1932
1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday .
Events
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May 6 - Paul Gordulof assassinates French president Paul Doumer in Paris - Doumer dies the next day. May 10 - Albert Lebrun becomes the new president of France May 12 - Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home. May 13 - The Premier of New South Wales , Jack Lang , is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Phillip Game May 15 - Japanese troops leave Shanghai ; May 15 Incident , the assassination of Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai , occurs. May 16 - Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay - thousands dead and injured. May 20 -21 - Amelia Earhart flies from USA to Londonderry , Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes May 30 - German Chancellor Heinrich Brüning resigns. President Hindenburg takes Franz von Papen to form a new government. June - 15,000 World War I veterans march in Washington, DC June 4 - Military coup in Chile June 6 - The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States at 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ¢/L) sold. June 14 - Bans against SS and SA overturned in Germany June 20 - Benelux customs union negotiated June 24 - After a relatively bloodless military rebellion, Siam becomes a Constitutional monarchy July-October November-December Unknown dates Births January January 3 - Dabney Coleman , American actor January 3 - Coo Coo Marlin , American race car driver (d. 2005 ) January 5 - Johnny Adams , American musician (d. 1998 ) January 5 - Umberto Eco , Italian scholar and author January 6 - Stuart A. Rice , American chemist January 16 - Dian Fossey , American zoologist (d. 1985 ) January 18 - Robert Anton Wilson , American author January 22 - Piper Laurie , American actress January 26 - Coxsone Dodd , Jamaican record producer (d. 2004 ) January 29 - Tommy Taylor , English footballer (d. 1958 ) January 30 - Knock Yokoyama , Japanese comedian and politician February-March February 3 - Peggy Ann Garner , American actress (d. 1984 ) February 6 - François Truffaut , French film director (d. 1984 ) February 7 - Gay Talese , American author February 8 - John Williams , American composer and conductor February 9 - Gerhard Richter , German painter February 11 - Jerome Lowenthal , American pianist February 12 - Julian Lincoln Simon , American economist and author (d. 1998 ) February 14 - Alexander Kluge , German author and film director February 16 - Harry Goz , American actor (d. 2003 ) February 18 - Milos Forman , Czech film director February 22 - Edward Kennedy , American politician February 23 - Majel Barrett , American actress February 24 - Michel Legrand , French composer February 25 - Faron Young American singer (d. 1996 ) February 26 - Johnny Cash , American singer (d. 2003 ) February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor , English-born actress March 4 - Miriam Makeba , South African singer March 12 - Andrew Young , U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations March 16 - Don Blasingame , Major League Baseball player and Japanese baseball manager (d. 2005 ) March 18 - John Updike , American author March 21 - Walter Gilbert , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate March 30 - Ted Morgan , French-born author, biographer, and journalist April-July April 1 - Gordon Jump , American television actor (d. 2003 ) April 1 - Debbie Reynolds , American actress April 2 - Michael Vernon , Australian consumer activist (d.1993 ) April 4 - Anthony Perkins , American actor (d. 1992 ) April 4 - Andrei Tarkovsky , Russian film director (d. 1986 ) April 8 - Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail , King of Malaysia April 9 - Carl Perkins , American musician (d. 1998 ) April 12 - Lakshman Kadirgamar , Sri Lankan politician (assassinated) (d. 2005 ) April 12 - Tiny Tim , American musician (d. 1996 ) April 23 - Halston , American fashion designer (d. 1990 ) April 26 - Michael Smith , English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 ) April 27 - Casey Kasem , American disc jockey and voice actor April 27 - Gian-Carlo Rota , Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999 ) May 8 - Phyllida Law , Scottish actress May 8 - Sonny Liston , American boxer (d. 1970 ) May 25 - John Gregory Dunne , American writer (d. 2003 ) June 4 - John Drew Barrymore , American actor (d. 2004 ) June 4 - Maurice Shadbolt , New Zealand