese actress (d. 1998) * March 11 – Leroy Jenkins (musician), Leroy Jenkins, African-American jazz musician and composer (d. 2007) * March 12 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014) * March 15 ** Alan Bean, American naval officer and naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (d. 2018) ** Yumie Hiraiwa, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (d. 2023) *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
– John Updike, American author (d. 2009) *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...
** Wan Mokhtar, Malaysian politician (d. 2020) ** Walter Gilbert, American chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel laureate *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...
– Els Borst, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1998–2002) (d. 2014) * March 27 – Junior Parker, African-American blues musician (d. 1971) * March 28 – Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author (d. 2019) * March 30 – Ted Morgan (writer), Ted Morgan, French-born biographer and journalist (d. 2023) * March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (d. 2013)


April

* April 1 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2016) * April 4 ** Richard Lugar, American politician (d. 2019) ** Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992) ** Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet and Russian film director (d. 1986) * April 8 ** József Antall, Hungarian historian, librarian, political figure and teacher, 53rd Prime Minister of Hungary, prime minister of Hungary (d. 1993) ** Sultan Iskandar of Johor, 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010) * April 9 ** Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006) ** Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998) * April 10 ** Kishori Amonkar, Indian vocalist (d. 2017) ** Delphine Seyrig, Lebanese-born French actress (d. 1990) ** Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (d. 2015) *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. * 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...
– Joel Grey, American actor, singer and dancer * April 12 ** Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (d. 2019) ** Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005) ** Tiny Tim (musician), Tiny Tim, American musician (d. 1996) *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
** Barney Simon, South African writer, playwright and director (d. 1995) ** Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (d. 1976) *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
** António dos Santos (bishop), António dos Santos, Portuguese bishop (d. 2018) ** Loretta Lynn, American country singer-songwriter (d. 2022) * April 16 ** Qahhor Mahkamov, Tajik politician, 1st president of Tajikistan (d. 2016) ** Pierre Milza, French historian (d. 2018) * April 21 – Elaine May, American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress * April 24 – Vladimir Yengibaryan, Armenian amateur light-welterweight boxer (d. 2013) *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
** Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019) ** Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player, 22 years for the Harlem Globetrotters (d. 2015) * April 26 ** Michael Smith (chemist), Michael Smith, English-born chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) ** Francis Lai, French composer (d. 2018) * April 27 ** Anouk Aimée, French actress (d. 2024) ** Pik Botha, South African politician (d. 2018) ** Casey Kasem, American disc jockey and voice actor (d. 2014) ** Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999) *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
– Wilson Ndolo Ayah, Kenyan politician (d. 2016)


May

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May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** Ahmet Haxhiu, Albanian political activist (d. 1994) ** José Maria Marin, Brazilian politician and sports administrator ** Antal Bolvári, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2019) * May 7 – Fufi Santori, Puerto Rican basketball player and writer (d. 2018) * May 8 ** Phyllida Law, Scottish actress ** Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970) * May 9 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (d. 2015) * May 11 ** Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, Dominican Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018) ** Valentino (fashion designer), Valentino, Italian fashion designer * May 18 – Dean Tavoularis, Greek-American motion picture production designer * May 19 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966) * May 21 – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief (d. 2014) * May 24 – Arnold Wesker, British playwright (d. 2016) * May 25 – K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020) * May 27 – José Varacka, Argentine footballer and coach (d. 2018) * May 29 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist * May 30 ** Abdul Ghani Gilong, Malaysian politician (d. 2021) ** Jose Melo, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2020)


June

* June 4 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (d. 2004) * June 5 – Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter (d. 1981) * June 6 – David Scott, American astronaut * June 9 – Dave McKigney, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1988) * June 10 – Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (d. 2019) * June 11 – Athol Fugard, South African author and dramatist (d. 2025) * June 12 ** Mimi Coertse, South African opera soprano ** Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian Olympic athlete (d. 2002) * June 13 – Rainer K. Sachs, German-American physicist and biologist (d. 2024) * June 17 – Vesna Krmpotić, Croatian writer and translator (d. 2018) * June 18 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel laureate * June 20 – Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet Poet (d. 1994) * June 21 ** Ilka Soares, Brazilian actress (d. 2022) ** Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor * June 22 ** Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran; wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (d. 2001) ** Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005) ** Prunella Scales, English actress * June 23 – Eloisa Cianni, Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder (d. 2022) * June 24 ** Margit Korondi, Hungarian gymnast (d. 2022) ** David McTaggart, Canadian environmental campaigner (d. 2001) * June 25 – Peter Blake (artist), Peter Blake, English artist * June 26 ** Marguerite Pindling, Governor-General of the Bahamas ** Harry Bromfield, South African cricketer (d. 2020) * June 27 – Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006) * June 28 – Pat Morita, Asian-American actor (d. 2005) * June 30 – Ingrid Allen, British neuroscientist (d. 2020)


