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.

Watterson was born in Washington, D. C., where his father, James G. Watterson ( born 1932 ), worked as a patent examiner while going to George Washington University Law School before becoming a patent attorney in 1960.

The movie was directed by George Marshall and is a remake of a 1932 version starring Tom Mix.

His major legislation was the Norris-LaGuardia Act, cosponsored with Nebraska senator George Norris in 1932.

Gershwin, along with George S Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, was a recipient of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Of Thee I Sing.

* 1854 – George Eastman, American businessman and inventor of Roll film, founded the Eastman Kodak Company ( d. 1932 )

Domino, adapted by actress-writer Grace George, opened at the Playhouse Theatre on 16 August 1932 and closed after seven performances.

* George K. Burgess, 1923 – 1932

By Executive Order of the President of the United States, the Purple Heart was revived on the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth, out of respect to his memory and military achievements, by War Department General Orders No. 3, dated February 22, 1932.

This and its 1932 sequel, Topper Takes a Trip ( set in the French Riviera ) were probably Smith's most famous work, about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid wife Mary, and his misadventures with a couple of ghosts, Marion and George Kerby, who introduce him to other ghosts.

George Orwell believed that Aldous Huxley's Brave New World ( 1932 ) must be partly derived from We.

* July 12 – George Eastman, American inventor ( Kodak ) ( d. 1932 )

An early talkie movie remake followed, in 1932, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent, with Bette Davis in a supporting role.

This instrument was first proposed in 1932 by George Gamow and Lev Mysovskii and was installed and running by 1937.

* 1932: The Flowering Stone by George Dillon

* 1932: Of Thee I Sing – George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin,

They are: George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing ( 1932 ) ¹, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific ( 1950 ), Bock & Harnick's Fiorello!

An exception to this was the first Pulitzer ever awarded to a musical: when Of Thee I Sing won in 1932, book authors George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, as well as lyricist Ira Gershwin, were cited as the winners, while composer George Gershwin's contribution was overlooked by the committee.

* George S. Kaufman won the award twice, once in 1932 and once in 1937.

Other film work includes the scores to The Phantom President ( 1932 ), starring George M. Cohan, Hallelujah, I'm a Bum ( 1933 ), starring Al Jolson, and, in a quick return after having left Hollywood, Mississippi ( 1935 ), starring Bing Crosby and W. C. Fields.

After George Washington Slept Here ( 1940 ), Kaufman and Hart called it quits, although throughout the 1930s, Hart worked both with and without Kaufman on several musicals and revues, including: Face the Music ( 1932 ); As Thousands Cheer ( 1933 ), with songs by Irving Berlin ; Jubilee ( musical ) ( 1935 ), with songs by Cole Porter ; and I'd Rather Be Right ( 1937 ), with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

* What Price Hollywood ?, a 1932 film with similarities to the 1937 & later films, also directed by George Cukor

George Arliss chose Davis for the lead female role in The Man Who Played God ( 1932 ), and for the rest of her life, Davis credited him with helping her achieve her " break " in Hollywood.

The cutting was planted, cuttings were then taken from it, including one planted on February 18, 1932, the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, for whom Washington state is named.