Timeline October 1932

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• 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution in São Paulo São Paulo rises against Getúlio Vargas São Paulo state rebelled against the provisional government of Getúlio Vargas to demand a constitution. The revolt was defeated after nearly three months, but a new constitution followed in 1934.
• 1932 Babe Ruth's called shot Ruth appears to point before a World Series home run In Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field, Babe Ruth gestured toward center field and then hit a home run there. Whether he really called the shot is still debated, and it became one of baseball's best-known legends.
• 1932 Iraq gains independence British mandate ends as Iraq joins the League of Nations Iraq was admitted to the League of Nations, formally ending the British mandate. It was the first mandated territory to become independent, though Britain kept military bases there.
• 1932 Dnieper Hydroelectric Station opens Flagship Soviet dam begins operating The DneproGES dam at Zaporizhzhia was commissioned. It was then the largest hydroelectric station in Europe and a showpiece of Stalin's First Five-Year Plan.
• 1932 – 1991 Detlev Karsten Rohwedder Head of the Treuhandanstalt, 1932-1991 - assassinated in office The manager given the job of privatising the entire East German economy, and shot dead at his own window eight months later.
• 1932 – 1992 Robert Reed (1932-1992) Died 12 May 1992, aged 59 Robert Reed was an American actor best known for playing Mike Brady on the television sitcom "The Brady Bunch." He was a classically trained actor who often expressed frustration with the show's lighthearted material. He died of complications related to colon cancer and HIV, which was not publicly disclosed until years later.
• 1932 – 1995 Louis Malle (1932-1995) Died 23 November 1995, aged 63 Louis Malle was a French film director known for a wide-ranging body of work including Au Revoir les Enfants, My Dinner with Andre, and Atlantic City. He worked across French and American cinema and was married to actress Candice Bergen. He received numerous international awards over a four-decade career.