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July 20, 1932

On July 20, 1932, in the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government. Rosey Grier, Per Maurseth, Rosey Grier would arrive in the same year.

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1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.

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On July 20, 1932

  1. 1932 In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.

    Takeover by German chancellor von Papen

    The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner. A second decree the same day transferred executive power in Prussia to the Reich Minister of the Armed Forces Kurt von Schleicher and restricted fundamental rights.

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Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Rosey Grier 1932– American football player and actor
Per Maurseth 1932– Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)

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