Significant Events
- Mar 19 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
- May 21 After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, becoming the 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman
- Dec 19 British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas
1932 in Film & TV
- Apr 12 "Grand Hotel" directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore premieres in New York, includes the line "I want to be alone" (Best Picture/Production 1932)
- Apr 16 Short film "The Music Box" starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1932 Academy Award Best Live Action Short Film)
- Apr 29 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC radio, longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)
- Jul 28 "White Zombie" - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Béla Lugos is released in the US
- Aug 22 BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
1932 in Music
- Dec 27 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City
1932 in Sport
- Feb 15 US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
- Dec 18 1st NFL playoff game; Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 indoors at Chicago Stadium due to blizzard
World Leaders in 1932
Herbert Hoover
31st US President
Joseph Stalin
Soviet General Secretary
Ramsay MacDonald
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Time Person
of the Year
Fredric March
Oscar for Best Actor
Helen Hayes
Oscar for Best Actress
Anthony Perkins
Elizabeth Taylor
Johnny Cash
Patsy Cline
Sylvia Plath
Ted CassidyWould You Believe?
The "Great Emu War" ends: Emu's surprising resilience to bullets led to Emu victory over Australian military in Campion district, Western Australia
On December 10, 1932
Famous Weddings
- Feb 1 Film director Frank Capra (34) weds secretary Lucille Reyburn
- Apr 30 Australian Test cricket batsman Don Bradman (23) weds Jessie Martha Menzies at St Paul's Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney
- May 13 Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar
- Jul 2 Platinum blonde screen goddess Jean Harlow (21) weds MGM producer Paul Bern (42)
- Jul 7 Author Damon Runyon (51) weds Patrice Amati del Grande
Edgar Wallace
George Eastman
John Philip Sousa
King C. Gillette
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