1932

1932

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

1932 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1932 MCMXXXII
Ab urbe condita	2685
Armenian calendar	1381 ԹՎ ՌՅՁԱ
Assyrian calendar	6682
Baháʼí calendar	88–89
Balinese saka calendar	1853–1854
Bengali calendar	1339
Berber calendar	2882
British Regnal year	22Geo. 5– 23Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar	2476
Burmese calendar	1294
Byzantine calendar	7440–7441
Chinese calendar	Tân chưaNăm (MetalGoat) 4629 or 4422 — to — Nhâm thân năm (WaterMonkey) 4630 or 4423
Coptic calendar	1648–1649
Discordian calendar	3098
Ethiopian calendar	1924–1925
Hebrew calendar	5692–5693
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1988–1989
-Shaka Samvat	1853–1854
-Kali Yuga	5032–5033
Holocene calendar	11932
Igbo calendar	932–933
Iranian calendar	1310–1311
Islamic calendar	1350–1351
Japanese calendar	Shōwa7 ( chiêu cùng ７ năm )
Javanese calendar	1862–1863
Juche calendar	21
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4265
Minguo calendar	ROC21 Dân quốc 21 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	464
Thai solar calendar	2474–2475
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim dương năm (female Iron-Goat) 2058 or 1677 or 905 — to — Dương thủy năm con khỉ (male Water-Monkey) 2059 or 1678 or 906

1932(MCMXXXII) was aleap year starting on Fridayof theGregorian calendar,the 1932nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 932nd year of the2nd millennium,the 32nd year of the20th century,and the 3rd year of the1930sdecade.

Events

January

Main article:January 1932

• January 4– The British authorities in India arrest and internMahatma GandhiandVallabhbhai Patel.
• January 9–Sakuradamon Incident:Korean nationalistLee Bong-changfails in his effort to assassinate EmperorHirohitoof Japan. TheKuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month.
• January 22– The1932 Salvadoran peasant uprisingbegins; it is suppressed by the government ofMaximiliano Hernández Martínez.
• January 24– MarshalPietro Badogliodeclares the end ofLibyanresistance.
• January 26– British submarineHMSM2sinks with all 60 hands.
• January 28–January 28 incident:Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai.
• January 31– Japanese warships arrive inNanking.

February

Main article:February 1932

• February 2
  • A generalWorld Disarmament Conferencebegins inGeneva.The principal issue at the conference is the demand made by Germany forGleichberechtigung( "equality of status" i.e. abolishing Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany) and the French demand forsécurité( "security" i.e. maintaining Part V).
  • TheLeague of Nationsagain recommends negotiations between theRepublic of Chinaand Japan.
  • TheReconstruction Finance Corporationbegins operations in Washington, D.C.
• February 4
  • The1932 Winter Olympicsopen inLake Placid, New York.
  • Japan occupiesHarbin,China.
• February 9–League of Blood Incident:Junnosuke Inoue,prominent Japanese businessman, banker and former governor of the Bank of Japan is assassinated by the right-wing extremist group the League of Blood.
• February 11–Pope Pius XImeetsBenito MussoliniinVatican City.
• February 15–Clara, Lu & Em,generally regarded as the first daytime networksoap opera,debuts in its morning time slot over theBlue NetworkofNBCRadio in the United States, having originally been a late evening program.
• February 18– Japan declaresManchukuo(Japanese name forManchuria) formally independent from China.
• February 25–Adolf Hitlerobtains German citizenship bynaturalization,opening the opportunity for him to run in the1932 German presidential election.
• February 27– TheMäntsälä rebellionoccurs in Finland.

March

Main article:March 1932

• March 1
  • Lindbergh kidnapping:Charles Lindbergh Jr., the infant son ofAnne Morrow LindberghandCharles Lindbergh,is kidnapped from the family home nearHopewell, New Jersey.
  • Japan installsPuyiaspuppet emperorofManchukuo.
• March 2– TheMäntsälä rebellionends in failure; Finnish democracy prevails. TheLapua Movementis condemned by conservative Finnish PresidentPehr Evind Svinhufvudin a radio speech.
• March 5–Dan Takuma,prominent Japanese businessman and director of theMitsuiZaibatsuconglomerate is assassinated by the radical right-wing League of Blood group.
• March 9–Éamon de Valerais electedPresident of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State,the first change of government in the country since its foundation 10 years previously.
• March 14–George Eastman,founder ofKodak,commits suicide inRochester, New York.
• March 18– Peace negotiations between China and Japan begin.
• March 19– TheSydney Harbour Bridgeopens in Australia.
• March 20– TheGraf Zeppelinairship begins a regular route between Germany and South America.
• March 21–22–1932 Deep South tornado outbreak:A series of deadly tornadoes in the United States kills more than 220 people inAlabama,34 inGeorgiaand 17 inTennessee.

April

Main article:April 1932

• April 5
  • 10,000 disgruntled Newfoundlanders march on their legislature to show discontent with their current political situation; this is a flash point in the demise of theDominion of Newfoundland.
  • The firstAlkostores are opened in Finland at 10 in the morning (local time) following the end of Prohibition in that country, resulting in a newmnemonic"543210".
• April 6
  • U.S. presidentHerbert Hooversupports armament limitations at theWorld Disarmament Conference.
  • The trial of fraudulent art dealerOtto Wackerbegins in Berlin.
• April 11–1932 German presidential election:Paul von Hindenburgis re-elected asReichspräsident,defeating Hitler.
• April 13– German ChancellorHeinrich Brüningbans theSAand theSSas threats to public order, arguing that they are chiefly responsible for the wave of political violence afflicting Germany.
• April 14–John CockcroftandErnest Waltonfocus a proton beam on lithium and split its nucleus.
• April 17–Haile Selassieannounces an anti-slaverylaw inAbyssinia.
• April 19– German art dealerOtto Wackeris sentenced to 19 months in prison for sellingfraudulentpaintings he attributed toVincent van Gogh.
• April 25
  • Gladys Elinor Watkinsconsecrates thecarillonof theNational War Memorialin New Zealand.
  • The bodies ofHudhayfah ibn al-YamanandJabir ibn Abd Allah,two of the companions of Islamic prophetMuhammad,are moved from their graves in Salmaan Paak following a dream of KingFaisal I of Iraqthat they are affected by water.
• April 29– Korean pro-independence paramilitaryYun Bong-gildetonates a bomb at a gathering of Japanese government and military officials inShanghai'sHongkou Park,killing GeneralYoshinori Shirakawaand injuringMamoru Shigemitsuand Vice AdmiralKichisaburō Nomura.

