What Happened In March 1932 In History

Historical Events for March, 1932

• 1st » The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
• 11th » Boomming Ben, the last Heath Hen was seen for the final time.
• 19th » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1932

• 2nd » Gun Hägglund, Swedish journalist (d. 2011)
• 4th » Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 4th » Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (d. 2007)
• 4th » Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2008)
• 4th » Ed Roth, American illustrator (d. 2001)
• 4th » Frank Wells, American businessman (d. 1994)
• 5th » Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (d. 2008)
• 6th » Marc Bazin, Haitian politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
• 6th » Jean Boht, English actress
• 6th » Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (d. 2008)
• 9th » Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologer and actor
• 9th » Keely Smith, American singer
• 10th » Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician
• 10th » Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian physicist and engineer
• 11th » Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician) called Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (Revolutionary Ensemble) (d. 2007)
• 11th » Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 11th » Martin Richards (producer) known as Martin Richards, American film producer (d. 2012)
• 12th » Jack Davis (American football) named Jack Davis, American football player (d. 2013)
• 12th » Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 13th » Jan Howard, American singer-songwriter
• 14th » Naina Yeltsina, Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin, First Lady of Russia
• 15th » Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 16th » Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
• 16th » Walter Cunningham, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 16th » Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author
• 16th » Herbert Marx (politician) known as Herbert Marx, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician
• 17th » Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist and educator
• 18th » John Updike, American author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
• 19th » Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
• 19th » Peter Hall (urbanist) or Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 21st » Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate
• 21st » Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor
• 22nd » Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
• 23rd » Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 25th » Penelope Gilliatt, English author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1993)
• 25th » Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)
• 27th » Roberto Farias, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Bailey Olter, Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
• 27th » Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún, Spanish politician, Mayor of Madrid (d. 1991)
• 27th » Trevor Stubley, English painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
• 31st » John Jakes, American author
• 31st » Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for March 1932

• 1st » Frank Teschemacher, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1906)
• 6th » John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
• 7th » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 14th » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 21st » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player (b. 1871)

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