WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1932
Find out what all happened January to July 1932

The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. (1. March 1932)

The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed. (15. May 1932)

Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. (24. April 1932)

Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. (4. June 1932)

Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time. (2. May 1932)

The National Theatre of Greece is founded. (30. May 1932)

Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. (30. July 1932)

The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution. (9. July 1932)

The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. (31. July 1932)

A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans. (28. April 1932)

The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China. (18. February 1932)

Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores. (5. April 1932)

U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. (28. July 1932)

Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. (3. January 1932)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin. (25. January 1932)

Japanese forces attack Shanghai. (28. January 1932)

Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. (29. July 1932)

Lou Gehrig and his teammate Tony Lazzeri hit four home runs in one game, and hit for the natural cycle, respectively. These two feats are both less common than a perfect game, which has occurred twenty-one times in one-hundred and twenty years. (3. June 1932)

The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. (1. January 1932)

Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. (21. May 1932)

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