May

Main article:May 1932

• May 6
  • Paul Gorguloffshoots French presidentPaul Doumerin Paris; Doumer dies the next day.
  • The politically powerful GeneralKurt von Schleichermeets secretly withAdolf Hitler.Schleicher tells Hitler that he is scheming to bring down the Brüning government in Germany and asks for Nazi support of the new "presidential government" Schleicher is planning to form.Schleicher and Hitler negotiate a "gentlemen's agreement" where in exchange for lifting the ban on the SA and SS and having theReichstagdissolved for early elections this summer, the Nazis will support Schleicher's new chancellor.
• May 10
  • Albert Lebrunbecomes the newpresident of France.
  • Violent scenes in the GermanReichstag buildingin Berlin asHermann Göringand other Nazi MRDs attack the Defense Minister GeneralWilhelm Groenerfor his lack of belief in a supposed Social Democraticputsch.After the debate, General Schleicher tells Groener that he has lost the confidence of the Army and must resign at once.
  • James Chadwickdiscovers theneutron.
• May 12– General Wilhelm Groener resigns as German Defense Minister.Schleicher takes control of the Defense Ministry.
• May 13– ThePremier of New South Wales,Jack Lang,is dismissed by the State Governor, SirPhilip Game.
• May 15–May 15 Incident,an attempted military coup in which Japanese prime ministerTsuyoshi Inukaiis assassinated by naval officers. Japanese troops leave Shanghai.
• May 16– Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims inBombayleave thousands dead and injured.
• May 20–21–Amelia Earhartflies from the United States toCounty Londonderry,Northern Irelandin 14 hours 54 minutes.
• May 20–Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carneinitiates a majorstrikein theArgentinianmeat-packing industry.
• May 25–Goofymakes his appearance in the Disney animated shortMickey's Revue.
• May 26– Judgement inDonoghue v Stevensonhanded down in theHouse of Lordsof the United Kingdom, creating the modern concept of aduty of carein English law.
• May 30– German chancellorHeinrich Brüningis dismissed by President von Hindenburg. President Hindenburg asksFranz von Papento form a new government, known as the "Government of the President's Friends", which is openly dedicated to the destruction of democracy and theWeimar Republic.The downfall of Brüning is largely the work of Schleicher, who has been scheming against him since the beginning of May.Schleicher takes the position of Defense Minister in his friend Papen's government.

June

Main article:June 1932

• c. June – TheRepublican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibitionis established for therepeal of Prohibition in the United States.
• June 4
  • Amilitary coupoccurs inChile.
  • The Papen government in Germany dissolves theReichstagfor elections on July 31 in the full expectation that the Nazis will win the largest number of seats.
• June 14– The Papen government lifts the ban against the SS andSAin Germany.
• June 16–Lausanne conferenceopens to discussreparations,which Germany had not paid since theHoover Moratoriumof June 1931.
• June 20– TheBeneluxcustoms union is negotiated.
• June 24– After arelatively bloodless military rebellion,Siambecomes aconstitutional monarchy.
• June 25–Indiaplays its firstTest cricketmatch withEnglandatLord's.

July

Main article:July 1932

• July 5–António de Oliveira Salazarbecomes thefascistprime minister of Portugal (for the next 36 years).
• July 7– French submarineProméthéesinks offCherbourg;66 are killed.
• July 8– TheDow Jones Industrial Averagein the United States reaches its lowest level of theGreat Depression,bottoming out at 41.22.
• July 9
  • TheConstitutionalist Revolutionstarts in Brazil with the uprising of thestate of São Paulo.
  • Lausanne conference ends, agreeing to cancelWorld War I reparationsagainst Germany.
• July 12
  • Norway annexes northernGreenland.
  • Hedley Verityestablishes a newfirst-class cricketrecord by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.
• July 17–Altona Bloody Sunday:In Altona, Germany, a bloody clash with heavy police involvement occurs whenNazimarchers enter a working class area with manycommunistsupporters; 18 are killed.
• July 20– ThePreußenschlagin Germany. The political coup givesFranz von Papencontrol ofPrussia,the most powerful state in Germany, and is a major blow to German democracy.
• July 21– TheBritish Empire Economic Conferenceopens in Ottawa, Canada.
• July 30
  • The1932 Summer Olympicsopen inLos Angeles.
  • Walt Disney'sFlowers and Trees,the first animated cartoon to be presented in fullTechnicolor,premieres in Los Angeles. It releases in theaters, along withthe film versionofEugene O'Neill'sStrange Interlude(starringNorma ShearerandClark Gable);Flowers and Treesgoes on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
• July 31–July 1932 German federal electionsees the Nazis become the largest party in theReichstag,winning 37% of the vote.

August

Main article:August 1932

• August– A farmers' revolt begins in theMidwestern United States.
• August 1
  • The secondInternational Polar Year,an international scientific collaboration, begins.
  • Forrest Marsproduces the firstMars barin hisSloughfactory in the UK.
• August 2– The firstpositronis discovered byCarl D. Anderson.
• August 5– Hitler meets with Schleicher and reneges on the "gentlemen's agreement", demanding that he be appointed Chancellor.Schleicher agrees to support Hitler as Chancellor provided that he can remain minister of defense.Schleicher sets up a meeting between Hindenburg and Hitler on August 13 to discuss Hitler's possible appointment as Chancellor.
• August 6
  • The firstVenice Film Festivalis held.
  • In Germany, the world's firstAutobahnis opened byKonrad Adenauer(Bundesautobahn 555).
  • Carl Gustaf Ekmanresigns asPrime Minister of Swedenand is replaced by his Minister of FinanceFelix Hamrin.
• August 9– In Germany:
  • The Papen government, which likes to take a tough "law and order" stance, passes via Article 48 a law prescribing the death penalty for a variety of offenses and with the court system simplified so that the courts can hand down as many death sentences as possible.
  • Potempa Murder of 1932:In the eastern town ofPotempa,five Nazi "Brownshirts"break into the house of Konrad Pietrzuch, a Communist miner, and proceed to castrate and beat him to death in front of his mother.
• August 10– A 5.1 kgchondrite-typemeteoritebreaks into fragments and strikes earth near the town ofArchie, Missouri,United States.
• August 11– To celebrate Constitution Day in Germany, ChancellorFranz von Papenand his interior minister BaronWilhelm von Gaylpresent proposed amendments to the Weimar constitution for a "New State" to deal with the problems besetting Germany.
• August 13– Hitler meets President von Hindenburg and asks to be appointed as Chancellor.Hindenburg refuses under the grounds that Hitler is not qualified to be Chancellor and asks him instead to serve as Vice-Chancellor in Papen's government.Hitler announces his "all or nothing" strategy in which he will oppose any government not headed by himself and will accept no office other than Chancellor.
• August 18–Auguste Piccardreaches an altitude of 16,197 m (53,140 ft) with ahot air balloon.
• August 18–19– Scottish aviatorJim Mollisonbecomes the first pilot to make an East-to-West solotransatlantic flight,fromPortmarnock,County Dublin,Ireland toRCAF Station Pennfield Ridge,New Brunswick,Canada, in hisde Havilland Puss Mothhigh-wing monoplaneThe Heart's Content.
• August 20– The Ottawa conference ends with the adoption ofImperial Preferencetariff, turning the British Empire into one economic zone with a series of tariffs meant to exclude non-empire states from competing within the markets of Britain; the Dominions; and the rest of the empire.
• August 22–Potempa murder:The five SA men involved in the torture and murder of Konrad Pietrzuch are quickly convicted and sentenced to death under the new law introduced by the Papen government.The Potempa case becomes acause célèbrein Germany, where some maintain the death sentences are appropriate given the brutality of the torture and murder, whilst Nazis demonstrate for amnesty for the "Potempa five" on the grounds they are patriotic heroes, justified in killing the Communist Pietrzuch, and should not be executed. Hitler sends a telegram congratulating the fiveand they are released from jail in 1933 after he becomesChancellor of Germany.
• August 23– ThePanama Civil Aviation Authorityis established.
• August 30–Hermann Göringis elected as Speaker of the GermanReichstag.
• August 31– Atotal solar eclipseis visible from northern Canada through northeastern Vermont, New Hampshire, southwestern Maine and the Capes of Massachusetts.

