1932
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1929 1930 1931 – 1932 – 1933 1934 1935 |
Events
- January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang tries to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan and fails.
- February 4 - The 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
- August 6 - The first Venice Film Festival happens.
- October 30 - A hurricane forms. It hits Cuba in November.
- November 2 - The Emu War begins.
- November 18 - The United States has a presidential election.
- Unknown - Joseph Stalin starts the Holodomor.
Births
- January 19 – Richard Lester
- February 8 – John Williams
- February 12 – Johnny Cash (d. 2003)
- February 22 – Ted Kennedy (d. 2009)
- March 2 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish television star
- March 4 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (d. 2007)
- March 4 – Frank Wells, American businessman, president of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1994)
- April 27 – Casey Kasem, American radio show host, voice actor (d. 2014)
- July 2 – Dave Thomas, founder of the fast food chain Wendy's (d. 2002)
- August 2 – Peter O'Toole (d. 2013)
- September 25 – Adolfo Suárez (d. 2014)
- October 20 – William Christopher
- November 13 – Richard Mulligan
- November 29 – Jacques Chirac (d. 2019)
- December 5 - Little Richard, American rock and roll pianist (d. 2020)
- December 14 – Charlie Rich
Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine won by Charles Scott Sherrington, (1857 – 1952) and Edgar Douglas Adrian (1889 — 1977).