WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1932
Find out what all happened June to October 1932

Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm. (11. September 1932)

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

Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. (3. October 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 positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. (2. August 1932)

Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia. (29. September 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)

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

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

The Indian Air Force is established. (8. October 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)

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger. (5. September 1932)

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

Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire (12. July 1932)

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. (7. September 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)

Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables). (24. September 1932)

The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.) (22. August 1932)

The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (23. September 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)