writer (d. 2004 ) June 12 - Rona Jaffe , American novelist June 18 - Dudley R. Herschbach , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate June 18 - Geoffrey Hill , English poet June 25 - Peter Blake , English artist June 27 - Anna Moffo , American soprano June 28 - Pat Morita , American actor July 2 - Dave Thomas , American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 2002 ) July 9 - Donald Rumsfeld , U.S. Secretary of Defense July 12 - Otis Davis , American runner July 21 - Ernie Warlick , American football player July 29 - Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker , U.S. Senator August-December August 1 - Meena Kumari , Indian actress August 2 - Lamar Hunt , American sportsman August 2 - Peter O'Toole , Irish actor August 6 - Howard Hodgkin , British painter and print-maker August 11 - Fernando Arrabal , Moroccan-born writer August 17 - V. S. Naipaul , West Indian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate August 18 - William R. Bennett , Premier of British Columbia September 4 - Dinsdale Landen , English actor (d. 2003 ) September 7 - Paul Getty , American-born philanthropist (d. 2003 ) September 8 - Patsy Cline , American singer (d. 1963 ) September 18 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov , cosmonaut (d. 2002 ) September 22 - Algirdas Brazauskas , President of Lithuania September 25 - Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist (d. 1982 ) September 26 - Richard Herd , American actor September 26 - Dr. Manmohan Singh , Prime Minister of India September 27 - Oliver E. Williamson , American economist October 19 - Robert Reed , American actor (d. 1992 ) October 20 - Rosey Brown , American football playerr (d. 2004 ) October 24 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate October 24 - Robert Mundell , Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate October 28 - Suzy Parker , American actress (d. 2003 ) November 3 - Albert Reynolds , President of Ireland November 4 - Thomas Klestil , President of Austria (d. 2004 ) November 4 - Noam Pitlik , American actor and director (d. 1999 ) November 15 - Petula Clark , English singer, actress, and songwriter November 20 - Richard Dawson , English-born game show host November 29 - Jacques Chirac , President of France December 2 - Manuel Puig , Argentinian writer (d. 1990 ) December 5 - Sheldon Lee Glashow , American physicist December 9 - Bill Hartack , American jockey December 24 - Earl Dodge , American presidential candidate December 28 - Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman (d. 2002 ) December 28 - Dorsey Burnette , American singer (d. 1979 ) December 28 - Roy Hattersley , British politician Unknown dates Deaths January 21 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer and biographer (b. 1880 ) January 24 - Sir Alfred Yarrow , English shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1842 ) February 10 - Edgar Wallace , English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875 ) February 16 - Ferdinand Buisson , French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841 ) March 1 - Frank Teschemacher , American musician (b. 1906 ) March 6 - John Philip Sousa , American band leader, conductor, and composer (b. 1854 ) March 7 - Aristide Briand , French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862 ) March 14 - George Eastman , American inventor (b. 1854 ) March 31 - Eben Byers , American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. 1880 ) April 4 - Wilhelm Ostwald , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853 ) April 20 - Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician (b. 1858 ) April 26 - Hart Crane , American poet (b. 1899 ) April 26 - William Lockwood , English cricketer (b. 1868 ) May 3 - Charles Fort , American researcher of the unusual (b. 1874 ) May 7 - Paul Doumer , President of France (assassinated) (b. 1857 ) May 15 - Tsuyoshi Inukai , Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855 ) May 17 - Frederick C. Billard , Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (b. 1873 ) June 21 - Major Taylor , American cyclist (b. 1878 ) July 6 - Kenneth Grahame , English author (b. 1859 ) July 23 - Alberto Santos-Dumont , Brazilian aviation pioneer (b. 1873 ) September 20 - Wovoka , Paiute visionary September 23 - Jules Chéret , French poster designer (b. 1836 ) December 19 - Yoon Bong-Gil , Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea, executed (b. 1908 ) Unknown date Nobel Prizes