He married Helen Leech ( 1839 – 1932 ), the daughter of another wealthy cotton merchant and shipbuilder from Stalybridge, at Gee Cross on 8 August 1863.

* 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Victoria Cross winner ( d. 1932 )

In the 1932 historical epic, The Sign of the Cross, she was cast opposite Fredric March as the Roman empress Poppaea.

* First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross ( 1932 )

* John Williams ( VC ) ( 1857 – 1932 ), born John Fielding, recipient of the Victoria Cross

* The Egyptian Cross Mystery — 1932

In 1932, Cecil B. DeMille produced and directed a highly successful film version of The Sign of the Cross, starring Fredric March as centurion Marcus Superbus, Claudette Colbert as Poppea, Charles Laughton as Nero, and Elissa Landi as Mercia, the Christian woman with whom Marcus falls in love.

" He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to October 1, 1932 and was awarded a second Navy Cross.

From Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross ( film ) | The Sign of the Cross ( 1932 )

He was knighted in 1932, receiving the Order of Merit in 1944 and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1948.

They include Welterweight Boxing Champion Storer College ( 1925 – 27 ); High Jump champion, Howard University Inter-Scholastic Games ( 1926 ); Gold Medalist in Cross Country, Storer College ( 1927 ); Back-stroke Swimming Champion and No. 3 swimmer in Freestyle Relay team, Howard University ( 1928 ); Captain, Lincoln University Soccer Team ( 1930 ); Winner Two Miles Run, Central Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Hampton Institute Virginia ( 1931 ); Bronze Medalist, Richmond Cross Country Marathon ( 1931 ); Gold Medalist in the 1, 000 yard run, One Mile Run and Three Mile Run, Catedonian Games in Brooklyn, NY ( 1932 ); Silver Trophy winner in the Half Mile race, and Silver Cup winner in the One Mile Race, Democratic Field Day Championships, New Haven, Connecticut ( 1933 ); Runner-up ( with G. K. Dorgu ) at the Lagos Tennis Men ’ s Double Championships ( Division B 1938 ); anchor man for the ZAC team which won the 50 yards Freestyle Relay at the Lagos Swimming Championships ( 1939 ).

He graduated in 1932 at the Tirana Albanian Vocational High School funded by the American Red Cross.

Later examples appear in Ben-Hur ( 1925 ) and in Cecil B. DeMille ’ s Sign of the Cross ( 1932 ) and Cleopatra ( 1934 ), although the execution of the gesture is still variable.

* Playwright and author Terence Frisby of the 1960s play and movie There's a Girl in My Soup was born in New Cross in 1932 but spent the majority of his childhood in Welling.

The only two films that featured all three siblings — Ethel, John and Lionel — were National Red Cross Pageant ( 1917 ) and Rasputin and the Empress ( 1932 ).

Another portrayal of Poppaea is featured in the 1932 film The Sign of the Cross.

The Silver Medal for Military Valor is still awarded by the Italian state, and it, along with the Gold and Bronze medals for Military Valor as well as the " Croce di Guerra al Valor Militare " ( War Cross of Military Valor-which can only be awarded in time of war ) is established by the Royal Decree of 4 November 1932, in which the purpose of these medals is defined as " To distinguish and publicly honor the authors of heroic military acts, even ones performed in time of peace, provided that the exploit is closely connected with the purposes for which the Armed Forces are constituted, whatever may be the condition or quality of the author.

* The Sign of the Cross ( 1932 )

* Richard Assheton Cross, 2nd Viscount Cross ( 1882 – 1932 )

Born in 1932 in New Cross, south east London.

Son: Charles Cross Goodrich ( Goodrich chemist, born 3-August – 1871, died 1932 )

Wiley Post received the Distinguished Flying Cross ( 1932 ), the Gold Medal of Belgium ( 1934 ), and the International Harmon Trophy ( 1934 ).

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

* 1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor

* 1853 – René Bazin, French novelist ( d. 1932 )

* 1841 – Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )

François Roland Truffaut ( 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984 ) was an influential filmmaker and film critic, one of the founders of the French New Wave.

* 1932 – Michel Legrand, French composer

* 1932 – François Truffaut, French film director ( d. 1984 )

* 1871 – Frantz Reichel, French athlete and rugby player ( d. 1932 )

* 1857 – Paul Doumer, French President ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Stéphane Audran, French actress

* 1857 – Joseph Babiński, French neurologist ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker

* 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2007 )

* 1932 – Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor ( d. 2007 )

* 1932 – Louis Malle, French film director ( d. 1995 )

* 1932 – Jacques Pic, French chef ( d. 1992 )

* Polyphème is the theme of an opera by French composer Jean Cras ( 1879 – 1932 ).

* 1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.

* Théorie des opérations linéaires French translation from 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.

* October 21 – François Truffaut, French film director ( b. 1932 )

* February 17 – André Maginot, French politician ( d. 1932 )

* March 28 – Aristide Briand, French politician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )

* December 20 – Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )