World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. Date: May 29, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. Date: May 28, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later. Date: May 23, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day…
Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Date: May 21, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day. Date: May 20, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi, is assassinated. Date: May 15, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home. Date: May 12, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Having been incarcerated at the Cook County Jail since his sentencing on October 24, 1931, mobster Al Capone is transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta after the U.S. Supreme Court denies his appeal for conviction of tax evasion. Date: May 4, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅…
Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. Date: April 24, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. Date: April 5, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)