of democracy and the Weimar Republic. The downfall of Brüning is largely the work of Schleicher, who has been scheming against him since the beginning of May. Schleicher takes the position of Defense Minister in his friend Papen's government. June c. June – The Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition is established for the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. June 4 A military coup occurs in Chile. The Papen government in Germany dissolves the Reichstag for elections on July 31 in the full expectation that the Nazis will win the largest number of seats. June 14 – The Papen government lifts the ban against the SS and SA in Germany. June 16– Lausanne conference opens to discuss reparations, which Germany had not paid since the Hoover Moratorium of June 1931. June 20 – The Benelux customs union is negotiated. June 24 – After a relatively bloodless military rebellion, Siam becomes a constitutional monarchy. June 25 – India plays its first Test cricket match with England at Lord's. July July 5 – becomes the fascist prime minister of Portugal (for the next 36 years). July 7 – French submarine sinks off Cherbourg; 66 are killed. July 8 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average in the United States reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22. July 9 The Constitutionalist Revolution starts in Brazil with the uprising of the state of São Paulo. Lausanne conference ends, agreeing to cancel World War I reparations against Germany. July 12 Norway annexes northern Greenland. Hedley Verity establishes a new first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm. July 17 – Altona Bloody Sunday: In Altona, Germany, armed communists attack a National Socialist demonstration; 18 are killed and many other political street fights follow. July 20 – The in Germany. The Papen government sends out the under General to depose the elected SPD government in Prussia under . The coup gives Papen control of Prussia, the most powerful in Germany, and is a major blow to German democracy. July 21 – The British Empire Economic Conference opens in Ottawa, Canada. July 30 The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles. Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first animated cartoon to be presented in full Technicolor, premieres in Los Angeles. It releases in theaters, along with the film