1932
1932 was a leap year.
Events
January
January 28 - Japan occupies Shanghai.
February
February 16 - Ireland's general election is won by the Fiana Feil party, a separate wing of Shin Fein, and its leader, Eamon de Valera, becomes chairman of the Executive Committee of the Free State of Ireland.
March
March 3 - Japan declares independence from Manchuria, led by ousted Chinese Emperor Pu Yi (Emperors of Manchukuo).
March 4 - Asteroid 1241 Dyson is discovered, named after English astronomer Frank Dyson.
April
May
Jun
Jul
July 5 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes Prime Minister of Portugal.
August
September
6-7. September - Velebit Uprising
September 23 - Nejad, Hedjas and several other areas annexed by the Saudi dynasty in the Arabian Peninsula under the auspices of Great Britain, are united in the state of Saudi Arabia.
October
November
November 8 - In the US presidential election, Democratic Party candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president of the United States by defeating incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover.
December
Birth
January
January 3 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
January 5 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer, philosopher, semiologist, literary theorist, essayist and medieval historian (prem. 2016)
January 9 - Božidar Pavićević, Serbian actor (prem. 2004)
January 16 - Diane Fossie, American zoologist and protector of mountain gorillas (1985)
January 22 - Piper Laurie, American actress
January 27 - Zoran Prljincevic, Serbian football player (prem. 2013)
February
February 2 - Bosiljka Boci, Serbian actress (prem. 1997)
February 5 - Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and football coach (prem. 2016)
February 6 - Francois Trifo, French director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film critic (prem. 1984)
February 8 - John Williams, American composer, conductor and pianist
February 9 - Kruno Valentić, Croatian actor (prem. 2000)
February 18 - Miloš Forman, Czech-American director, screenwriter and actor (prem. 2018)
February 26 - Johnny Cash, American musician, actor and writer (prem. 2003)
February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor, American-English actress (prem. 2011)
March
March 4 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer, actress and activist
