In Art and Artist ( 1932 ), the psychologist Otto Rank wrote that the psychological trauma of birth was the pre-eminent human symbol of existential anxiety and encompasses the creative person's simultaneous fear of – and desire for – separation, individuation and differentiation.

* 1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Dennis Banks, American-Indian activist

* 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor

* 1932 – Tiny Tim, American singer, ukulele player, and archivist ( d. 1996 )

* 1858 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Antonia Fraser, English author

* 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter

* 1932 – John Gomery, Canadian jurist

It was the prospect of bowling at this line-up that caused England's 1932 – 33 captain Douglas Jardine to adopt the tactic of fast leg theory, also known as Bodyline.

It should be noted that the MCC, although it had earlier condoned and encouraged bodyline tactics in the 1932 – 33 series, laid the blame on Larwood when relations turned sour.

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

* 1932 – The positron ( antiparticle of the electron ) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.

Dominion Tar withheld its annual dividend on common stock from 1932 to 1937.

In the summer of 1932 the Ottawa Agreement was negotiated between the Dominion Governments and Free Trade seemed a dead cause within government.

In the 1931 and 1932 summer season two trains were operated — The Imperial for Montreal-Vancouver service and The Dominion for Toronto-Vancouver.

The station was founded in 1932 as VONF, broadcasting on 1195 kHz in the AM band, and was owned and operated by the Dominion Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Avalon Telephone Company ( a predecessor of Bell Aliant ).

He held office as Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1925 – 1929, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from January – June 1929, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport from 1931 – 1932, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1932 to 1936, and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1936 – 1939.

* 1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

At the age of 34, on the morning of May 20, 1932, Earhart set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland with the latest copy of a local newspaper ( the dated copy was intended to confirm the date of the flight ).

Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG ( January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940 ) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.

The party was defeated in 1928 under new leader Frederick C. Alderdice, but returned to power in 1932 as the United Newfoundland Party.

Middleton joined the Colonial Office in 1901, serving in south Nigeria for six years as a junior official before moving on to Mauritius until 1920 when he was promoted to governor of the Falkland Islands from 1920 to 1927, Gambia from 1927 to 1928 and Newfoundland from 1928 to 1932.

In 1932, he was asked to investigate allegations that the Prime Minister of Newfoundland, Sir Richard Squires had falsified cabinet minutes in an attempt to coverup evidence of corruption involving his government.

His nephew Joseph M. Greene also served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932.

In 1932, due to economic dislocations brought about by the Depression, government corruption and a resulting riot and the lingering effects of a large public debt, most of which was incurred during World War I, the Newfoundland economy collapsed and the government was forced out of office.

James Aloysius McGrath, PC ( born January 11, 1932 ) is a former politician and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, Canada.

He served as minister of finance from 1928 to 1932 when he resigned from the government and accused Sir Richard Squires, the Prime Minister of Newfoundland, of falsifying the minutes of Executive Council meetings to cover up certain legal fees he had been paying himself out of public funds.

George Edward Shea ( 1851 – 1932 ) was a Canadian politician who served as the first mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Quinton was elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1928 representing Bonavista and was re-elected in 1932 defeating a young Joey Smallwood.

The IMU was established in 1920, but dissolved in September 1932 and then re-established 1950 de facto at the Constitutive Convention in New York, de jure on September 10, 1951 when ten countries had become members.

* 1932 – Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire

* Mesopotamia ( United Kingdom ), from 10 August 1920 – 3 October 1932.

* Taimur bin Faisal ( October 15, 1913 – February 10, 1932 )

* Said bin Taimur ( February 10, 1932 – July 23, 1970 )

Nurmi planned to compete only in the 10, 000 m and the marathon in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, stating that he " won't enter the 5, 000 meters for Finland has at least three excellent men for that event.

* Chaco War ( 15 June 1932 – 10 June 1935 ) – the war was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over the disputed territory of Gran Chaco resulting in an overall Paraguayan victory in 1935.

* December 10 – Faron Young, American singer ( b. 1932 )

* September 10 – Pier Angeli, Italian actress ( b. 1932 )

* November 10 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian ( d. 1932 )

However, the Wilhelmus remained popular and lost its identification as a factional song, and on 10 May 1932, it was decreed that on all official occasions requiring the performance of the national anthem, the Wilhelmus was to be played-thereby replacing Tollens ' song.

The US top marginal income tax rate went from 25 % to 63 % in 1932 and to 79 % in 1936 while the bottom rate increased over 10 fold from. 375 % in 1929 to 4 % in 1932 Successful attacks on partially backed currencies which forced many countries off the gold standard and reduced confidence in the financial system, and a financial system, further damaged by the bank panics of the 1930s were also factors, as was inclement weather such as the drought resulting in the US Dust Bowl.

However, although food imports fell significantly between 1932 and 1937, Germany's rapid rearmament policy after 1935 proved contradictory to the Nazi Party autarkic ambitions and imports of raw materials rose by 10 % over the same period.

* 1932 Villa Winternitz, Na Cihlářce 10, Praha 5, Czech Republic

* Edwin Lewis Snyder, " Spain's Magic Island ", The Architect and Engineer, 110: 10, 37-45, August 1932

In Germany Blaupunkt fitted their first radio to a Studebaker in 1932 and in the United Kingdom Crossley offered a factory fitted wireless in their 10 hp models from 1933.

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Sandwich has two world-class golf courses, Royal St George's which hosts The Open Championship approximately every 10 years, and Prince's which hosted The Open Championship in 1932, and is currently an Open Championship Final Qualifying course.

Huey Pierce Long, Jr. ( August 30, 1893 September 10, 1935 ), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 – 1932 and as a U. S. Senator from 1932 to 1935.

The most rainfall in 24 hours was on October 10, 1932.