July

* July 1 **Sonny Caldinez, Trinidadian actor and former professional wrestler (d. 2022) **Pablo Eisenberg, French-born American academic and tennis player (d. 2022) **Adam Harasiewicz, Polish concert pianist * July 2 – Waldemar Matuška, Czech singer (d. 2009) * July 4 – Otis Young, African-American actor (d. 2001) * July 5 ** Gyula Horn, Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2013) ** Kazimiera Utrata, Polish actress (d. 2018) * July 6 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and professor * July 7 ** Carlos de Cárdenas Jr., Cuban yachtsman (d. 1990) ** Eileen Lemass, Irish politician * July 9 – Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense (d. 2021) * July 10 ** Carlo Maria Abate, Italian racing driver (d. 2019) ** János Bódi, Hungarian modern pentathlete * July 11 – Hans van Manen, Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer * July 12 ** Rene Goulet, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2019) ** Otis Davis, American athlete (d. 2024) * July 13 ** Per Nørgård, Danish composer (d. 2025) ** Khalil Taha, Lebanese wrestler (d. 2020) * July 14 – Helga Liné, German-born Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat * July 17 ** Joanne Gilbert, American actress ** Quino, Argentine cartoonist (d. 2020) * July 20 ** Nam June Paik, Korean-born American artist (d. 2006) ** Otto Schily, German politician * July 22 ** Jean Barthe, French rugby league and rugby union player (d. 2017) ** Tom Robbins, American novelist (d. 2025) * July 23 ** Jorge Arvizu, Mexican voice actor (d. 2014) ** Oswaldo Loureiro, Brazilian actor (d. 2018) * July 25 – Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (d. 2017) * July 28 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (d. 2015) * July 29 – Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, U.S. senator *July 30 – Edd Byrnes, American actor (Grease (film), Grease) (d. 2020) * July 31 – John Searle, American philosopher


August

* August 1 ** Meir Kahane, American-born Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist (d. 1990) ** Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972) * August 2 ** Lamar Hunt, American sportsman (d. 2006) ** Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (d. 2013) * August 4 – Frances Allen, American computer scientist (d. 2020) * August 5 ** Jameson Mbilini Dlamini, 7th prime minister of Swaziland (d. 2008) ** Vladimir Fedoseyev, Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher * August 6 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter and print-maker (d. 2017) * August 7 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian long-distance runner (d. 1973) * August 8 – Mel Tillis, American country singer (d. 2017) * August 9 – Anand Panyarachun, 18th Prime Minister of Thailand, prime minister of Thailand * August 11 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer * August 12 – Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand (from 1950 to present) * August 17 ** V. S. Naipaul, West Indian-born writer and Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel laureate (d. 2018) ** Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (d. 2022) * August 18 – Luc Montagnier, French virologist and Nobel Prize winner (d. 2022) * August 19 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 32nd prime minister of Thailand (d. 2016) * August 20 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (d. 2009) * August 21 – Melvin Van Peebles, African-American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer (d. 2021) * August 23 – Houari Boumediene, 2nd president of Algeria (d. 1978) * August 24 – W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor (d. 2019) * August 25 – Luis Félix López, Ecuadorian doctor, writer and politician (d. 2008) * August 27 ** Mohamed Hamri, Moroccan artist (d. 2000) ** Saye Zerbo, 3rd president and 4th prime minister of Burkina Faso (d. 2013) * August 28 – Raul Cortez, Brazilian actor (d. 2006) * August 29 – Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (d. 2018)


September

* September 1 ** Sunny von Bülow, American socialite (d. 2008) ** Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (d. 2008) * September 3 ** Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (d. 2013) ** Acácio Pereira Magro, Portuguese academic, economist and politician (d. 2018) * September 5 – Carol Lawrence, American actress, singer and dancer * September 8 ** Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963) ** Herbert Leuninger, German Roman Catholic priest and refugee rights activist (d. 2020) * September 9 – Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (d. 2008) * September 11 ** Mustapha Akanbi (jurist), Mustapha Akanbi, Nigerian lawyer and judge (d. 2018) ** Rinaldo Fidel Brédice, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018) * September 12 – Atli Dam, 3-Time Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. 2005) * September 13 **Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and actor (d. 2014) **Dick Biondi, American Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey (d. 2023) * September 17 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari Emir (d. 2016) * September 18 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2002) * September 22 ** Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania (d. 2010) ** Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (d. 2009) * September 25 ** Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (d. 1982) ** Adolfo Suárez, 1st Spanish prime minister after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Franco (d. 2014) * September 26 ** Donna Douglas, American actress (''The Beverly Hillbillies'') (d. 2015) ** Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer (d. 2018) ** Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and 13th Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India (d. 2024) * September 27 ** Oliver E. Williamson, American economist (d. 2020) ** Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986) ** Yash Chopra, Indian film director and producer (d. 2012) * September 28 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1973) * September 29 ** Mehmood Ali, Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004) ** Rainer Weiss, German-born American gravitational physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate


