Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall was an English town planner, urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London and president of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association. Hall was one of the most prolific and influential urbanists of the twentieth century.

1932Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (died 2013)^[†]

Gail Kobe was an American actress and television producer.

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1932The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.^[†]

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the Harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as an iconic image of Sydney, and of Australia itself. Nicknamed "the Coathanger" because of its arch-based design, the bridge carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

Headlines from March 19, 1932

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Representative Crisp Sticks to the Sales Tax Plan; Speaker Garner Says Method Is "Inconsequential"

HOOVER ACTS TO AID RAILWAY FINANCING; Confers With Executives of 13 Systems After Summoning Them to White House. COORDINATION IS HIS AIM Capital Hears Reports of Differences in Reconstruction Board, but They Are Denied. HOOVER ACTS TO AID RAILWAY FINANCING

DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS DEPLORE TAX REVOLT; Long Step Toward Disorganization Is Seen, With Bad Effects for the Party. VOTE GLOOMILY ASSAYED Break From Garner to Follow La Guardia Emphasizes Peril of Public Distrust. DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS DEPLORE TAX BOLT

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