May 1932 calendar

May 1932
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1932.
The US president was Herbert Hoover (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1932: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1932?

Events

02 May 1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
03 May 1932 24 tourists begin first air-charter holiday (London, England, to Basle, Switzerland).
04 May 1932 Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
05 May 1932 Japan and China sign a peace treaty.
07 May 1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
09 May 1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
10 May 1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem.
12 May 1932 Body of kidnapped Son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
13 May 1932 Russian Composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
14 May 1932 We Want Beer! parade in New York
15 May 1932 The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'etat, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
17 May 1932 US Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico".
20 May 1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria.
21 May 1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
23 May 1932 Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hour record of 860 mi, 367 yards
26 May 1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo.
28 May 1932 Dam closed, at current monument
29 May 1932 World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

Famous Birthday

Valentino (fashion designer)
Nella Jones
British psychic, one of the world's foremost psychic detectives who works with police in solving cases.
Emma Belle Donath
Derek Parker
British astrologer, well known along with his wife, Julia, for many years as charming mainstays of British astrology and co-author's of a...
Camille Darsières
Claude Quin
French politician and economist.
Anouk Ferjac
John Gregory Dunne
American writer (d. 2003).
Jan Holland
American free-lance magazine and screenwriter.
Roger Dumas
French film actor who has appeared in over 100 films since 1954.
Jean Stablinski
French road cyclist, a professional rider from 1952 to 1968, winning 105 races.
Yuri Ahronovitch
François Gibault
French lawyer and author, an authority on the life and works of Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
Karl Ridderbusch
German musician, an operatic bass.
Alexander Thynne
Robert Bechtle
American artist and painter, he depicts everyday life.
Sonny Liston
American boxer (Born 1932).
Sonny Liston
American boxer (Born 1932).
Jacques Sausin
Belgian dancer, choreographer, and dance professor/lecturer at Mudra.
Carlo Cossutta
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