What Happened In October 1932 In History

Historical Events for October, 1932

• 3rd » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 8th » The Indian Air Force is established.
• 15th » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1932

• 1st » Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 2nd » Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 3rd » Terence English, South African cardiac surgeon
• 4th » Milan Chvostek, Canadian director and producer
• 5th » Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 5th » Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
• 7th » Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop
• 8th » Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
• 9th » Dvora Omer, Israeli author (d. 2013)
• 9th » Robert McBain, English actor, photographer and artist (d. 2004)
• 10th » Harry Smith (footballer born 1932) or Harry Smith, English footballer
• 11th » Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
• 11th » Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
• 12th » Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author
• 12th » Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 13th » Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
• 14th » Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor (d. 2005)
• 14th » Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist (d. 2005)
• 14th » Dyanne Thorne, American model and actress
• 15th » Jaan Rääts, Estonian composer
• 16th » John Grant (British politician) known as John Grant, English politician (d. 2000)
• 16th » Henry Lewis (musician) or Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (d. 1996)
• 16th » Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
• 18th » Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
• 19th » Robert Reed, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1992)
• 20th » Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (d. 2004)
• 20th » William Christopher, American actor
• 21st » Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Vasily Belov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 2012)
• 24th » Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
• 24th » Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 24th » Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
• 24th » Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics named Nobel Prize laureate
• 27th » Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
• 27th » Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and manager
• 27th » Dolores Moore, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 27th » Sylvia Plath, American author and poet (d. 1963)
• 28th » Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (d. 2002)
• 28th » Suzy Parker, American model and actress (d. 2003)
• 30th » Barun De, Indian historian and author (d. 2013)
• 30th » Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 31st » Katherine Paterson, American author
• 31st » Jacques Pic, French chef (d. 1992)

Famous Deaths for October 1932

• 11th » William Alden Smith, American politician (b. 1859)
• 12th » Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
• 18th » Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
• 26th » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 29th » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist (b. 1857)

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