Today in History for September 1932

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 29 of 29

1st - NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges)
3rd - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
3rd - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
4th - 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St Paul Minn
5th - The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
7th - Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
9th - Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning
9th - Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended
9th - Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
9th - Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River (71 killed)
10th - 52nd US Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64)
10th - Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
10th - Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC
11th - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed in a plane crash when their RWD 6 crashes into the ground during a storm.
12th - Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
12th - German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved
13th - NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
14th - Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
16th - 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
18th - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.
20th - Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
20th - Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi 20th - Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables
22nd - Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
23rd - Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
24th - NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA
25th - Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
28th - 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12)
29th - "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

3rd - Richard Tyler, NYC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
4th - Carlos Romero-Barcel, (Rep-D-Puerto Rico)
4th - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
6th - Earl of Cawdor, British large landowner
6th - Gilles Tremblay, composer
8th - Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy)
9th - Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
9th - Sylvia Miles, NYC, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely)
10th - Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
11th - Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan, (Rep-R-Alabama, 1985- )
11th - Robert W "Bob" Packwood, (Sen-R-OR, 1969- )
11th - Valentino, Milan Italy, fashion designer (Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis)
11th - Peter Anderson, English footballer
13th - Bengt Hallberg, composer
14th - Harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)
14th - Joshua Culbreath, Penn, 400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1956)
14th - John Tembo, Malawian politician
16th - Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team)
18th - Jack Mullaney, Pitts Pa, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time)
18th - Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33)
18th - Valery Viktorovich Ryumin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37)
19th - Mike Royko, Chicago, journalist (Chic Daily News)/author (Boss)
21st - Don Preston, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
21st - Melvin Van Peebles, US, playwright/director (Watermelon Man)
22nd - Ingemar Johansson, Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)
24th - Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina
24th - Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian
25th - Andrew Gardner, British broadcaster
25th - Daphne Swallow, commandant/director (WRNS)
25th - Glenn Herbert Gould, Toronto Canada, pianist (sued Steinway Piano)
25th - Terry Medwin, Welsh retired footballer
26th - Clifton C Williams Jr, Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
26th - Giuacomo Manzoni, composer
26th - Joyce Jameson, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Spike Jones Show)
26th - Richard Herd, American actor
27th - Mario Bertoncini, composer
27th - Michael Colvin, MP
27th - Peter Holmes, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Company
27th - Roger C Carmel, actor (Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws)
27th - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist
27th - Yash Chopra, Indian director, (d. 2012)
27th - Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
28th - Michael G[reatrex] Coney, Canada, sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
28th - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
29th - Canon Paul Oestreicher, CEO (British section, Amnesty International
29th - Jeremy Isaacs, general director (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
29th - Mary Moon, Headmistress (Manchester High School for Girls)
29th - Peter Stormonth Darling, CEO (Mercury Asset Management Group)
29th - Robert Benton, Texas, writer/director (Kramer vs Kramer)
29th - Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist (pop art)
29th - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
30th - Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
30th - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

5th - Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, dies
5th - Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866)
10th - Percy Fletcher, composer, dies at 52
11th - Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilots (Żwirko b. 1895 Wigura b. 1901)
13th - Julius Rontgen, composer, dies at 77
13th - Paul Gorguloff, murderer of French pres Doumer, beheaded
14th - Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53
15th - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer, dies at 76
16th - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
20th - Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
20th - Wovoka, Paiute visionary