September

Main article:September 1932

• September 2– Despite the court's sentence of death against the "Potempa five", Chancellor von Papen in his capacity as Reich Commissioner of Prussia refuses to have the "Potempa five" executed under the grounds that they were not aware of the emergency law at the time they committed the murder, but in reality because he is still hoping for Nazi support for his government.
• September 9
  • TheCortes Generales(Parliament) of theSecond Spanish Republicapproves theStatute of Autonomy of Cataloniawhich grants full autonomy forCataloniafor the first time inmodern history.
  • Beginning of theChaco WarbetweenParaguayandBoliviabecause of delimitation problems and others.
• September 10– TheIND Eighth Avenue Line,at this time the world's longestsubwayline (31 miles (50 km)), begins operation inManhattan.
• September 11
  • Canadian operations end on theInternational Railway (New York–Ontario).
  • A bronze statue ofYoussef Bey Karamis erected in his memory outside the Cathedral of Saint Georges,Ehdenin Lebanon.
• September 12– The very unpopular Papen government in Germany is defeated on a massive motion of no-confidence in theReichstag.With the exceptions of theGerman People's Partyand theGerman National People's Party,every party in the Reichstag votes for the no-confidence motion. Papen has Hindenburg dissolve the Reichstag for new elections in November.
• September 17
  • A speech byLaureano Gómezleads to the escalation of theLeticia Incidentbetween Colombia and Peru.
  • Start of theHan–Liu WaroverShandong.
• September 20–Mahatma Gandhibegins ahunger strikeinPoonaprison, India.
• September 22–Soviet famine of 1932–33begins; millions starve to death as a result of forced collectivization and as part of the government's effort to break rural resistance to its policies. The Soviet regime denies the famine and allows the deaths.
• September 23– TheKingdom of Hejaz and Nejdis proclaimed the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia,concluding the country'sunificationunder the rule ofIbn Saud.
• September 24– After his party's victory in the election to the Swedish Riksdag's second chamber, Social DemocratPer Albin Hanssonbecomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden, afterFelix Hamrin.
• September 27–Ryutin Affairat its height in the Soviet Union. The Politburo meets and condemns the so-called "Ryutin Platform" and agrees to expel those associated with it from the Communist Party, but refuses Stalin's request to execute those associated with the Platform.

October

Main article:October 1932

• October–Hergé'sTintin in America(Tintin en Amérique)concludes serial publication and is issued in book format (in black and white) in Belgium.
• October 1–Gyula Gömbösbecomes Prime Minister of Hungary, the first time a member of the radical right has become the country's head of government.
• October 3–Iraqbecomes an independent kingdom underFaisal.
• October 15– Tata Airlines (later to becomeAir India) makes its first flight.
• October 19–Prince Gustav Adolf of SwedenmarriesPrincess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
• October 25–George Lansburybecame the leader of the opposition BritishLabour Party.

November

Main article:November 1932

TheCipher Bureaubreaks the German Enigma cipher and overcomes the ever-growing structural and operating complexities of the evolvingEnigmawithplugboard,the main German cipher device during World War II.

• November 1– TheKennedy–Thorndike experimentis published, showing that measured time as well as length is affected by motion, in accordance with the theory ofspecial relativity.
• November 2– TheEmu War,a nuisance wildlife management military operation, begins in Australia.
• November 3– Strike by transport workers in Berlin. The Nazis and the Communists both co-operate in support of the strike. The Nazi-Communist co-operation damages the Nazis at the upcoming election with many right-wing voters switching back to theGerman National People's Party.
• November 6–November 1932 German federal election:The Nazis remain the largest party in theReichstagbut their share of the seats drops from 37% to 32%.
• November 7–Buck Rogers in the 25th Centurydebuts on Americanradio.It is the first science fiction program on radio.
• November 8–1932 United States presidential election:DemocraticGovernor ofNew YorkFranklin D. Rooseveltdefeats Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
• November 9
  • Ahurricaneand huge waves kill about 2,500 inSanta Cruz del Surin the worstnatural disasterinCubanhistory.
  • Geneva massacre:Military of Switzerlandfire on a socialist anti-fascist demonstration inGenevaleaving 13 dead and 60 injured.
• November 21– German presidentHindenburgbegins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government.
• November 27– TheSecond Eastern Women's Congressopens in Tehran, Iran.
• November 30– ThePolish Cipher Bureaubreaks the GermanEnigmacipher.

