January 1932
Politics and Society
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation established by the Hoover administration as an attempt to restart
the economy
Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns from the Supreme Court
Albany: FDR enters presidential race
Science and Technology
Culture
USC wins the the college football national championship by defeating Tulane 21-12 in the Rose Bowl
World
Japan takes control of Manchuria
U.S.S.R signs non-aggression pact with Poland
February 1932
Politics and Society
Benjamin N. Cardozo named to U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy is born
Science and Technology
Films Released in 1932
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Shanghai Expressstarring Marlene Dietrich
The Music Box, featuring Laurel and Hardy
Scarface, directed by Howard Hawks
Horse Feathers, featuring the Marx Brothers
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, starring Paul Muni
The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff
A Farewell to Arms, starring Gary Cooper
Shouldn’t this be under culture??????
Culture
In the Lake Placid, NY, Winter Olympics, the U.S. wins 10 gold medals and has the best team
performance
World
Soviets strip Trotsky of Russian citizenship
Mussolini meets Pope Pius XI for the first time, mending the split between
Fascists and Catholics (picture?)
Manchurian independence formally declared
Hitler is Nazi party candidate for presidential elections
March 1932
Politics and Society
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Charles Lindbergh's baby is kidnapped, and a ransom is demanded and paid
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The Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act is passed, marking a victory for labor
Four protesters are killed during a riot at the Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan
The 20th Amendment, which will move the presidential inauguration to January 20, is sent to the states
for ratification
Science and Technology
George Eastman, founder of Kodak, dies (suicide)
Culture
Writer John Updike is born on March 18
Composer and “March King” John Philip Sousa dies at 77
Tarzan? (clip?)
World
Books Released in 1932
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Death in the Afternoon--Ernest Hemingway
Light in August--William Faulkner
1919--John Dos Passos
The Thin Man--Dashiell Hammett
Tobacco Road--Erskine Caldwell
Young Lonigan--James Farrell
Mutiny on the Bounty--Charles Nordhoff and James Hall
Little House in the Big Woods--Laura Ingalls Wilder
Shouldn’t this be under culture???????
Britain warns Ireland that loyalty oath is mandatory
April 1932
Politics and Society
Daughters of American Revolution ask for deportation of jobless aliens
Thomas Massie murder trial in Honolulu—he pleads insanity (says he can’t
remember killing his wife) and city is divided over verdict, troops guard city
Science and Technology
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton publish information on their splitting the atom
Chemist C.C. King isolates vitamin C
First yellow fever vaccine announced; developed by Sawyer, Lloyd and Kitchen
Culture
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The Toronto Maple Leafs win the NHL Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers
Paul Debruyn wins the Boston Marathon
World
Ethiopia: Haile Selassie abolishes slavery
Kitler loses run-off election for the presidency to Hindenberg
May 1932
Politics and Society
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The Lindbergh baby is found dead
Bonus Marchers begin arriving in Washington, D.
Communist Party nominates William Z. Foster for
presidency
Sci and Tech
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic
Culture
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Pulitzer prizes given for Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth (fiction), Henry Pringle's Theodore Roosevelt
(biography), John J. Pershing's My Experiences in the World War (history), George Dillon's The
Flowering Stone (poetry), and the musical Of Thee I Sing (drama) by George S. Kaufman, Morrie
Ryskind, and Ira Gershwin
Burgoo King wins the Kentucky Derby
World
French President Paul Doumer assassinated; succeeded by Albert Lebrun
June 1932
Politics and Society
Federal gasoline tax takes effect
Rep. Edward Eslick dies on floor of House while pleading for thee passage of
the bonus bill—bill later defeated by Senate
Hoover re-nominated on Republican ticket
Sci and Tech
Culture
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Gene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open golf tournament
Jack Sharkey defeats Germany's Max Schmeling to win the heavyweight boxing championship
Lou Gerhig ties record with four straight homeruns
World
Girl Before a Mirror, by Pablo Picasso
Conference on war reparation opens in Lausanne,
Switzerland; Germany tells France reparations will not be
repaid
July 1932
Politics and Society
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The Democratic Party nominates Franklin Roosevelt as its presidential candidate
In his acceptance speech, Roosevelt introduces the phrase "New Deal"
The Relief and Reconstruction Act signed by President Hoover to support state and local relief agencies
Led by General Douglass MacArthur, U.S. army troops force the bonus marchers out of their camp, and
two policemen and two marchers are killed
Film or sound of FDR’s speech
Sci and Tech
King Camp Gillette inventor of the safety razor dies at age 77
Culture
River Rouge Plant, by Charles Sheeler
Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
World
The Nazi party wins control of the Reichstag
After three weeks of negotiations, German reparation
payments are suspended.
Turkey becomes 56th member of League of Nations
China: 10,000 die as Chiang opens campaign against
Communists
U.S.S.R. Signs non-aggression pact with Poland, Japan
August 1932
Politics and Society
Sci and Tech
Rome: Marconi successfully tests first short-wave radio
Millions in Maine watch solar eclipse
Culture
The U.S. teams wins 16 gold medals in the Summer Olympics (July 30-Aug. 14) in Los Angeles
World
German Chancellor von Papen bars Hitler from German
government; Hitler predicts the Nazi Party’s “total victory”
September 1932
Politics and Society
Songs Released in 1932
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"Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" by Rudy Vallee
"Night and Day" by Fred Astaire
"All of Me" by Louis Armstrong
"Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" by Bessie Smith
"Dinah" by Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Bing Crosby
"Paradise" by Guy Lombardo
"Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen
Shouldn’t this be under culture??????
New York Mayor Jimmy Walker resigns under charges of corruption;
editorials???
15,000 begin five-day work week at GM
Sci and Tech
In Cleveland, Jimmy Doolittle is the first person to fly over 300 mph
Culture
World
In Germany, Nazi leader Hermann Wilhelm Goering is
elected as Speaker of the Reichstag
Von Papen dissolves Reichstag after vote of no confidence
World Peace Conference convenes in Vienna Austria,
attended by 80 delegats from 14 countries
Gandhi 5-day hunger strike in prison to protest separate electorate for
untouchables; ends when Hindus and untouchables sign Poona Pact, allowing
increased representation for untouchables
October 1932
Politics and Society
Hoover lays cornerstone for Supreme Court Building
(PHOTO)
FDR urges five-day work week, federal aid for unemployed
Sci and Tech
Einstein places age of Earth at ten billion years
Zippo lighter invented by George C. Blaisdell
Culture
New York Yankees (AL) defeat the Chicago Cubs (NL) at Wrigley Field to win 29th World Series in a
four-game sweep; Babe Ruth hits "called shot" home run
Hurricane Express (John Wayne)
World
Iraq joins League of Nations
November 1932
Politics and Society
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In the Supreme Court case Powell v. Alabama, the Scottsboro Boys are granted a new trial
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery
Democratic candidate Franklin Roosevelt wins the presidential election over the Republican incumbent
Herbert Hoover
First woman is elected to the U.S. Senate: Hattie Caraway of
Arkansas was earlier appointed to fill the unexpired term of her late
husband
Sci and Tech
Irving Langmuir wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Culture
Charles W. Chesnutt, author of stories such as "The Goophered Grapevine," dies
“Buck
Rogers” airs on CBS radio
Cole Porter’s “Gay Divorce” opens on Broadway to limited
success; features hit song “Night and Day”
World
U.S.S.R. signs non-aggression pact with France
December 1932
Politics and Society
Science and Technology
Telephone service established (inaugurated?) between Hawaii and U.S.
Culture
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Radio City Music Hall opens
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Army beats Navy 20-0
Academy Awards given to Grand Hotel (best picture), Fredric March for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (best
actor), Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (best actress), and Walt Disney, for inventing the
character Mickey Mouse
World
70,000 killed in massive earthquake in China
Should year in review be at end or beginning?????
Oscars?
First woman elected to senate? Hattie Caraway, dem ark.