Today in History for November 1932

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program
5th - Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals
6th - German election - KPD defeats NSDAP
7th - 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
7th - Bradman scores 238 NSW v Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours
8th - "Make Mine Music," debuts
8th - Franklin Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd president for 1st time
9th - Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
9th - Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
12th - 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
15th - Walt Disney Art School created
17th - German government of von Papen, resigns
18th - "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
18th - 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery & Fredric March
19th - Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
19th - Shaft & Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor
20th - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
22nd - Pump patented that computes quantity & price delivered
24th - In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt 26th - Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings
27th - Poland & USSR signs non-attack treaty
28th - France & USSR signs not-attack treaty
28th - Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time
29th - Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in NYC
29th - France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
29th - USSR & France sign no attack treaty

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46

1st - John Clark, English-born actor/director
1st - Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
2nd - Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88)
2nd - Romano L Mazzoli, (Rep-D-KY, 1971- )
3rd - Thomas J Manton, (Rep-D-NY, 1985- )
4th - David Shipman, film historian
4th - Noam Pitlik, Phila Pa, actor/director (Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart)
4th - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
5th - Arthur L Liman, NYC, trial lawyer (Oliver North)
6th - Stonewall Jackson, rocker
7th - Harry Lammertink, [Yrrah], Dutch cartoonist (Vrij Netherland)
8th - Richard E Lawyer, LA California, astronaut
8th - Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress (Just Before Nightfall)
8th - Ben[jamin William] Bova, US, sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth)
9th - Marian Christy, Ridgefield Ct, author (Invasions of Privacy)
10th - Roy Scheider, actor (Jaws, French Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion) (d. 2008)
10th - Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)
11th - Al Levitt, drummer
13th - Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czech, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956)
13th - Richard Mulligan, Bronx NY, actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus)
14th - Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
14th - Ramon Zupko, composer
15th - Clyde L McPhatter, Durham NC, singer (Drifters-Treasure My Love)
15th - Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love)
16th - Barbara Romack, LPGA golfer
18th - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)
20th - John Barnes Chance, composer
20th - Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), (d. 2012)
21st - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
21st - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer
22nd - Robert Vaughn, NYC, actor (Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy)
22nd - Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
23rd - Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader (NATO)
23rd - Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
24th - Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner)
26th - Alan Stout, composer
26th - Marten Beinema, Dutch MP (CDA)
27th - Benigno Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader; assassinated
28th - Ethel L Ennis, US orchestra leader/jazz singer (Once Again)
28th - Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter (There's a Girl in My Soup)
29th - Antoine Tisne, composer
29th - Diane Ladd, Meridian Miss, actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
29th - John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer
29th - Jacques Chirac, French politician
30th - David Lincoln Lightbown, politician
30th - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

4th - Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41
9th - Nadya Aliluieva, wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30
16th - Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
19th - Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies
21st - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
22nd - William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
23rd - Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63
27th - Evelyn Preer, American actress and singer (b. 1896)