About the day » Thursday February 18, 1932Calender converter

• Franciscus Henricus Cornelis van Gestel, Zeelst († 1944)
• Antoon Van Hulle, Waarschoot († 2006)
• Adolfine ten Cate, Hengelo († 2020)
• Frederika Wekema, Zevenhuizen, Gem. Leek († 2015)
• Anthon Petrus Reus, Hoogkarspel († 2017)
• Ferdinand Julianus Abels, Bandung (Ned Indie) († 1992)
• Elisabeth SCHUTTEN († 2010)
• Adrianus Korpel, Rotterdam
• Bernard André Tessensohn, Bali († 2011)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Adriana Fortunata Van Marle, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2004)

• Aaltje Frederiksen (92), Putten
• Aletta Hillegonda Keeken (63), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Elisabeth Lut (32), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hoffman (65), Turtlecreek Twp, Warren County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Louisa HEIDERGOTT (68), Obergum, Winsum
• Abraham Mozes Pekel (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Otten (79), Noord (Hoogeveen)
• Aaltje Kluitenberg (44), Coevorden
• Aaltje Pereboom (73), Velsen
• Addie VandenBerg (45), Kalamazoo Township (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan)

• 1931 » Bob St. Clair, American football player († 2015)
• 1931 » John Ryden, Scottish footballer, centre half († 2013)
• 1931 » Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id († 2007)
• 1931 » Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, Indian-English businessman and philanthropist
• 1931 » Toni Morrison, American novelist and editor, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019).
• 1932 » Miloš Forman, Czech-American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1933 » Bobby Robson, English international footballer, inside forward and international manager († 2009)
• 1933 » Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress († 1975)
• 1933 » Yoko Ono, Japanese-American multimedia artist and musician
• 1934 » Skip Battin, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2003)

• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)

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.
• January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• 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 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
• May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
• December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
• December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

The temperature on February 18, 1932 was between -4.9 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.