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• Andrew Siedsma, Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2014)
• Antonia Alberta Uijttewaal, Leimuiden (Kaag en Braassem), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cor Kollenburg, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Emmy Wolbert, Lemselo, 7595, Nederland († 2015)
• Corrie van der Wetering († 1976)
• E.P(Emmy) Wolbert, Lemselo(Weerselo) († 2015)
• Esther Cardozo, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Petronella Uitjens, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Alina Godelieva Verlinde, Brugge († 2011)
• Count Georg of Schönborn-Buchheim, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1973)

• Bernardus Marinus van Velzen (78), Delft
• Alijda Unterhorst (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Roo (71), Deventer
• Arien Klaasz de Groot (87)
• Apolonia Geertruida Koffijberg (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Boudewijn Jacobs Akkerman (59), Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoni Stajkowski (92), Kaczanowo,Wrzesnia County,Wielkopolskie,Poland
• Anna Maria Clementina Rikers (17), Hulsberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Arien de Groot (87), Heerhugowaard
• Antonius Jacobus Bernard (68), Leiden

• 1928 » Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian († 2015)
• 1928 » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic († 2014)
• 1929 » Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician
• 1930 » Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer
• 1931 » Bill Miles, American director and producer († 2013)
• 1934 » George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator
• 1934 » James Drury, American actor († 2020)
• 1935 » Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player († 1987)
• 1935 » Costas Ferris, Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 » Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer

• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Jacob
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
• February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
• May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
• July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
• September 29 » Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
• December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

The temperature on April 18, 1932 was between 1.8 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.