Today in History for May 1932

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 27 of 27

1st - 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo
2nd - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
2nd - Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
3rd - 24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
4th - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
5th - Japan & China sign a peace treaty
7th - 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
9th - 58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
9th - Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
9th - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
10th - Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem
10th - Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France
12th - Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
14th - "We Want Beer!" parade in NY
15th - The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
16th - Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
17th - Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
20th - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
20th - Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria
Gangster Al Capone 21st - 1st Curtis Cup: US wins, 5½-3½ at Wentworth Club (Wentworth, England)
21st - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands in Ireland
23rd - Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds
25th - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
26th - Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
28th - Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
29th - 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.
30th - Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 62 of 62

2nd - Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
2nd - Kees de Galan, Dutch economist
2nd - Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer
2nd - Maury Allen, American sportswriter
3rd - Robert Osborne, American film historian
4th - Fausto Razzi, composer
5th - Aurel Stroe, composer
5th - Will Hutchins, Atwater California, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
6th - Gunther Hauk, composer
6th - John Bond, cricket umpire
6th - Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector
7th - Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)
7th - Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico
8th - Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
8th - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
8th - Sonny Liston, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1970)
9th - Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
9th - David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
9th - Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
9th - Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
9th - J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
10th - Earl of Rothes
10th - Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
11th - Henriette Santer, clinical Psychologist
11th - Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer
14th - Robert Bechtle, American painter
15th - John Glen, Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
16th - Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
17th - Arthur Jones, principal (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester)
17th - Colin Hope, CEO (T/N)
17th - Peter Burge, cricketer (dashing Australian batsman of 50's & 60's)
17th - Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to USSR
18th - John Clement, chairman (Unigate Group)
19th - Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
19th - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
19th - Claude Blanchard, Quebec comedian and actor (d. 2006)
21st - G Wohmann, writer
21st - John Armitage, principal (College of St Hilda & St Bede Durham)
21st - Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
23rd - James Lester, MP
23rd - John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
24th - Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen)
24th - Elaine Malbin, opera singer
24th - Graham Arnold, artist
24th - James Anderton, Chief constable (Manchester England)
24th - Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant
25th - Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
25th - John Grogery Dunne, US writer (Up Close & Personal, True Confessions)
25th - K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
26th - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
27th - [Herman] Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
27th - Jeffrey Bernard, singer
28th - Henning Christiansen, composer
28th - Lord Renton, MP (Conservative)
28th - Timothy Renton, MP
29th - Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth
30th - Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns)
30th - Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer
31st - Elizabeth Southey, British CEO (Natl Fed of Women's Institutes)
31st - George Vallings, British Vice-Admiral
31st - Ronald Hampel, British CEO (ICI)
31st - Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

13th - Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Paul Doumer, Pres France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov
3rd - Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
7th - Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies
8th - Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
12th - Lindbergh baby, found dead
15th - Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
16th - Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered
16th - William Pember Reeves, politician/poet, dies
22nd - Lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80