December

Main article:December 1932

• December 1– Germany returns to theWorld Disarmament Conferenceafter the others powers agree to acceptgleichberechtigung"in principle". Henceforward, it is clear that Germany will be allowed to rearm beyond the limits imposed by theTreaty of Versailles.
• December 3– Hindenburg namesKurt von Schleicheras German chancellor after he ousts Papen. Papen is deeply angry about how his former friend Schleicher has brought him down and decides that he will do anything to get back into power.
• December 4– Chancellor Schleicher meets withGregor Strasserand offers to appoint him Vice-Chancellor andReichCommissioner for Prussia out of the hope that if faced with a split in the NSDAP, Hitler will support his government.
• December 5– At a secret meeting of the Nazi leaders, Strasser urges Hitler to drop his "all or nothing" strategy and accept Schleicher's offer to have the Nazis serve in his cabinet.Hitler gives a dramatic speech saying that Schleicher's offer is not acceptable and he will stick to his "all or nothing" strategy whatever the consequences might be and wins the Nazi leadership over to his viewpoint.
• December 8–Gregor Strasserresigns as the chief of the NSDAP's organizational department in protest against Hitler's "all or nothing" strategy.
• December 10– TheEmu Warin Australia ends in failure.
• December 12– Japan and theSoviet Unionreform their diplomatic connections.
• December 19–BBC World Servicebegins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service using ashortwave radiofacility at itsDaventry transmitting stationin England.
• December 25
  • The 7.6 M_s Changma earthquakeshakes theGansu Provincein China with a maximumMercalli intensityof X (Extreme). Two-hundred and seventy-five people are killed.
  • IG Farbenfiles apatentapplication in Germany for the medical application of the firstsulfonamideoralantibiotic,which will be marketed asProntosil,followingGerhard Domagk's laboratory demonstration of its properties as an antibiotic.
  • KingGeorge Vdelivers the firstRoyal Christmas Messageon the new BBC Empire Service radio fromSandringham House;the text has been written byRudyard Kipling.
• December 27– Internal passports are introduced in the Soviet Union.
• December 28– The Cologne bankerKurt von Schröder-who is a close friend of Papen and a NSDAP member-meets withAdolf Hitlerto tell him that Papen wants to set up a meeting to discuss how they can work together. Papen wants Nazi support to return to the Chancellorship while Hitler wants Papen to convince Hindenburg to appoint him Chancellor. Hitler agrees to meet Papen on January 3, 1933.

Date unknown

• Zero-length springsare invented, revolutionizingseismometersandgravimeters.
• GeneticistJ. B. S. HaldanepublishesThe Causes of Evolution,unifying the findings of Mendeliangeneticswith those ofevolutionaryscience.
• Theheath henbecomes extinct in North America.
• Walter B. PitkinpublishesLife Begins at Fortyin the United States.
• SPAR,the globalretailbrand, is founded inZegwaart,Netherlands.
• Unemployment in the United States – ca. 33% – 14 million. A similar level of unemployment affects Germany. Many people in depressed countries do not receive unemployment benefit due to governments not being able to afford benefit payments.

Births

January

Umberto Eco

Piper Laurie

• January 3–Dabney Coleman,American actor (d.2024)
• January 5
  • Bob BarneyandDave Barney,American educators and sportspersons
  • Umberto Eco,Italian scholar and novelist (d.2016)
  • Raisa Gorbacheva,wife of the President of the Soviet Union (d.1999)
• January 10
  • József Szécsényi,Hungarian track and field athlete (d.2017)
  • David Ejoor,Nigerian Army officer (d.2019)
• January 11–Takkō Ishimori,Japanese voice actor (d.2013)
• January 13–Joseph Cardinal Zen,Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong
• January 16–Dian Fossey,American zoologist (d.1985)
• January 17–Sheree North,American actress and singer (d.2005)
• January 18–Robert Anton Wilson,American author (d.2007)
• January 19–Richard Lester,American film director
• January 22–Piper Laurie,American actress (d.2023)
• January 25–Nikolay Anikin,Soviet cross-country skier (d.2009)
• January 26–Coxsone Dodd,Jamaican record producer (d.2004)
• January 27–Boris Shakhlin,Soviet gymnast (d.2008)
• January 28–Ellen Griffin Dunne,American actress and activist (d.1997)
• January 29–Tommy Taylor,English footballer (d.1958)
• January 30
  • Kazuo Inamori,Japanese businessman (d.2022)
  • Knock Yokoyama,Japanese comedian and politician (d.2007)

February

John Williams

Ted Kennedy

Johnny Cash

DameElizabeth Taylor

• February 1–Hassan Al-Turabi,Sudanese spiritual leader (d.2016)
• February 3
  • Peggy Ann Garner,American actress (d.1984)
  • Blaise Rabetafika,Malagasy diplomat (d.2000)
• February 5–Cesare Maldini,Italian football player and manager (d.2016)
• February 6
  • François Truffaut,French film director (d.1984)
  • Camilo Cienfuegos,Cuban revolutionary leader (d.1959)
• February 7
  • Gay Talese,American author
  • Alfred Worden,American astronaut (d.2020)
• February 8–John Williams,American composer and conductor
• February 9–Gerhard Richter,German painter
• February 11–Margit Carlqvist,Swedish actress
• February 13–Susan Oliver,American actress (d.1990)
• February 14–Alexander Kluge,German author and film director
• February 16
  • Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,formerPresident of Sierra Leone(d.2014)
  • Aharon Appelfeld,Ukrainian-born Israeli writer (d.2018)
• February 18–Miloš Forman,Czech-American film director (d.2018)
• February 19–Alberto Dines,Brazilian journalist and writer (d.2018)
• February 20–Adrian Cristobal,Filipino writer (d.2007)
• February 22
  • Ted Kennedy,American politician (d.2009)
  • Robert Opron,French automotive designer (d.2021)
• February 23–Irene Jai Narayan,Fiji politician (d.2011)
• February 24
  • John Vernon,Canadian actor (d.2005)
  • Michel Legrand,French composer (d.2019)
  • Zell Miller,American politician (d.2018)
  • M. S. Rajeswari,Indian singer (d.2018)
• February 25
  • Augusto Polo Campos,Peruvian composer (d.2018)
  • Faron Young,American country singer (d.1996)
  • Tony Brooks,British racing driver (d.2022)
• February 26–Johnny Cash,American country singer (d.2003)
• February 27– DameElizabeth Taylor,British-American actress (d.2011)
• February 28
  • Don Francks,Canadian actor, musician and singer (d.2016)
  • Francisco Colmenero,Mexican dub director, dub actor.

