Events from 1932

Manning Johnson reports tactical change when Earl Browder announced: 'Our aim should be to draw the religious element into the movement before we convinced them to become atheists'

Harry Hay engages in 'two or three affairs a day' - over 1,000 homosexual encounters per year (1932-1936)

Revenue Act creates modern corporate tax structure with complex depreciation rules and tax planning strategies

Carl Anderson discovers positron, confirming Dirac's mathematical prediction - Antimatter particle predicted by mathematical analysis

Cod liver oil study shows 58% mortality reduction in measles cases

Stalin announces Five-Year Plan of Atheism with goal for May Day 1937: 'Not a single house of prayer shall remain in the USSR'

Our Lady of Beauraing, Belgium begins - 33 apparitions to 5 children through January 3, 1933