Today in History for March 1932

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
7th - Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4
9th - Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
9th - Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
17th - German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter
19th - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
20th - Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR
24th - 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
27th - De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt
29th - Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program
31st - 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
31st - Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 43 of 43

1st - Jacques Leduc, composer
3rd - Mara Corday, Santa Monica CA, playmate (Oct, 1958)
4th - Guido Baggiani, composer
4th - Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
4th - Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965)
4th - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American car designer (d. 2001)
4th - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (d. 1994)
5th - Walter Charles Marshall, scientist
9th - Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
9th - Keely Smith, Norfolk Virginia, American singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
9th - Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor
10th - Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972)
11th - Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game)
11th - Valerie French, London England, actress (Jubal)
11th - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
12th - Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta)
12th - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
14th - Naina Yeltsina, Russia's first First Lady
15th - Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3)
15th - David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
16th - Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7)
17th - Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
17th - Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist
18th - F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94)
18th - John Updike, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
19th - Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
20th - Tod Dockstader, composer
21st - Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)
22nd - Richard Thomas, admiral
23rd - Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
24th - William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0)
24th - Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup)
25th - Wes Santee, miler
25th - Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player
26th - Dick Nolan, football coach
27th - Wes Covington, baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)
28th - Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu)
29th - William Charette, Ludington, Michigan, United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and Medal of Honour recipient, (d. 2012)
30th - A J Zuckerman, Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)
30th - Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer
31st - Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (South African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
31st - John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
31st - Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope), (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

1st - Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at 46
1st - Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1906)
3rd - Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67
5th - Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered
6th - John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
7th - Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
8th - Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
12th - Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
14th - George Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77
24th - George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies
26th - Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25