March

Ryszard Kapuściński

Alan Bean

John Updike

• March 4
  • Ryszard Kapuściński,Polish journalist (d.2007)
  • Miriam Makeba,South African singer and civil rights activist (d.2008)
  • Efrén Echeverría,Paraguayan musician guitarist, composer, and compiler (d.2018)
• March 6
  • Marc Bazin,4th Prime Minister of Haiti (d.2010)
  • Bronisław Geremek,Polish social historian and politician (d.2008)
• March 7
  • Lola Beltrán,Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter (d.1996)
  • Momoko Kōchi,Japanese actress (d.1998)
• March 11–Leroy Jenkins,African-American jazz musician and composer (d.2007)
• March 12–Bob Houbregs,Canadian basketball player (d.2014)
• March 15
  • Alan Bean,American naval officer and naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (d.2018)
  • Yumie Hiraiwa,Japanese screenwriter and novelist (d.2023)
• March 18–John Updike,American author (d.2009)
• March 21
  • Wan Mokhtar,Malaysian politician (d.2020)
  • Walter Gilbert,American chemist andNobellaureate
• March 22–Els Borst,Dutch politician,Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands(1998–2002) (d.2014)
• March 27–Junior Parker,African-American blues musician (d.1971)
• March 28–Sven Lindqvist,Swedish author (d.2019)
• March 30–Ted Morgan,French-born biographer and journalist (d.2023)
• March 31–Nagisa Oshima,Japanese film director (d.2013)

April

Debbie Reynolds

Omar Sharif

Casey Kasem

• April 1–Debbie Reynolds,American actress, singer and dancer (d.2016)
• April 4
  • Richard Lugar,American politician (d.2019)
  • Anthony Perkins,American actor (d.1992)
  • Andrei Tarkovsky,Soviet and Russian film director (d.1986)
• April 8
  • József Antall,Hungarian historian, librarian, political figure and teacher, 53rdPrime Minister of Hungary(d.1993)
  • SultanIskandar of Johor,8thYang di-Pertuan Agongof Malaysia (d.2010)
• April 9
  • Armin Jordan,Swiss conductor (d.2006)
  • Carl Perkins,American musician (d.1998)
• April 10
  • Kishori Amonkar,Indian vocalist (d.2017)
  • Delphine Seyrig,Lebanese-born French actress (d.1990)
  • Omar Sharif,Egyptian actor (d.2015)
• April 11–Joel Grey,American actor, singer and dancer
• April 12
  • Jean-Pierre Marielle,French actor (d.2019)
  • Lakshman Kadirgamar,Sri Lankan politician (d.2005)
  • Tiny Tim,American musician (d.1996)
• April 13
  • Barney Simon,South African writer, playwright and director (d.1995)
  • Orlando Letelier,Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (d.1976)
• April 14
  • António dos Santos,Portuguese bishop (d.2018)
  • Loretta Lynn,American country singer-songwriter (d.2022)
• April 16
  • Qahhor Mahkamov,Tajik politician, 1stPresident of Tajikistan(d.2016)
  • Pierre Milza,French historian (d.2018)
• April 21–Elaine May,American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress
• April 24–Vladimir Yengibaryan,Armenian amateur light-welterweight boxer (d.2013)
• April 25
  • Nikolai Kardashev,Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (d.2019)
  • Meadowlark Lemon,American basketball player, 22 years for theHarlem Globetrotters(d.2015)
• April 26
  • Michael Smith,English-born chemist andNobellaureate (d.2000)
  • Francis Lai,French composer (d.2018)
• April 27
  • Anouk Aimée,French actress (d.2024)
  • Pik Botha,South African politician (d.2018)
  • Casey Kasem,American disc jockey and voice actor (d.2014)
  • Gian-Carlo Rota,Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d.1999)
• April 29–Wilson Ndolo Ayah,Kenyan politician (d.2016)

May

Phyllida Law

• May 6
  • Ahmet Haxhiu,Albanian political activist (d.1994)
  • José Maria Marin,Brazilian politician and sports administrator
  • Antal Bolvári,Hungarian water polo player (d.2019)
• May 7–Fufi Santori,Puerto Rican basketball player and writer (d.2018)
• May 8
  • Phyllida Law,Scottish actress
  • Sonny Liston,American boxer (d.1970)
• May 9–Geraldine McEwan,English actress (d.2015)
• May 11
  • Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos,Dominican Roman Catholic prelate (d.2018)
  • Valentino,Italian fashion designer
• May 18–Dean Tavoularis,Greek-American motion picture production designer
• May 19–Alma Cogan,English singer (d.1966)
• May 21–Leonidas Vasilikopoulos,Greek admiral and intelligence chief (d.2014)
• May 24–Arnold Wesker,British playwright (d.2016)
• May 25–K. C. Jones,American basketball player and coach (d.2020)
• May 27–José Varacka,Argentine footballer and coach (d.2018)
• May 29–Paul R. Ehrlich,American biologist
• May 30
  • Abdul Ghani Gilong,Malaysian politician (d.2021)
  • Jose Melo,Filipino lawyer and jurist (d.2020)

June

David Scott

Dudley R. Herschbach

Amrish Puri

Pat Morita

• June 4–Maurice Shadbolt,New Zealand writer (d.2004)
• June 5–Christy Brown,Irish writer and painter (d.1981)
• June 6–David Scott,American astronaut
• June 9–Dave McKigney,Canadian professional wrestler (d.1988)
• June 10–Branko Lustig,Croatian film producer (d.2019)
• June 11–Athol Fugard,South African author and dramatist
• June 12
  • Mimi Coertse,South African operasoprano
  • Mamo Wolde,Ethiopian Olympic athlete (d.2002)
• June 13–Rainer K. Sachs,German-American physicist and biologist (d.2024)
• June 17–Vesna Krmpotić,Croatian writer and translator (d.2018)
• June 18–Dudley R. Herschbach,American chemist andNobellaureate
• June 20–Robert Rozhdestvensky,Soviet Poet (d.1994)
• June 21
  • Ilka Soares,Brazilian actress (d.2022)
  • Lalo Schifrin,Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor
• June 22
  • Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari,Princess of Iran;wife ofMohammad Reza Pahlavi(d.2001)
  • Amrish Puri,Indian actor (d.2005)
  • Prunella Scales,English actress
• June 23–Eloisa Cianni,Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder (d.2022)
• June 24
  • Margit Korondi,Hungarian gymnast (d.2022)
  • David McTaggart,Canadian environmental campaigner (d.2001)
• June 25–Peter Blake,English artist
• June 26
  • Marguerite Pindling,Governor-General of the Bahamas
  • Harry Bromfield,South African cricketer (d.2020)
• June 27–Anna Moffo,American operatic soprano (d.2006)
• June 28–Pat Morita,Asian-American actor (d.2005)
• June 30–Ingrid Allen,British neuroscientist (d.2020)

July

Gyula Horn

Otis Davis

John Searle

• July 1
  • Sonny Caldinez,Trinidadian actor and former professional wrestler (d.2022)
  • Pablo Eisenberg,French-born American academic and tennis player (d.2022)
  • Adam Harasiewicz,Polish concert pianist
• July 2–Waldemar Matuška,Czech singer (d.2009)
• July 4–Otis Young,African-American actor (d.2001)
• July 5
  • Gyula Horn,Prime Minister of Hungary (d.2013)
  • Kazimiera Utrata,Polish actress (d.2018)
• July 6–Herman Hertzberger,Dutch architect and professor
• July 7
  • Carlos de Cárdenas Jr.,Cuban yachtsman (d.1990)
  • Eileen Lemass,Irish politician
• July 9–Donald Rumsfeld,U.S. Secretary of Defense (d.2021)
• July 10
  • Carlo Maria Abate,Italian racing driver (d.2019)
  • János Bódi,Hungarian modern pentathlete
• July 11–Hans van Manen,Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer
• July 12
  • Rene Goulet,Canadian professional wrestler (d.2019)
  • Otis Davis,American athlete
• July 13
  • Per Nørgård,Danish composer
  • Khalil Taha,Lebanese wrestler (d.2020)
• July 14–Helga Liné,German-born Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat
• July 17
  • Joanne Gilbert,American actress
  • Quino,Argentine cartoonist (d.2020)
• July 20
  • Nam June Paik,Korean-born American artist (d.2006)
  • Otto Schily,German politician
• July 22
  • Jean Barthe,French rugby league and rugby union player (d.2017)
  • Tom Robbins,American novelist
• July 23
  • Jorge Arvizu,Mexican voice actor (d.2014)
  • Oswaldo Loureiro,Brazilian actor (d.2018)
• July 25–Paul J. Weitz,American astronaut (d.2017)
• July 28–Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra,Brazilian colonel (d.2015)
• July 29–Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker,U.S. Senator
• July 30–Edd Byrnes,American actor (Grease) (d.2020)
• July 31–John Searle,American philosopher

August

Peter O'Toole

Luc Montagnier

• August 1
  • Meir Kahane,American-born Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist (d.1990)
  • Meena Kumari,Indian actress (d.1972)
• August 2
  • Lamar Hunt,American sportsman (d.2006)
  • Peter O'Toole,British-Irish actor (d.2013)
• August 4–Frances Allen,American computer scientist (d.2020)
• August 5
  • Jameson Mbilini Dlamini,7th Prime Minister of Swaziland (d.2008)
  • Vladimir Fedoseyev,Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher
• August 6–Howard Hodgkin,British painter and print-maker (d.2017)
• August 7–Abebe Bikila,Ethiopian long-distance runner (d.1973)
• August 8–Mel Tillis,American country singer (d.2017)
• August 9–Anand Panyarachun,18thPrime Minister of Thailand
• August 11–Fernando Arrabal,Spanish writer
• August 12–Sirikit,Queen mother of Thailand (from1950to present)
• August 17
  • V. S. Naipaul,West Indian-born writer andNobellaureate (d.2018)
  • Jean-Jacques Sempé,French cartoonist (d.2022)
• August 18–Luc Montagnier,French virologist andNobel Prizewinner (d.2022)
• August 19–Banharn Silpa-archa,32nd Prime Minister of Thailand (d.2016)
• August 20–Vasily Aksyonov,Russian writer (d.2009)
• August 21–Melvin Van Peebles,African-American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer (d.2021)
• August 23–Houari Boumediene,2nd President of Algeria (d.1978)
• August 24–W. Morgan Sheppard,English actor (d.2019)
• August 25–Luis Félix López,Ecuadorian doctor, writer and politician (d.2008)
• August 27
  • Mohamed Hamri,Moroccan artist (d.2000)
  • Saye Zerbo,3rd President and 4th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d.2013)
• August 28–Raul Cortez,Brazilian actor (d.2006)
• August 29–Shen Chun-shan,Taiwanese academic (d.2018)

September

Ingemar Johansson

Adolfo Suárez

Manmohan Singh

Oliver E. Williamson

Rainer Weiss

• September 1
  • Sunny von Bülow,American socialite (d.2008)
  • Derog Gioura,Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (d.2008)
• September 3
  • Eileen Brennan,American actress and singer (d.2013)
  • Acácio Pereira Magro,Portuguese academic, economist and politician (d.2018)
• September 5–Carol Lawrence,American actress, singer and dancer
• September 8
  • Patsy Cline,American singer (d.1963)
  • Herbert Leuninger,German Roman Catholic priest and refugee rights activist (d.2020)
• September 9–Carm Lino Spiteri,Maltese architect and politician (d.2008)
• September 11
  • Mustapha Akanbi,Nigerian lawyer and judge (d.2018)
  • Rinaldo Fidel Brédice,Argentine Roman Catholic prelate (d.2018)
• September 12–Atli Dam,3-Time Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d.2005)
• September 13
  • Fernando González Pacheco,Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and actor (d.2014)
  • Dick Biondi,American Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey (d.2023)
• September 17–Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani,Qatari Emir (d.2016)
• September 18–Nikolay Rukavishnikov,Russian cosmonaut (d.2002)
• September 22
  • Algirdas Brazauskas,President of Lithuania(d.2010)
  • Ingemar Johansson,Swedish boxer (d.2009)
• September 25
  • Glenn Gould,Canadian pianist (d.1982)
  • Adolfo Suárez,1st Spanish Prime Minister after the dictatorship ofFranco(d.2014)
• September 26
  • Donna Douglas,American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (d.2015)
  • Vladimir Voinovich,Russian writer (d.2018)
  • Manmohan Singh,Indian economist and 13thPrime Minister of India
• September 27
  • Oliver E. Williamson,American economist (d.2020)
  • Yash Chopra,Indian film director and producer (d.2012)
• September 28–Víctor Jara,Chilean singer-songwriter (d.1973)
• September 29
  • Mehmood,Indian actor (d.2004)
  • Rainer Weiss,German-born American gravitational physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate

October

Dick Gregory

Sylvia Plath

• October 8–Ray Reardon,Welsh snooker player
• October 10–Frances Fox Piven,American sociologist
• October 11–Dottie West,American singer and songwriter (d.1991)
• October 12
  • Dick Gregory,African-American comedian and activist (d.2017)
  • Yuichiro Miura,Japanese alpinist
• October 13–Liliane Montevecchi,French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d.2018)
• October 14–Wolf Vostell,German artist (d.1998)
• October 18–Vytautas Landsbergis,Lithuanian politician
• October 19–Robert Reed,American actor (The Brady Bunch) (d.1992)
• October 20–Rokurō Naya,Japanese voice actor (d.2014)
• October 24
  • Pierre-Gilles de Gennes,French physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d.2007)
  • Robert Mundell,Canadian economist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d.2021)
• October 26–Manfred Max-Neef,Chilean economist (d.2019)
• October 27
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel,French actor (d.2007)
  • Harry Gregg,Northern Irish football goalkeeper and manager (d.2020)
  • Sylvia Plath,American poet and author (d.1963)
• October 28
  • Spyros Kyprianou,President of Cyprus(d.2002)
  • Suzy Parker,American fashion model and actress (d.2003)
• October 31–Iemasa Kayumi,Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator (d.2014)

November

Roy Scheider

Benigno Aquino Jr.

