May 1932

May 1, 1932 (Sunday)

  • Three died in May Day riots during workers' demonstrations around the world, though reports of violence were down from previous years.[1]
  • Born: Douglas Day, scholar and writer, in Panama (d. 2004)

May 2, 1932 (Monday)

May 3, 1932 (Tuesday)

May 4, 1932 (Wednesday)

May 5, 1932 (Thursday)

May 6, 1932 (Friday)

May 7, 1932 (Saturday)

May 8, 1932 (Sunday)

May 9, 1932 (Monday)

May 10, 1932 (Tuesday)

  • 4,000 relief workers in New Zealand marched on parliament in Wellington demanding the repeal of the Unemployment Amendment Act, which increased the levy of income other than salaries and wages. Public Works Minister Gordon Coates announced that the crowd would have to wait a day for a government response, which sparked a riot. Over 200 windows were smashed and some shops were looted before police gained control of the city centre.[19]
  • Albert François Lebrun became the new President of France following the Doumer assassination.[20]

May 11, 1932 (Wednesday)

May 12, 1932 (Thursday)

  • The body of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. was found less than five miles from the Lindbergh home. The condition of the body indicated that the child had been murdered, and quite some time ago.[22]
  • Reichstag President Paul Löbe suspended four Nazis from the chamber for 30 days for assaulting a journalist in the lobby. When they refused to leave the building, Löbe shut down the entire Reichstag session.[23]
  • Wilhelm Groener resigned as Germany's Minister of Defence.[24]
  • The George Washington Masonic National Memorial opened in Alexandria, Virginia.
  • Died: Andreas Dippel, 65, German-born operatic tenor and impresario

May 13, 1932 (Friday)

May 14, 1932 (Saturday)

May 15, 1932 (Sunday)

  • May 15 Incident: Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by a group of young naval officers and army cadets, while others groups tried to attack the police headquarters and power station of Tokyo.[28]
  • German pilot Hans Bertram and his mechanic Adolph Klausmann went missing in northern Australia during a round-the-world goodwill trip.[29]
  • Born: John Glen, film director, in Sunbury-on-Thames, England
  • Died: Inukai Tsuyoshi, 77, Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated)

May 16, 1932 (Monday)

May 17, 1932 (Tuesday)

May 18, 1932 (Wednesday)

  • Hundreds were jailed in Havana, Cuba for what police reported to be a plot to overthrow the government of Gerardo Machado.[32]
  • A railway tunnel under construction in Argentina collapsed and killed 42 workers.[33]

May 19, 1932 (Thursday)

May 20, 1932 (Friday)

May 21, 1932 (Saturday)

May 22, 1932 (Sunday)

  • Hirohito appointed Saitō Makoto to be the new Prime Minister of Japan.[39]
  • Benito Mussolini opened the first International Convention of Trans-Oceanic Flyers in Rome. 51 aviators met to discuss the prospects of commercial air travel across the ocean.[40]
  • Died: Augusta, Lady Gregory, 80, Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager

May 23, 1932 (Monday)

May 24, 1932 (Tuesday)

  • The Nazis introduced a motion to the Reichstag's committee on foreign affairs requesting that the government warn the "Polish republic that any attack against Danzig would be considered by Germany as an attack on the vital rights of Germany and would be answered as such." The motion passed, 11 to 10.[43]

May 25, 1932 (Wednesday)

May 26, 1932 (Thursday)

May 27, 1932 (Friday)

May 28, 1932 (Saturday)

May 29, 1932 (Sunday)

May 30, 1932 (Monday)

May 31, 1932 (Tuesday)

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