- Sep 1 NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges)
- Sep 3 A's first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th & 51st home runs to become only 3rd player to reach 50 in a MLB season; joins Babe Ruth & Hack Wilson
- Sep 4 PGA Championship, Keller GC: Olin Dutra wins the first of 2 major titles, beating Frank Walsh 4 & 3
- Sep 5 The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger
- Sep 7 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
- Sep 9 Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning
- Sep 9 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
- Sep 9 Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
- Sep 9 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River (71 killed)
- Sep 10 US Men's National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills: American Ellsworth Vines successfully defends his title; beats Frenchman Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
- Sep 10 Dodgers' Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
- Sep 10 Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC
- Sep 11 Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed in a plane crash when their RWD 6 crashes into the ground during a storm.
- Sep 12 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
- Sep 12 German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved
- Sep 13 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
- Sep 14 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
- Sep 16 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
- Sep 18 Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign
- Sep 20 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
- Sep 20 Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
Mahatma Gandhi
- Sep 22 Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
Event of Interest
Sep 24 NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Sep 25 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
- Sep 25 Poona Act signed by Madan Mohan Malaviya and B R. Amedkar in India, reserving legislative seats for depressed classes (untouchables)
- Sep 28 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12)
- Sep 29 "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair