What Happened In April 1932 In History

Historical Events for April, 1932

• 5th » Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
• 5th » Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• 23rd » The 153-year-old De Adriaan, Haarlem called De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
• 24th » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• 28th » A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1932

• 1st » Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1st » Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 2nd » Edward Egan, American cardinal
• 4th » Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records
• 4th » Richard Lugar, American politician, 44th List of mayors of Indianapolis known as Mayor of Indianapolis
• 4th » Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
• 4th » Johanna Reiss, Dutch-American author
• 4th » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (d. 1986)
• 5th » Billy Bland, American singer-songwriter
• 6th » Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 6th » Helmut Griem, German actor and director (d. 2004)
• 7th » Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 8th » Iskandar of Johor (d. 2010)
• 9th » Jim Fowler, American zoologist and television host
• 9th » Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
• 9th » Peter Moores, English businessman and philanthropist
• 9th » Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 10th » Delphine Seyrig, Lebanese-American actress and director (d. 1990)
• 10th » Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
• 11th » Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 12th » Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka) called Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sri Lanka (d. 2005)
• 12th » Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor
• 12th » Julio Ojeda Pascual, Spanish-Peruvian bishop (d. 2013)
• 12th » Tiny Tim (musician) called Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996)
• 13th » Orlando Letelier, Chilean-American economist and politician, Ministry of National Defense (Chile) e.g Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1976)
• 14th » Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th List of Prime Ministers of Egypt named Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2014)
• 14th » Bob Grant (actor) named Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
• 14th » Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 14th » Cameron Parker, Scottish businessman
• 15th » Suresh Bhat, Indian poet (d. 2003)
• 16th » Maury Meyers, American politician (d. 2014)
• 19th » Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor
• 21st » Slide Hampton, American trombonist and composer
• 21st » Elaine May, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 21st » Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
• 23rd » Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
• 23rd » Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)
• 25th » Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and actor
• 25th » Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower (d. 1998)
• 25th » William Roache, English actor
• 26th » Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
• 26th » Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer
• 26th » Michael Smith (chemist) known as Michael Smith, English-Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 27th » Anouk Aimée, French actress
• 27th » Pik Botha, South African politician
• 27th » Maxine Brown (country singer) called Maxine Brown, American singer (The Browns)
• 27th » Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and actor, co-created 'American Top 40' (d. 2014)
• 27th » Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
• 28th » Brownie Ledbetter, American activist (d. 2010)
• 29th » Joy Clements, American soprano (d. 2005)
• 29th » David Tindle, English painter and educator

Famous Deaths for April 1932

• 4th » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 5th » Phar Lap, New Zealand race horse (b. 1926)
• 7th » Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
• 20th » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
• 21st » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1864)
• 22nd » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 26th » Bill Lockwood (cricketer) known as William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 27th » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)

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