WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1932
Find out what all happened February to December 1932

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger. (5. September 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 BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.) (22. August 1932)

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people. (25. December 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)

The National Theatre of Greece is founded. (30. May 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 son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. (1. March 1932)

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

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)

BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. (19. December 1932)

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

Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece. (3. November 1932)

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

Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. (15. October 1932)

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

Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. (10. December 1932)

Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York, New York. (27. December 1932)