1932 — A. Huxley publishes Brave New World, a novel that satirizes scientific progress by describing a bleak and dehumanized future culture.

Elsewhere that year:

• The first Chiropractic National Board Exam is given in Detroit.
• Anger over the kidnapping and death of the son of Charles A. Lindbergh forces the passage of the death penalty in federal kidnapping cases.
• The Kingdom of Hijaz and Najd is renamed Saudi Arabia.
• Germany lifts the ban on Nazi storm troops .Disorders among rival political groups occur frequently. Nazi and Communist Parties gain strength in the Reichstag. German Chancellor Brüning and his successors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher fail to mold parliamentary majorities without Hitler’s help.
• Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, an early film comedy team, star in The Music Box.
• Charles G. King, biochemist, isolates vitamin C from lemon juice.
• Aviator Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic. Her flight from Newfoundland to Ireland takes 13.5 hours and covers 2026 miles.