WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1932
Find out what all happened February to July 1932

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

The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1⁄4 ¢/L) sold. (6. June 1932)

Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan. (4. February 1932)

A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). (24. June 1932)

Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues. (17. July 1932)

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. (20. July 1932)

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

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

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

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

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

In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion. (4. May 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)

Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident. (25. February 1932)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. (8. July 1932)

In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. (28. May 1932)

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

Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Jr., is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. (12. May 1932)

Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. (17. June 1932)