WHAT HAPPENED IN 1932.
Look what happened the 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 BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.) (22. August 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)

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

The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences. (7. September 1932)

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened. (10. September 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 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (23. 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)

Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia. (29. September 1932)

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

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

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

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

In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens. (24. November 1932)

German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa. (5. December 1932)

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

The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9–0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard, the game is moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 80 yards (73 m) long. (18. December 1932)

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

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people. (25. December 1932)

   
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