Timeline December 1932

Events in December 1932 13

• 1932 Great Emu War Australian soldiers with machine guns sent against emus Soldiers armed with Lewis guns were sent to Western Australia's wheatbelt to cull emus that were destroying crops. The operation killed relatively few birds and was widely mocked, and it was withdrawn in December.
• 1932 – 2021 Roh Tae-woo (1932-2021) Died 26 October 2021, aged 88 South Korean general and president from 1988 to 1993 who oversaw the country's transition to democracy.
• 1932 – 2020 Little Richard (1932-2020) Died 9 May 2020, aged 87 Little Richard was an American singer and pianist whose energetic performances and hits like "Tutti Frutti" helped invent rock and roll in the 1950s. He died of bone cancer on 9 May 2020.
• 1932 Little Richard born in Macon, Georgia Richard Wayne Penniman One of twelve children, raised in the church.
• 1932 – 2005 Charly Gaul The Angel of the Mountains Famed for his climbing in extreme weather. Winner: 1958 Tour de France.
• 1932 Leaves Germany for the last time Take a good look, you will never see it again Einstein and Elsa left their Caputh summer house in December 1932 for a visiting term at Caltech. He told her to look carefully at the house as they went. Within weeks of Hitler taking power it was searched and their property seized.
• 1932 – 2026 Bob Pettit St Louis Hawks and LSU, 1932-2026 - the NBA's first MVP Cut from his high school team, then the first Most Valuable Player in NBA history and the first man to 20,000 points.
• 1932 – present Abbe Lane American Singer & Actress American singer, actress and dancer who was one of the most glamorous entertainers of the 1950s and 1960s. Once described as 'the swingingest sexpot in show business', she rose to fame as the featured vocalist for Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat, whom she married at the age of 19. She starred on Broadway opposite Tony Randall, made over 20 films in Italy, performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1932 Abbe Lane born in Brooklyn Born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Abbey and Grace Lassman.
• 1932 BBC Empire Service begins Shortwave broadcasting to the British Empire The BBC launched its Empire Service on shortwave, broadcasting to listeners across the Empire. It later became the BBC World Service.
• 1932 Radio City Music Hall opens Art Deco theatre opens at Rockefeller Center Radio City Music Hall opened in Manhattan as part of Rockefeller Center. It was then the largest indoor theatre in the world and became a New York landmark.
• 1932 – present Hiroshi Okuda Toyota President & Chairman Japanese businessman who served as president (1995-1999) and chairman (1999-2006) of Toyota Motor Corporation, leading the company's rise to become the world's largest automaker. The first person from outside Toyota's founding Toyoda family to lead the company in 28 years, he was known for his outspoken style and management credo that 'not changing is evil'. He championed the Prius hybrid, expanded Toyota's global manufacturing footprint, and later served as chairman of Keidanren, Japan's most powerful business lobby.
• 1932 Hiroshi Okuda born in Tsu, Mie Prefecture Born Hiroshi Okuda in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, near Toyota's headquarters region.