Jacques Chirac

• November 2–Henri Namphy,35th President of Haiti (d.2018)
• November 3–Albert Reynolds,8thTaoiseachofIreland(d.2014)
• November 4–Thomas Klestil,President of Austria(d.2004)
• November 8
  • Stéphane Audran,French actress (d.2018)
  • Ugo Mifsud Bonnici,Maltese politician, 5thPresident of Malta
• November 9–Orfeo Reda,Italian painter
• November 10
  • Paul Bley,Canadian pianist (d.2016)
  • Roy Scheider,American actor (d.2008)
• November 11–Germano Mosconi,Italian journalist (d.2012)
• November 13–Richard Mulligan,American actor (d.2000)
• November 15
  • Petula Clark,British singer, actress and songwriter
  • Clyde McPhatter,American singer (d.1972)
• November 21–Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen,Danish composer (d.2016)
• November 22–Robert Vaughn,American actor (d.2016)
• November 24–Claudio Naranjo,Chilean psychiatrist (d.2019)
• November 27–Benigno Aquino Jr.,Filipino politician and senator (d.1983)
• November 28
  • Gato Barbieri,Argentine jazz saxophonist (d.2016)
  • Ethel Ennis,African-American jazz singer (d.2019)
• November 29
  • Jacques Chirac,President of France(d.2019)
  • Ed Bickert,Canadian jazz musician (d.2019)

December

Little Richard

• December 1
  • DameHeather Begg,New Zealand mezzo-soprano (d.2009)
  • Jean-Jacques Guyon,French equestrian (d.2017)
• December 2–Sergio Bonelli,Italian comic book author and publisher (d.2011)
• December 3–Corry Brokken,Dutch singer,Eurovision Song Contest1957 winner (d.2016)
• December 4
  • Tengku Ampuan Afzan,Tengku Ampuan of Pahang (d.1988)
  • Roh Tae-woo,6thPresident of South Korea(d.2021)
• December 5
  • Sheldon Glashow,American physicist
  • Little Richard,American singer and actor (d.2020)
• December 7
  • Ellen Burstyn,American actress
  • J. B. Sumarlin,Indonesian economist and a former Minister of Finance (d.2020)
• December 9–Donald Byrd,American jazz trumpeter (d.2013)
• December 10–Howard McCurdy,Canadian politician (d.2018)
• December 11–Enrique Bermúdez,Nicaraguan Contra leader (d.1991)
• December 12–Bob Pettit,American basketball player
• December 13–Tatsuya Nakadai,Japanese actor
• December 15–Jesse Belvin,Americanrhythm and bluessinger, pianist, and songwriter (d.1960)
• December 16–Rodion Shchedrin,Russian composer and pianist
• December 28
  • Manuel Puig,Argentinian writer (d.1990)
  • Titien Sumarni,Indonesian actress (d.1966)
• December 29–Inga Swenson,American actress and singer (d.2023)

Deaths

January – February

Edgar Wallace

SaintAngela of the Cross

Paolo Boselli

Louise Reed Stowell

Wilhelm Ostwald

• January 2–Paul Pau,French general (b.1848)
• January 7–André Maginot,French soldier and politician (b.1877)
• January 8
  • Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda,SpanishRoman Catholicpriest and writer (b.1862)
  • Eurosia Fabris,ItalianRoman Catholicnun and blessed (b.1866)
• January 12–James Felts,American newspaper editor and politician (b.1866)
• January 13–Ernest Mangnall,English football manager (b.1866)
• January 18–Dmitry Shcherbachev,Russian general (b.1857)
• January 21–Lytton Strachey,British writer and biographer (b.1880)
• January 24– SirAlfred Yarrow,British shipbuilder and philanthropist (b.1842)
• January 26
  • Edward Stinson,American aviator and aircraft manufacturer (b.1893)
  • William Wrigley Jr.,American chewing gum industrialist (b.1861)
• February 1–Farabundo Martí,Salvadorean revolutionary (murdered) (b.1893)
• February 2–Louise Reed Stowell,American scientist, author (b.1850)
• February 8
  • Mad Dog Coll,American gangster (b.1908)
  • Jean César Graziani,French general (b.1859)
  • Yordan Milanov,Bulgarian architect (b.1867)
• February 10–Edgar Wallace,British novelist and screenwriter (b.1875)
• February 15–Minnie Maddern Fiske,American actress (b.1865)
• February 16
  • Ferdinand Buisson,French pacifist, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize(b.1841)
  • Sir Edgar Speyer,American-born international financier and philanthropist (b.1862)
• February 17–Albert Johnson,Canadian criminal
• February 18–Frederick Augustus III,lastKing of Saxony(b.1865)
• February 23–László Lukács,17th Prime Minister of Hungary (b.1850)
• February 29–Ramon Casas i Carbó,Spanish painter (b.1866)

March – April

MadameMinna Craucher

• March 1
  • Frank Teschemacher,American musician (b.1906)
  • Dino Campana,Italian poet (b.1885)
• March 2–Angela of the Cross,SpanishRoman Catholicnun and saint (b.1846)
• March 6–John Philip Sousa,American band leader, conductor, and composer (The Stars and Stripes Forever) (b.1854)
• March 7
  • Heinrich Clam-Martinic,Austrian statesman, former Prime Minister (b.1863)
  • Aristide Briand,French statesman, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize(b.1862)
• March 8–Minna Craucher,Finnish socialite andspy(b.1891)
• March 11–Dora Carrington,British painter (b.1893)
• March 10–Paolo Boselli,22ndPrime Minister of Italy(b.1838)
• March 12–Ivar Kreugerswedish civil engineer and entrepreneurSwedish Match(b.1880)
• March 14–Frederick Jackson Turner,American historian (b.1861)
• March 17–Iliaz Vrioni,Albanian statesman, former Prime Minister (b.1882)
• March 14–George Eastman,American inventor (Kodak) (b.1854)
• March 18–Chauncey Olcott,American stage actor and singer-songwriter (b.1858)
• March 24–George Harris, 4th Baron Harris,English cricketer and colonial administrator (b.1851)
• March 31–Eben Byers,American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b.1880)
• April 2
  • Rose Coghlan,English actress (b.1851)
  • Bill Pickett,African-American cowboy whose parents were slaves (b.1870)
• April 4–Wilhelm Ostwald,German chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1853)
• April 5–Phar Lap,Australian racehorse (b.1926)
• April 20–Giuseppe Peano,Italian mathematician (b.1858)
• April 22–Ferenc Oslay,Hungarian-Slovenehistorian, writer and irredenta (b.1883)
• April 26–Bill Lockwood,English cricketer (b.1868)
• April 27–Hart Crane,American poet (b.1899)
• April 29–José Félix Uriburu,22nd President of Argentina (b.1868)

