WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1932
Find out what all happened February to October 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)

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)

The 153-year-old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later. (23. April 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)

Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day. (20. May 1932)

The Indian Air Force is established. (8. October 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 NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. (31. July 1932)

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

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

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

In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion. (4. May 1932)

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

Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. (5. April 1932)

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. (19. March 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 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (23. September 1932)

In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which occurred in the city of São Paulo. Their names and surnames were used to form the MMDC, a revolutionary group that would act against the dictatorial government, especially in the Constitutionalist Revolution ("Revolução Constitucionalista", in Portuguese), the major uprising in Brazil during the 20th century. (23. May 1932)

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. (10. September 1932)