1932
year
1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1929 1930 1931 – 1932 – 1933 1934 1935 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1932 MCMXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2685 |
| Armenian calendar | 1381 ԹՎ ՌՅՁԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6682 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 88–89 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1853–1854 |
| Bengali calendar | 1339 |
| Berber calendar | 2882 |
| British Regnal year | 22 Geo. 5 – 23 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2476 |
| Burmese calendar | 1294 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7440–7441 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4628 or 4568 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4629 or 4569 |
| Coptic calendar | 1648–1649 |
| Discordian calendar | 3098 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1924–1925 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5692–5693 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1988–1989 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1853–1854 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5032–5033 |
| Holocene calendar | 11932 |
| Igbo calendar | 932–933 |
| Iranian calendar | 1310–1311 |
| Islamic calendar | 1350–1351 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 7 (昭和７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1862–1863 |
| Juche calendar | 21 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4265 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 21 民國21年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 464 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2474–2475 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 2058 or 1677 or 905 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 2059 or 1678 or 906 |
Events
change- January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang tries to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan and fails.
- February 4 - The 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
- August 6 - The first Venice Film Festival happens.
- October 30 - A hurricane forms. It hits Cuba in November.
- November 2 - The Emu War begins.
- November 18 - The United States has a presidential election.
- Unknown - Joseph Stalin starts the Holodomor.
Births
change- January 19 – Richard Lester
- January 30 – Gino Conforti, American actor
- February 8 – John Williams
- February 12 – Johnny Cash (d. 2003)
- February 22 – Ted Kennedy (d. 2009)
- March 2 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish television star
- March 4 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (d. 2007)
- March 4 – Frank Wells, American businessman, president of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1994)
- April 27 – Casey Kasem, American radio show host, voice actor (d. 2014)
- July 2 – Dave Thomas, founder of the fast food chain Wendy's (d. 2002)
- August 2 – Peter O'Toole (d. 2013)
- September 25 – Adolfo Suárez (d. 2014)
- October 20 – William Christopher
- November 13 – Richard Mulligan
- November 29 – Jacques Chirac (d. 2019)
- December 5 - Little Richard, American rock and roll pianist (d. 2020)
- December 14 – Charlie Rich
Nobel Prizes
change- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine won by Charles Scott Sherrington, (1857 – 1952) and Edgar Douglas Adrian (1889 — 1977).