A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). Date: June 24, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. Date: June 17, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. Date: June 4, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)