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June 17, 1932

On June 17, 1932, bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. 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 June 17, 1932

  1. 1932 Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

    1930s US veterans' protest movement

    S. , in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service-bonus certificates. ), to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media referred to them as the "Bonus Army" or as "Bonus Marchers".

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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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