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1932
The 20th Century Almanac · The Thirties

1932

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Franklin Roosevelt won a landslide as Depression unemployment neared 25 percent and the Bonus Army was driven from Washington. Amelia Earhart soloed the Atlantic and the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped; the British epic Cavalcade swept the Oscars.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Cavalcade
Nobel · Literature
Galsworthy
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Charles Laughton

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1932

Champions

Stanley CupToronto Maple Leafs vs. NY Rangers Series: 3-0 US Open (Golf): Gene Sarazen Score: 286 Course: Fresh Meadow CC Location: Flushing, NY
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs Series: 4-0 1932 Olympic Games Champions

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Arrowsmith
  2. Bring 'em Back Alive
  3. Business and Pleasure
  4. Delicious
  5. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  6. Emma
  7. Frankenstein
  8. Grand Hotel
  9. Hell Divers
  10. The Man Who Played God

Academy Awards

Honoring 1932
Best Picture
Cavalcade
Best Director
Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade
Best Actor
Charles Laughton
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Best Actress
Katharine Hepburn
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Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
LANGMUIR, IRVING, U.S.A., General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY, b. 1881, d. 1957: "for his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry"
Literature
GALSWORTHY, JOHN, Great Britain, b. 1867, d. 1933: "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga"
Peace
The prize money for 1932 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: SHERRINGTON, Sir CHARLES SCOTT, Great Britain, Oxford University, b. 1857, d. 1952; and ADRIAN, Lord (EDGAR DOUGLAS), Great Britain, Cambridge University, b. 1889, d. 1977: "for their discoveries regarding
Physics
HEISENBERG, WERNER, Germany, Leipzig University, b. 1901, d. 1976: "for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen."

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin ... "Of Thee I Sing"
Fiction
Pearl S. Buck ... "The Good Earth"
History
John J. Pershing ... "My Experiences in World War"
Public Service
"Indianapolis News"