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.

Significantly, Huxley also worked for a time in the 1920s at the technologically advanced Brunner and Mond chemical plant in Billingham, Teesside, and the most recent introduction to his famous science fiction novel Brave New World ( 1932 ) states that this experience of " an ordered universe in a world of planless incoherence " was one source for the novel.

After relegation into the Third Division south at the end of the 1932 / 33 season the club appointed Jimmy Seed as manager and he oversaw the most successful period in Charlton's history either side of the Second World War.

In fact, the cars produced by Nissan already used the Datsun brand name, a successful brand in Japan since 1932, long before World War II.

He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface ( 1932 ), Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ), Only Angels Have Wings ( 1939 ), His Girl Friday ( 1940 ), Sergeant York ( 1941 ), To Have and Have Not ( 1944 ), The Big Sleep ( 1946 ), Red River ( 1948 ), The Thing from Another World ( 1951 ), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ( 1953 ), and Rio Bravo ( 1959 ).

In 1932, the physicist and conceiver of nuclear chain reaction Leó Szilárd read The World Set Free, a book which he said made a great impression on him.

Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World envisions a futuristic world in which large numbers of clones are cultivated industrially and conditioned before birth for specific castes.

Ottoman rule ended with World War I, and Iraq came to be administered by the British Empire until the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932.

* 1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U. S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

* 1932 – Great Depression: in Washington, D. C., troops disperse the last of the " Bonus Army " of World War I veterans.

* 1932 – U. S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the " Bonus Army " of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D. C.

With the exception of the Kingdom of Iraq, which joined the League on 3 October 1932, these territories did not begin to gain their independence until after the Second World War, a process that did not end until 1990.

The League Covenant assigned the League the task of creating a disarmament plan for each state, but the Council devolved this responsibility to a special commission set up in 1926 to prepare for the 1932 – 34 World Disarmament Conference.

The World Disarmament Conference was convened by the League of Nations in Geneva in 1932, with representatives from 60 states.

* Brave New World ( 1932 ) by Aldous Huxley

The criteria were announced in a War Department circular dated February 22, 1932 and authorized award to soldiers, upon their request, who had been awarded the Meritorious Service Citation Certificate, Army Wound Ribbon, or were authorized to wear Wound Chevrons subsequent to April 5, 1917, the day before the United States entered World War I.

Prior to World War II, 12-cylinder engines were found in many luxury models, including cars from: Packard 1916 to 1923, Daimler 1926 to 1937, Hispano-Suiza 1931, Cadillac 1931, Auburn 1932, Franklin 1932, Lincoln 1932, Rolls-Royce 1936, and Pierce-Arrow also 1936.

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

* October 1 – Babe Ruth makes his famous called shot in the fifth inning of game 3 of the 1932 World Series.

The BBC World Service began as the BBC Empire Service in 1932 as a shortwave service aimed principally at English speakers in the outposts of the British Empire.

His son, Vice Admiral Lloyd Mustin ,( 1911 – 1999 ), a 1932 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, took part in developing the Navy's first lead-computing anti-aircraft gun sight, which proved of major importance in the air-sea actions of World War II, and served on the cruiser during the naval battle of Guadalcanal.

Although Wrigley Field has been the home of the Cubs since 1916, it has yet to see the Cubs win a World Series, even though it has hosted several ( 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945, the last time the Cubs appeared in a World Series ), the last World Series win by the Cubs ( 1908 ) happened while the Cubs called West Side Park home.

* 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.

* 1935 – Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.

* 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.

* 1864 – Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War ( d. 1932 )

Pre-World War II heyday: Potsdamer Platz in 1932, showing the ultra-modern Columbushaus nearing completion.

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.

* 1932 – Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.

On July 19, 1932, the Secretary of War approved the Silver Star to replace the Citation Star.

* Colombia – Peru War ( 1 September 1932 – 24 May 1933 ) – fought between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Peru.

* 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.

His books of poetry include Poems 1913 and 1914 ( 1914 ); Poems Translated from the French ( 1914 ); Three Poems ( 1916 ); The Barn ( 1916 ); The Silver Bird of Herndyke Mill ; Stane Street ; The Gods of the World Beneath, ( 1916 ); The Harbingers ( 1916 ); Pastorals ( 1916 ); The Waggoner and Other Poems ( 1920 ); The Shepherd, and Other Poems of Peace and War ( 1922 ); Old Homes ( 1922 ); To Nature: New Poems ( 1923 ); Dead Letters ( 1923 ); Masks of Time: A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative ( 1925 ); Japanese Garland ( 1928 ); Retreat ( 1928 ); Winter Nights: A Reminiscence ( 1928 ); Near and Far: New Poems ( 1929 ); A Summer's Fancy ( 1930 ); To Themis: Poems on Famous Trials ( 1931 ); Constantia and Francis: An Autumn Evening, ( 1931 ); Halfway House: A Miscellany of New Poems, ( 1932 ); Choice or Chance: New Poems ( 1934 ); Verses: To H. R. H. The Duke of Windsor, ( 1936 ); An Elegy and Other Poems ( 1937 ); On Several Occasions ( 1938 ); Poems, 1930-1940 ( 1940 ); Shells by a Stream ( 1944 ); After the Bombing, and Other Short Poems ( 1949 ); Eastward: A Selection of Verses Original and Translated ( 1950 ); Records of Friendship ( 1950 ); A Hong Kong House ( 1959 ); Poems on Japan ( 1967 ).