3,000 unemployed auto workers, led by the Communist Party of America, braved the cold in Dearborn, Mich. to demand jobs and relief from Henry Ford. The marchers got too close to the gate and were gassed. After re-grouping, they were sprayed with water and shot at. Four men died immediately, 60 were wounded - 1932

Thirty-eight miners die in a coal mine explosion in Boissevain, Va. - 1932

Unemployment demonstrations take place in major U.S. cities - 1932