About the day » Thursday May 5, 1932Calender converter

• Carlos Vranken
• Driesje Mulder, Apeldoorn († 1933)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Antonia Christina van Dijck, Tilburg († 2001)
• Arthur JOLÉ, Auderghem, Bruxelles, Belgique († 1999)
• Arie Cornelis Slierendrecht, Delft († 2001)
• David Polak, Amsterdam, the Netherlands († 1943)
• Charles Weston CRAM, Iowa († 2017)
• Cor van der Lelij, Haarlemmermeer († 2016)
• Carlo Vranken, Alken, België († 2023)
• Aaltje Horst, Ambt Hardenberg († 2004)

• Anna Katharina Arping (71), Spork, Bocholt, Allemagne
• Aaltjen FRELINK (80), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Swan (80), Blyth, Northumberland, England
• Augustinus Van Laer (6), Hove, België
• Albertien Van Dalsum (66), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• (Stillborn) RINSMA (0), Warstiens (Idaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Baukje Douwes Vellinga (64), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Schuurmans (68), Roermond
• Arie van der Valk, Hoek van Holland
• Alida van Leeuwen (71), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Ilene Woods, American actress († 2010)
• 1930 » Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1931 » Greg, Belgian author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1932 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer († 2002)
• 1932 » Stan Goldberg, American illustrator († 2014)
• 1933 » Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer († 1959)
• 1933 » Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1934 » Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d'Ivoire
• 1934 » Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1935 » Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor

• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)

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. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
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.
• May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
• June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
• July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
• 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 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

The temperature on May 5, 1932 was between 1.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.