February
- February 2
- A general disarmament convention begins in Geneva.
- The League of Nations again recommends negotiations between the Republic of China and Japan.
- The Reconstruction Finance Corporation begins operations in Washington, D.C.
- February 4
- The 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
- Japan occupies Harbin, China.
- February 11 – Pope Pius XI meets Benito Mussolini in Vatican City.
- February 15 – Clara, Lu & Em, generally regarded as the first daytime network soap opera, debuts in its morning time slot over the Blue Network of NBC Radio, having originally been a late evening program.
- February 18 – Japan declares Manzhouguo (Japanese name for Manchuria) formally independent from China.
- February 22 – The first Purple Heart was awarded.
- February 25 – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
- February 27 – The Mäntsälä Rebellion occurs in Finland.
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