October

* October 8 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player (d. 2024) * October 10 – Frances Fox Piven, American sociologist * October 11 – Dottie West, American singer and songwriter (d. 1991) * October 12 ** Dick Gregory, African-American comedian and activist (d. 2017) ** Yuichiro Miura, Japanese alpinist * October 13 – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d. 2018) * October 14 – Wolf Vostell, German artist (d. 1998) * October 18 – Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician * October 19 – Robert Reed, American actor (''The Brady Bunch'') (d. 1992) * October 20 – Rokurō Naya, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) * October 24 ** Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) ** Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021) * October 25 – Meng Sufen, Chinese politician (d. 2020) * October 26 – Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (d. 2019) * October 27 ** Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007) ** Harry Gregg, Northern Irish football goalkeeper and manager (d. 2020) ** Sylvia Plath, American poet and author (d. 1963) * October 28 ** Spyros Kyprianou, President of Cyprus (d. 2002) ** Suzy Parker, American fashion model and actress (d. 2003) * October 31 – Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator (d. 2014)


November

* November 2 – Henri Namphy, 35th president of Haiti (d. 2018) * November 3 – Albert Reynolds, 8th taoiseach of Republic of Ireland, Ireland (d. 2014) * November 4 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004) * November 8 ** Stéphane Audran, French actress (d. 2018) ** Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 5th president of Malta * November 9 – Orfeo Reda, Italian painter * November 10 ** Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (d. 2016) ** Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008) * November 11 – Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (d. 2012) * November 13 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000) * November 15 ** Petula Clark, British singer, actress and songwriter ** Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972) * November 21 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (d. 2016) * November 23 – Kai Hietarinta, Finnish businessman and ice hockey executive * November 22 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (d. 2016) * November 24 – Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (d. 2019) * November 27 – Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino politician and senator (d. 1983) * November 28 ** Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz saxophonist (d. 2016) ** Ethel Ennis, African-American jazz singer (d. 2019) * November 29 ** Jacques Chirac, President of France (d. 2019) ** Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz musician (d. 2019)


December

* December 1 – Dame Heather Begg, New Zealand mezzo-soprano (d. 2009) * December 2 – Sergio Bonelli, Italian comic book author and publisher (d. 2011) * December 3 – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner (d. 2016) * December 4 ** Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Tengku Ampuan of Pahang (d. 1988) ** Roh Tae-woo, 6th president of South Korea (d. 2021) * December 5 ** Sheldon Glashow, American physicist ** Little Richard, American singer and actor (d. 2020) * December 7 ** Ellen Burstyn, American actress ** J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and a former Minister of Finance (d. 2020) * December 9 – Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2013) * December 10 – Howard McCurdy, Canadian politician (d. 2018) * December 11 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (d. 1991) * December 12 – Bob Pettit, American basketball player * December 13 – Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor * December 15 – Jesse Belvin, American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, and songwriter (d. 1960) * December 16 – Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer and pianist * December 21 – Jean-Jacques Guyon, French equestrian (d. 2017) * December 26 – Sajad Haider, Pakistan Air Force officer and 1965 War veteran (d. 2025) * December 28 ** Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (d. 1990) ** Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress (d. 1966) * December 29 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (d. 2023)


Deaths


January – February

* January 2 – Paul Pau, French general (b. 1848) * January 7 – André Maginot, French soldier and politician (b. 1877) * January 8 ** Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer (b. 1862) ** Eurosia Fabris, Italian Roman Catholic nun and blessed (b. 1866) * January 12 – James Felts, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1866) * January 13 – Ernest Mangnall, English football manager (b. 1866) * January 18 – Dmitry Shcherbachev, Russian general (b. 1857) * January 21 – Lytton Strachey, British writer and biographer (b. 1880) *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
– Sir Alfred Yarrow, British shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1842) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
**Edward Stinson, American aviator and aircraft manufacturer (b. 1893) **William Wrigley Jr., American chewing gum industrialist (b. 1861) * February 1 – Farabundo Martí, Salvadorean revolutionary (murdered) (b. 1893) *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
– Louise Reed Stowell, American scientist, author (b. 1850) * February 8 ** Mad Dog Coll, American gangster (b. 1908) ** Jean César Graziani, French general (b. 1859) ** Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect (b. 1867) * February 10 – Edgar Wallace, British novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875) *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
– Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865) * February 16 ** Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841) ** Edgar Speyer, Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born international financier and philanthropist (b. 1862) * February 17 – Albert Johnson (criminal), Albert Johnson, Canadian criminal *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
– Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, last King of Saxony (b. 1865) * February 23 – László Lukács, 17th prime minister of Hungary (b. 1850) * February 29 – Ramon Casas i Carbó, Spanish painter (b. 1866)


