What Happened In June 1932 In History

Historical Events for June, 1932

• 6th » The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4¢/L) sold.
• 17th » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the United States Senate called U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1932

• 1st » Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (d. 1994)
• 2nd » Sammy Turner, American singer
• 4th » John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
• 4th » Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
• 4th » Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (d. 2004)
• 5th » Christy Brown, Irish-English painter and author (d. 1981)
• 5th » Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
• 6th » Sara Banerji, English author and sculptor
• 6th » Anne Claire Poirier, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 6th » David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 6th » Billie Whitelaw, English actress
• 7th » Tina Brooks, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1974)
• 7th » Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian and politician (d. 2013)
• 8th » Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 8th » Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish judge
• 10th » Branko Lustig, Croatian-American actor, producer, and production manager
• 11th » Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
• 11th » Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician
• 12th » Mimi Coertse, South African soprano
• 12th » Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (d. 2002)
• 13th » Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
• 13th » Bob McGrath, American actor and singer
• 13th » Billy Williams (right fielder) e.g Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 14th » Joe Arpaio, American police officer
• 15th » David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician
• 15th » Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York
• 15th » Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)
• 15th » Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player (d. 1999)
• 16th » Norman Jones (actor) called Norman Jones, English actor (d. 2013)
• 16th » Ralph Robins, English businessman
• 17th » Simon Bowes-Lyon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
• 17th » Derek Ibbotson, English runner
• 17th » Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor
• 17th » John Murtha, American colonel and politician (d. 2010)
• 18th » Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 18th » Geoffrey Hill, English poet and educator
• 19th » Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress (d. 1971)
• 19th » José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011)
• 19th » Marisa Pavan, Italian-American actress
• 20th » Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
• 21st » Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant
• 21st » Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 21st » O. C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 22nd » June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Prunella Scales, English actress
• 22nd » John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 23rd » Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge
• 24th » David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (d. 2001)
• 25th » Peter Blake (artist) or Peter Blake, English painter
• 25th » George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 27th » Eddie Kasko, American baseball player and manager
• 27th » Anna Moffo, American soprano and actress (d. 2006)
• 27th » Magali Noël, French actress and singer
• 27th » Hugh Wood, English composer
• 28th » Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
• 29th » Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

Famous Deaths for June 1932

• 12th » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 14th » Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 19th » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 24th » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 25th » Howard Valentine, American runner (b. 1881)
• 30th » Bruno Kastner, German actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)

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