WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1932
Find out what all happened February to September 1932

Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time. (2. May 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 Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. (7. September 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)

Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey). (24. August 1932)

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

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

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. (10. 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 Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. (19. March 1932)

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

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

A bloodless Revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). (24. June 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 positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. (2. August 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)

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

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

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