January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of death May 31, 1932
The temperature on May 31, 1932 was between 9.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
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