March – April

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
** Frank Teschemacher, American musician (b. 1906) ** Dino Campana, Italian poet (b. 1885) *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
– Angela of the Cross, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and saint (b. 1846) * March 6 – John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer ("The Stars and Stripes Forever") (b. 1854) * March 7 ** Heinrich Clam-Martinic, Austrian statesman, former prime minister (b. 1863) ** Aristide Briand, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) * March 8 – Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (b. 1891) * March 11 – Dora Carrington, British painter (b. 1893) * March 10 – Paolo Boselli, 22nd Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy (b. 1838) * March 12 – Ivar Kreuger, Swedish civil engineer and entrepreneur, Swedish Match (b. 1880) *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
– Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (b. 1861) * March 17 – Iliaz Vrioni, Albanian statesman, former prime minister (b. 1882) *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
George Eastman George Eastman (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he ...
, American inventor (
Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated i ...
) (b. 1854) *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
– Chauncey Olcott, American stage actor and singer-songwriter (b. 1858) * March 24 – George Harris, 4th Baron Harris, English cricketer and colonial administrator (b. 1851) * March 31 – Eben Byers, American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. 1880) * April 2 **Rose Coghlan, English actress (b. 1851) **Bill Pickett, African-American cowboy whose parents were slaves (b. 1870) * April 4 – Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
– Phar Lap, Australian racehorse (b. 1926) * April 20 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858) * April 22 – Ferenc Oslay, Hungarians, Hungarian-Slovenes, Slovene historian, writer and irredenta (b. 1883) * April 26 – Bill Lockwood (cricketer), Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868) * April 27 – Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899) *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
– José Félix Uriburu, 22nd president of Argentina (b. 1868)


May – June

* May 3 ** Henri de Gaulle, father of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1848) ** Charles Fort, American researcher of the unusual (b. 1874) * May 7 –
Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (; 22 March 18577 May 1932), was a French politician who served as the President of France from June 1931 until his assassination in May 1932. He is described as "the Father of French Indochin ...
, President of France (assassinated) (b. 1857) * May 8 – Petar Gudev, 16th Prime Minister of Bulgaria, prime minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863) *
May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurpe ...
Tsuyoshi Inukai Inukai Tsuyoshi (, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese statesman who was prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. At the age of 76, Inukai was Japan's second oldest serving prime minister, after Kantarō Suzuki wh ...
, 18th Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855) * May 17 – Frederick C. Billard, Commandant of the Coast Guard, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (b. 1873) * May 22 – Lady Gregory, Irish writer and folklorist (b. 1852) * May 25 – Franz von Hipper, German admiral (b. 1863) * May 26 – Yoshinori Shirakawa, Japanese general (assassinated) (b. 1869) * May 30 – John Hubbard (admiral), John Hubbard, American admiral (b. 1849) * June 3 – Dorabji Tata, Indian businessman (b. 1859) * June 6 – Ernest Broșteanu, Romanian general (b. 1869) * June 9 – Edith Cowan, Australian social reformer and politician (b. 1861) * June 12 – Theo Heemskerk, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852) * June 13 – Alexander Bethell, Sir Alexander Bethell, British admiral (b. 1855) * June 14 – Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, British colonial administrator (b. 1860) * June 16 – Felipe Segundo Guzmán, 30th president of Bolivia (b. 1879) * June 19 – Sol Plaatje, South African journalist, politician and writer. (b. 1876) * June 21 – Major Taylor, American cyclist (b. 1878) * June 24 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian military commander (b. 1879) * June 27 – Francis P. Duffy, Canadian American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1871) * June 29 – William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, 4th governor-general of Australia (b. 1867)


