Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
The Great Emu War in Australia began.
The Kingdom of Iraq won its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Founded.
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the X Olympiad, were held in Los Angeles, United States.
The American horror movie 'White Zombie' was released at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
US President Herbert Hoover slashed his salary by 20% and his cabinet members by 15% due to the Economic Act signed on June 30, 1932.
Taxes were raised in the US with the implementation of the Revenue Act.
Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.
We Want Beer! parade was held.
Slavery in Ethiopia came to an end thanks to Emperor Haile Selassie.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
The neutron is discovered.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unveiled its iconic Christ The Redeemer statue.
The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
The Empire State Building opened.
The US state of Nevada legalized gambling after previously banning it in 1909.
The first theater with a movie being projected from the back of the room was opened in New York City.
The electron microscope is invented.
Finland's Parliament House in Helsinki was inaugurated.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
The original 'Dracula' movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
Haile Selassie I becomes the emperor of Ethiopia.
Britain's R101 airship crashed in France on its maiden voyage.
A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil led to the ousting of President Washington LuÃs Pereira de Sousa, marking the end of the Old Republic.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
Construction began on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.
Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia.
Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
Colonel Harland Sanders founded KFC in North Corbin, Kentucky.
Mahatma Gandhi embarks on his Salt March.
Frozen food is sold in retail stores for the first time.
Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed in Geneva, Switzerland.
Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.
Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state.
US President Herbert Hoover installed the White House's first telephone.
Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park was established after being signed off by President Calvin Coolidge.
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre took place in Chicago.
Mother Teresa arrived in India to help some of the country's poorest.
The US & Canada agreed to divert the Niagara River to protect the Niagara Falls from eroding.
President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing The Boulder Canyon Project Act, which allowed for the construction of what is known today as the Hoover Dam.
American pioneer aviator Noel Wien founded Alaska's first airline, Wien Alaska Airlines Inc.
