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News and Events of 1932

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World Events

World Statistics

population by decade

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Nazis lead in German elections with 230 Reichstag seats.
Famine is widespread in U.S.S.R.

U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: Herbert C. Hoover
Vice President: Charles Curtis
Population: 124,840,471

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Congress sets up Reconstruction Finance Corporation to stimulate economy.
Veterans, known as the Bonus Marchers , march on Washington—most leave after Senate rejects payment of cash bonuses; others removed by troops under Douglas MacArthur.
Charles A. Lindbergh 's baby son kidnapped, killed. (Bruno Richard Hauptmann arrested in 1934, convicted in 1935, executed in 1936.)
Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly Atlantic solo (May 20-21). Background: Amelia Earhart's Legacy Remembered. Also see: Famous Firsts in Aviation

Economics

Federal spending:   $4.66 billion
Consumer Price Index:   13.7
Unemployment:   24.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02 ($0.03 as of 7/6/32)

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Sports

Sports Links

Pro Football Summary

Pro Basketball Summary

Pro Baseball Summary

World Series

NY Yankees d. Chicago Cubs (4-0)

Stanley Cup

Toronto d. NY Rangers (3-0)

Wimbledon

Women: Helen Moody d. H. Jacobs (6-3 6-1)
Men: Ellsworth Vines d. H. Austin (6-4 6-2 6-0)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Burgoo King

NCAA Football Champions

USC (CFRA, NCF, HF) (10-0-0) & Michigan (DS) (8-0-0)

1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Winter Olympics

Entertainment

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
Drama: Of Thee I Sing, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, and Ira Gershwin

Oscars awarded in 1932
Academy Award, Best Picture: Grand Hotel (MGM)

Nobel Prize for Literature: John Galsworthy (UK)

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Events

Jazz composer Duke Ellington writes "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing," a song that presaged the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s.
Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall opens.