July – August

* July 2 – King Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889) * July 6 – Kenneth Grahame, British-born author (''The Wind In The Willows'') (b. 1859) * July 7 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844) * July 9 – King C. Gillette, American businessman, safety razor inventor (b. 1855) * July 10 – Martha Hughes Cannon, American politician (b. 1857) * July 15 – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African playwright, poet and politician. (b. 1873) * July 16 – Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British general (b. 1857) * July 17 – Rosa Louise Woodberry, American journalist, educator (b. 1869) * July 18 – Matsumura Tatsuo (admiral), Matsumura Tatsuo, Japanese admiral (b. 1868) * July 22 ** Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor (b. 1866) ** Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853) ** Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American Broadway impresario (b. 1867) * July 23 ** Emma Pow Bauder, American evangelist, missionary, reformer, and author (b. 1848) ** Tenby Davies, Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b. 1884) ** Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (suicide) (b. 1873) *July 24 – Hidaka Sōnojō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848) * July 27 – Archduchess Gisela of Austria (b. 1856) * August 1 – Sulejman Delvina, Albanian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Albania, prime minister of Albania (b. 1884) * August 2 ** Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1858) ** Ignaz Seipel, two-time Chancellor of Austria (b. 1876) * August 15 – Traian Moșoiu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1868) * August 18 – Hans Zenker, German admiral (b. 1870) * August 19 – Johannes Schober, three-time Chancellor of Austria (b. 1874) * August 24 – Kate M. Gordon, American suffragette (b. 1861)


September – October

* September 5 – Paul Bern, American screenwriter (b. 1889) * September 6 ** Duke Alexander of Oldenburg (b. 1844) ** Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet, Canadian-born British novelist and politician (b. 1862) * September 8 – Christian von Ehrenfels, Austrian philosopher (b. 1859) * September 13 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch classical composer (b. 1855) * September 16 **Ronald Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, British physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857) **Peg Entwistle, film actress (b. 1908) * September 18 – C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist, sculptor (b. 1900) * September 20 – Wovoka, Paiute visionary (''Ghost Dance'') (b. c. 1856) * September 22 – Claude C. Hopkins, American advertising executive (b. 1866) * September 23 – Jules Chéret, French poster designer (b. 1836) * September 25 – Joel R. P. Pringle, American admiral (b. 1873) * September 27 – Frédéric-Georges Herr, French general (b. 1855) * September 29 – Jesse Pomeroy, youngest convicted murderer in Massachusetts (b. 1859) * September 30 ** Francisco S. Carvajal, 36th president of Mexico (b. 1870) **Constantin Coandă, Romanian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Romania, prime minister of Romania (b. 1857) * October 3 – Emanuel Hoffmann, Swiss jurist and art collector. * October 5 – Christopher Brennan, Australian poet and scholar (b. 1870) * October 15 – Élisabeth Renaud, French teacher, socialist activist, and feminist (b. 1846) * October 17 – Lucy Bacon, American painter (b. 1857) * October 22 – Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, American orator and lecturer (b. 1842) * October 26 – Molly Brown, Denver socialite, noted survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic, sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' (b. 1867) * October 30 – Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, British field marshal (b. 1845)


November – December

* November 4 – Belle Bennett, American actress (b. 1891) * November 12 – Alessandro Tonini, Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1885) * November 14 – Herman Bendell, Civil War surgeon and superintendent of Indian affairs Arizona Territory (b. 1843) * November 15 – Charles W. Chesnutt, African-American author, essayist and political activist (b. 1858) * November 17 – Leónidas Plaza, 16th president of Ecuador (b. 1865) * November 22 – William Walker Atkinson, American writer (b. 1862) * December 2 – Amadeo Vives, Spanish composer (b. 1871) * December 4 – Gustav Meyrink, Austrian writer (b. 1868) * December 8 – Gertrude Jekyll, English garden designer, writer and artist (b. 1843) * December 9 ** Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Bangladeshi writer and social worker (b. 1880) ** Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1848) * December 18 – Eduard Bernstein, German socialist (b. 1850) * December 19 –
Yun Bong-gil Yun Bong-gil (; 21 June 1908 – 19 December 1932) was a Korean independence movement, Korean independence activist. His art name is Maeheon (). He is most notable for his role in the Hongkou Park Incident, in which he set off a bomb that kille ...
, Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea (executed) (b. 1908) * December 26 – The Rogers Brothers, Max Rogers, American vaudevillian (b. 1873) * December 28 – Malcolm Whitman, American tennis player (b. 1877)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Werner Heisenberg, Werner Karl Heisenberg * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Irving Langmuir * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, Edgar Douglas Adrian * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – John Galsworthy * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – not awarded


References


External links


The 1930s Timeline: 1932
– from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia {{DEFAULTSORT:1932 1932, Leap years in the Gregorian calendar