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Revision as of 05:48, 2 January 2003
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 - 1937 - 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Events
- January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
- February 11 - A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognises the United Automobile Workers Union
- World War II starts in Asia with invasions by Japan
- Koh-i-Noor diamond last known to be worn in public
- May 6 - In United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst.
- May 12 - Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- July 7 - Battle of Lugou Bridge officially marked large-scale Japanese invasion of China
- December 13 - Battle of Nanjing ended as the Japanese took the city and began 3 months of atrocities
- December 28 - The Irish Free State becomes the Republic of Ireland.
Art, Culture & Fashion
Births
- February 11 - Bill Lawry, Australian cricket player.
- February 11 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright.
- February 11 - Marilyn Butler, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford University.
- February 11 - Peter Lashley, West Indies cricket player.
- May 13 - Roch Carrier, Canadian author of fiction
- July 6 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist
- August 8 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
- August 18 - Robert Redford, American actor
- November 17 - Peter Cook, comedian, satirist and writer
- J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist
Deaths
- February 11 - Walter Burley Griffin, architect and town planner
- March 12 - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer
- March 15 - H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer
- August 11 - Edith Wharton, writer
- September 26 - Bessie Smith, blues singer
- Guglielmo Marconi, italian inventor, "the father of radio"