WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1932
Find out what all happened January to October 1932

Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire (12. July 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 son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. (1. March 1932)

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

Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. (15. October 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)

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

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. (19. March 1932)

The Indian Air Force is established. (8. October 1932)

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

World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. (29. May 1932)

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

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

Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. (3. October 1932)

A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. (10. August 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)

Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. (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)

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

Japanese forces attack Shanghai. (28. January 1932)

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