The British government delivered a note to the United States seeking cancellation of all war debts, saying that resumption of the payments "would inevitably deepen the depression."[1]
The "Trogir incident" took place in Croatia when a group of young Yugoslav nationalists destroyed eight stone Venetian lions on old public buildings and city walls in the city of Trogir. The incident caused the already strained relations between Yugoslavia and Italy to worsen further.[2]
Albert Einstein was granted a visa to enter the United States. An organization called the Woman's Patriot Corporation had filed a complaint claiming Einstein was inadmissible "because of his affiliations with certain organizations claimed to be connected with the Communist International", but the State Department announced that George S. Messersmith had "examined Prof. Einstein as he would any applicant and has reached the conclusion that Prof. Einstein is admissible to the United States."[12]
The Reichstag voted to adjourn, leaving Chancellor Schleicher free to govern the country through the coming weeks without facing the constant threat of legislative defeat.[16]
King Prajadhipok of Siam signed the country's first constitution, making the country a constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute one. December 10 is now Constitution Day in Thailand, a national holiday.[20]
The Greek stock exchange opened for the first time since the height of the country's economic crisis in November 1931.[21]
The United States negotiated a No Force Declaration with Britain, France, Germany and Italy. These nations all promised not to resolve any present or future disputes amongst themselves with force.[6]
A huge anti-Yugoslavian demonstration was held in Rome protesting against the Trogir incident. Mussolini appeared on the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia and declared that such acts of vandalism "cannot and must not be forgotten."[24]
The French Chamber of Deputies rejected Prime Minister Édouard Herriot's payment plan of war debts to the United States, voted his government out of office and then voted to defer payment until an international debt conference could be held.[25]
Six died in a collision of two passenger trains in Switzerland near Lucerne.[26]
Five countries (France, Poland, Belgium, Estonia and Hungary) defaulted on their war debt payments to the United States in response to the U.S. Congress' rejection of the debt reduction plan agreed to at the Lausanne Conference.[6][27]
The Shirokiya Department Store fire broke out in Tokyo, Japan, leaving 14 dead and 67 injured. The fire was the source of a longstanding urban legend that saleswomen in kimonos refused to jump to safety because they were ashamed to be seen from below, and died as a result.
Argentine police arrested former presidents Hipólito Yrigoyen and Marcelo T. de Alvear as the government announced it had uncovered a seditious plot to overthrow the country's leadership.[28]
Several Italian newspapers published "A Manifesto of Italian Musicians for the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century Romantic Art" signed by several prominent Italian composers. The manifesto attacked modernistic trends in Italian music by composers such as Gian Francesco Malipiero and Alfredo Casella and advocated a return to Romantic music.[30]
A team of Chicago police raided the headquarters of mob boss Frank Nitti. One of the Detective Sergeants shot Nitti three times and then gave himself a minor gunshot wound to make it look like self-defense. Nitti survived the shooting.[33]
The BBC Empire Service began broadcasting, making the BBC heard outside of Britain for the first time.[30]
A new high-speed train running from Berlin to Hamburg in 142 minutes, the DRG Class SVT 877 (nicknamed the "Flying Hamburger"), entered commercial service.[34]
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Cedar Mountains region of Nevada. Although the epicenter of the earthquake was uninhabited, it was felt as far away as San Francisco and Los Angeles.[35]
Greek court refused to extradite fugitive business executive Samuel Insull to the United States and freed him from prison, ruling that there was no evidence in the embezzlement and larceny charges he faced in America.[47]
The Soviet Union announced that starting in January, all inhabitants over 16 years of age must carry passports and register with police whenever they move from one locality to another.[48]
^"Von Schleicher Called to Form Reich Cabinet". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 2, 1932. p. 2.
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^Mendelson, Richard (2009). From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 90. ISBN978-0-520-94320-9.
^ abcMercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 420. ISBN978-0-582-03919-3.
^Patel, Kiran Klaus (2005). Soldiers of Labor: Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America, 1933–1945. Cambridge University Press. p. 62. ISBN978-0-521-83416-2.