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The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States at 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ¢/L) sold. The 6.4 M w Eureka earthquake affects the north coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Three people are injured and one killed. June 29 – The comedy serial Vic and Sade debuts on NBC Radio.
1932 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the ...
1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation finances relief 1932 – U.S. presidential election, 1932 : Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president, John N. Garner elected vice president 1933 – Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by Giuseppe Zangara ; the intended target was not ...
2 December — English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33: opening of the “bodyline” series. 5 December — the comic strip character Jane first appears in the Daily Mirror. 10 December John Galsworthy wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga". [17]
The Import Duties Act 1932 passed in the United Kingdom imposes an initial tariff of 10% on most imports, but this rate is quickly raised to a range of rates from 15% to 33% shortly after the Act is passed. June 6 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is signed into law, raising taxes on personal income, corporate income, and sales taxes on various goods.
25 February – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident. [1] 10 April – Paul von Hindenburg is re-elected president of Germany. [2] 30 May – Chancellor Heinrich Brüning resigns. President Hindenburg asks Franz von Papen to form a new ...
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
The 1932 eruption. The Volcán de Fuego erupted in Guatemala, killing 34 people. [43] [44] Born: Kazuo Inamori, Japanese businessman and engineer who founded Kyoto Ceramic Company, now the Kyocera electronics and ceramic manufacturer; in Kagoshima (d. 2022) Died: Lytton Strachey, 51, British writer and critic, from stomach cancer.