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March 25, 1932
On March 25, 1932, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens. Rosey Grier, Per Maurseth, Rosey Grier would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 25, 1932
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok.
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The year in brief
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 March 25, 1932
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1932 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens. Symbolic tomb memorializing unidentified fallen Greek soldiers
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1932
- April 24 Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
- April 5 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
- August 2 The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
- August 24 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
- December 10 Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- December 18 The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
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