May – June

• May 3
  • Henri de Gaulle,father ofCharles de Gaulle(b.1848)
  • Charles Fort,American researcher of the unusual (b.1874)
• May 7–Paul Doumer,President of France(assassinated) (b.1857)
• May 8–Petar Gudev,16thPrime Minister of Bulgaria(b.1863)
• May 15–Tsuyoshi Inukai,18thPrime Minister of Japan(assassinated) (b.1855)
• May 17–Frederick C. Billard,Commandant of the United States Coast Guard(b.1873)
• May 22–Lady Gregory,Irish writer and folklorist (b.1852)
• May 25–Franz von Hipper,German admiral (b.1863)
• May 26–Yoshinori Shirakawa,Japanese general (assassinated) (b.1869)
• May 30–John Hubbard,American admiral (b.1849)
• June 3–Dorabji Tata,Indian businessman (b.1859)
• June 6–Ernest Broșteanu,Romanian general (b.1869)
• June 9–Edith Cowan,Australian social reformer and politician (b.1861)
• June 12–Theo Heemskerk,Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b.1852)
• June 13–Sir Alexander Bethell,British admiral (b.1855)
• June 14–Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock,British colonial administrator (b.1860)
• June 16–Felipe Segundo Guzmán,30thPresident of Bolivia(b.1879)
• June 19–Sol Plaatje,South African journalist, politician and writer. (b. 1876)
• June 21–Major Taylor,American cyclist (b.1878)
• June 24–Ernst Põdder,Estonian military commander (b.1879)
• June 27–Francis P. Duffy,Canadian American Roman Catholic priest (b.1871)
• June 29–William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley,4th Governor-General of Australia (b.1867)

July – August

KingManuel II of Portugal

Kate M. Gordon

Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg

C. C. van Asch van Wijck

• July 2– KingManuel II of Portugal(b.1889)
• July 6–Kenneth Grahame,British-born author (The Wind In The Willows) (b.1859)
• July 7–Henry Eyster Jacobs,American Lutheran theologian (b.1844)
• July 9–King C. Gillette,American businessman, safety razor inventor (b.1855)
• July 10–Martha Hughes Cannon,American politician (b.1857)
• July 15–Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven,South African playwright, poet and politician. (b.1873)
• July 16–Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer,British general (b.1857)
• July 17–Rosa Louise Woodberry,American journalist, educator (b.1869)
• July 18–Matsumura Tatsuo,Japanese admiral (b.1868)
• July 22
  • Reginald Fessenden,Canadian inventor (b.1866)
  • Errico Malatesta,Italian anarchist (b.1853)
  • Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.,American Broadway impresario (b.1867)
• July 23
  • Emma Pow Bauder,American evangelist, missionary, reformer, and author (b.1848)
  • Tenby Davies,Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b.1884)
  • Alberto Santos-Dumont,Brazilian aviation pioneer (suicide) (b.1873)
• July 24–Hidaka Sōnojō,Japanese admiral (b.1848)
• July 27–Archduchess Gisela of Austria(b.1856)
• August 1–Sulejman Delvina,Albanian politician, 5thPrime Minister of Albania(b.1884)
• August 2
  • Dan Brouthers,American baseball player andMLB Hall of Famer(b.1858)
  • Ignaz Seipel,two-time Chancellor of Austria (b.1876)
• August 15–Traian Moșoiu,Romanian general and politician (b.1868)
• August 18–Hans Zenker,German admiral (b.1870)
• August 19–Johannes Schober,three-time Chancellor of Austria (b.1874)
• August 24–Kate M. Gordon,American suffragette (b.1861)

September – October

• September 5–Paul Bern,American screenwriter (b.1889)
• September 6
  • Duke Alexander of Oldenburg(b.1844)
  • Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet,Canadian-born British novelist and politician (b.1862)
• September 8–Christian von Ehrenfels,Austrian philosopher (b.1859)
• September 13–Julius Röntgen,German-Dutch classical composer (b.1855)
• September 16
  • Sir Ronald Ross,British physician, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(b.1857)
  • Peg Entwistle,film actress (b.1908)
• September 18–C. C. van Asch van Wijck,Dutch artist, sculptor (b.1900)
• September 20–Wovoka,Paiute visionary (Ghost Dance) (b. c.1856)
• September 22–Claude C. Hopkins,American advertising executive (b.1866)
• September 23–Jules Chéret,French poster designer (b.1836)
• September 25–Joel R. P. Pringle,American admiral (b.1873)
• September 29–Jesse Pomeroy,youngest convicted murderer in Massachusetts (b.1859)
• September 30
  • Francisco S. Carvajal,36thPresident of Mexico(b.1870)
  • Constantin Coandă,Romanian general and politician, 26thPrime Minister of Romania(b.1857)
• October 3–Emanuel Hoffmann,Swiss jurist and art collector.
• October 5–Christopher Brennan,Australian poet and scholar (b.1870)
• October 15–Élisabeth Renaud,French teacher, socialist activist, and feminist (b.1846)
• October 17–Lucy Bacon,American painter (b.1857)
• October 22–Anna Elizabeth Dickinson,American orator and lecturer (b.1842)
• October 26–Molly Brown,Denver socialite, noted survivor of thesinking of the RMSTitanic(b.1867)
• October 30–Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen,British field marshal (b.1845)

November – December

• November 4–Belle Bennett,American actress (b.1891)
• November 12–Alessandro Tonini,Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer and manufacturer (b.1885)
• November 14–Herman Bendell,Civil War surgeon and Superintendent of Indian Affairs Arizona Territory (b.1843)
• November 15–Charles W. Chesnutt,African-American author, essayist and political activist (b.1858)
• November 17–Leónidas Plaza,16th President of Ecuador (b.1865)
• November 22–William Walker Atkinson,American writer (b.1862)
• December 2–Amadeo Vives,Spanish composer (b.1871)
• December 4–Gustav Meyrink,Austrian writer (b.1868)
• December 8–Gertrude Jekyll,English garden designer, writer and artist (b.1843)
• December 9
  • Roquia Sakhawat Hussain,Bangladeshi writer and social worker (b.1880)
  • Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa,Hakim of Bahrain(b.1848)
• December 18–Eduard Bernstein,German socialist (b.1850)
• December 19–Yun Bong-gil,Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea (executed) (b.1908)
• December 26–Max Rogers,American vaudevillian (b.1873)
• December 28–Malcolm Whitman,American tennis player (b.1877)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics–Werner Karl Heisenberg
• Chemistry–Irving Langmuir
• Physiology or Medicine– SirCharles Scott Sherrington,Edgar Douglas Adrian
• Literature–John Galsworthy
• Peace– not awarded

External links

• The 1930s Timeline: 1932– from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia