July 1932 in History

Events in History

Presidential Convention

Jul 1 NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois

Jul 1 NY newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt
Jul 2 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech

Estado Novo

Jul 5 António de Oliveira Salazar becomes the premier and dictator of Portugal (1932-1968), founding the authoritarian Estado Novo (New State) regime

Dictator of Portugal António de Oliveira Salazar

Jul 6 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents
Jul 8 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
Jul 8 Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucshire
Jul 9 The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian federal government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
Jul 10 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
Jul 14 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders

Event of Interest

Jul 15 US President Herbert Hoover cuts own salary 15%

Jul 18 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Ouchy Convention, a customs treaty
Jul 18 US and Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway

Prussian Coup d'état

Jul 20 Franz von Papen launches a coup against the Prussian government

Jul 20 In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who attempt to march to the White House
Jul 27 Paul Gorgoulov, assassin of French president Doumer, sentenced to death
Jul 28 US President Herbert Hoover uses federal troops to evict the Bonus Army (WWI veterans and their families) from their encampment, 4 die
Jul 29 Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans
Jul 31 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%)

Birthdays in History

Jul 1 Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz, born in Lille, France (d. 2007)
Jul 2 Dave Thomas, American businessman who founded Wendy's Restaurants, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
Jul 5 Gyula Horn, Hungarian prime minister (1994-8), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2013)
Jul 5 Teddy Millington-Drake, English painter, born in London (d. 1994)
Jul 9 Donald Rumsfeld, American politician (US Congress, 1963-69; Nixon Whitehouse, 1969-74; Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 & 2001-06), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2021)
Jul 10 Jürgen Becker, German writer, born in Cologne, Germany
Jul 12 Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, born in Sheffield (d. 1996)
Jul 13 Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist, born in Montreal, Ontario
Jul 16 Richard Thornburgh, 76th United States Attorney General (1988-91) and 41st Governor of Pennsylvania, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
Jul 17 Hal Riney, American advertising executive, born in Seattle Washington (d. 2008)
Jul 20 Otto Schily, German politician (founding member of the Green Party - later a Social Democrat), born in Bochum, Weimar Republic
Jul 22 Oscar de la Renta, Domincan American fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (d. 2014)
Jul 22 Tom Robbins, American author (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues), born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Jul 22 William Wilkinson, English conservationist and businessman, born in Warminster, England (d. 1996)
Jul 24 William Ruckelshaus, American attorney and first Head of Environmental Protection Agency, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 25 Paul J. Weitz, American test pilot and NASA astronaut (Skylab 2; STS-6), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
Jul 27 Beverly Byron, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 27 Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu, South Africian worker's union leader, and African National Congress Leader, born in Matatiele, South Africa (d. 2002)
Jul 27 Robert Cowan, CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises), born in Edinburgh (d. 1993)
Jul 28 Natalie Babbitt, American children's writer (Tuck Everlasting), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2016)
Jul 29 Nancy Kassebaum, American politician (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979-97), born in Topeka, Kansas

John Searle (91 years old)

Jul 31 American philosopher, born in Denver, Colorado

Jul 31 Robert W. Davis, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1979-93), born in Marquette, Michigan (d. 2009)

Weddings in History

Damon Runyon

Jul 7 Author Damon Runyon (51) weds Patrice Amati del Grande

Jul 19 "Rebecca" author Daphne Du Maurier (25) weds commander of the I Airborne Corps Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning (35)

Deaths in History

Jul 2 Manuel II, last King of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
Jul 3 Arthur Hawley Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 73
Jul 5 Sasha Chorny [Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg], Russian poet, dies at 51
Jul 6 Kenneth Grahame, English author (The Wind in the Willows), dies at 73
Jul 7 Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana), dies at 51
Jul 7 Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, dies at 87

King C. Gillette (1855-1932)

Jul 9 American businessman and inventor of inexpensive and disposable safety razor blades, dies at 77

Jul 20 René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)
Jul 22 Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist, dies at 78
Jul 22 Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., American theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 65
Jul 22 Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-American inventor and radio pioneer - reputedly broadcast 1st program of voice & music, dies at 65
Jul 22 Roosje Vos, Dutch seamstress, and trade union leader, dies at 71
Jul 23 Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian balloonist, airship builder, and aviator (1st plane flight in Europe), dies by suicide at 59
Jul 25 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron and writer (It Bolleken), dies at 72