Today in History for August 1932

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

2nd - Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs
2nd - The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
10th - A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
13th - Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor
13th - Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers & wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
14th - 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes
14th - Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game
14th - Philips makes 1 millionth radio
18th - Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon
18th - Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic
19th - 46th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62)
21st - Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons
22nd - BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
22nd - The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.)
24th - 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
25th - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
27th - 200,000 English textile workers strike
27th - Intl anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam
29th - International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
29th - United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops
30th - Hermann Goering elected chairman (Reichstag)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 64 of 64

1st - Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1st - Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)
2nd - Lamar Hunt, NFL owner (KC Chiefs)
2nd - Marvin David Levy, composer
2nd - Peter O'Toole, Ireland, actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia)
3rd - Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress (Indian Fighter)
3rd - Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet
5th - Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist
5th - Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
6th - Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], actress (Milkmaid)
6th - Howard Hodgkin, British painter
7th - Ann Harding, US, actress (East is West, Janie)
7th - Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown)
7th - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
7th - Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist
7th - Edward Hardwicke, British actor
8th - Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
8th - Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel)
8th - Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
9th - John Gomery, Canadian jurist
10th - Alexander Goehr, composer
11th - Angela Rumbold, MP
11th - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer (Baal Babilonia)
11th - Geoffrey Cass, CEO (Cambridge U Press)
11th - Lord Varley
11th - Sam McCluskie, trade unionist
11th - Wilson "Papa" Godett, Curacaos worker's union leader/boxer
11th - Israel Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
11th - John Gorrie, English director
12th - Queen Ferekit, of Thailand (Queens Day)
12th - Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
12th - Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer
14th - Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster (Downside School Great Britain)
14th - James V Hansen, (Rep-R-Utah, 1981- )
14th - Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
15th - Robert L[ull] Forward, US, sci-fi author (Dragon's Egg, Starquake)
16th - Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], Bronx NY, singer (Bossa Nova)
16th - Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
17th - Chet Allen, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter)
17th - Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist (Middle Passage)
18th - William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
19th - John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire
19th - Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont
20th - Anthony Ainley, British actor (d. 2004)
20th - Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist
21st - Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)
22nd - Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 4)
22nd - Theoni Vachliotis aldredge, award winning costume designer
23rd - Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
23rd - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria (d. 1978)
24th - Richard Graham Meale, composer
24th - Robert D. Hales, LDS apostle
25th - Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russia, cosmonaut
26th - Joe H Engle, Abilene Ks, Brig Gen USAF/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I)
27th - Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
27th - Francois Glorieux, composer
27th - M N Burdayev, cosmonaut
27th - Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, cosmonaut
28th - Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
28th - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
28th - [Moriyuki] Pat Morita, Isleton CA, actor (Hiroshima, Karate Kid)
31st - Benito Wogatzki, writer
31st - Robert [Franklin] Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
31st - Roy Castle, entertainer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

3rd - Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger (26) weds Marion Mill

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

1st - Arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies
2nd - Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50
5th - Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies
10th - Slang, writer, dies
10th - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (b. 1918)
14th - Rin Tin Tin, US Hollywood-dog, dies
20th - Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87
20th - Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59
20th - Tadeusz Joteyko, composer, dies at 60
21st - Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
30th - Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77