About the day » Wednesday May 18, 1932Calender converter

• "Henry" Andre Louis Fuoc, Lyon († 2021)
• Griep, Zierikzee
• Addy Heiny Louis Rijkschroeff, Sitoebondo, Indonesië († 1990)
• Alie Fokelina Dekker, Warffum, 't Westland († 1974)
• Albert van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Abelia Poons, 's-Gravenhage († 1942)
• Cornelis Johannes Maas, Leiden († 2019)
• Albert van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Felix de Wit, Valencia (Sp) († 1970)
• Antonius Petrus School, Berlicum († 2018)

• Albert van den Hoek (81), Utrecht
• Cor Heinrichs (17), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Harris (71)
• Annigje Sytzes van der Meer (65), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Lodder (63), Ridderkerk
• Dirk MANTEL (83), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Prins (81), Naaldwijk
• Charlotte Outlaw (82), Albertson, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
• Dirk Mantel (83), Krommenie
• Cora Belle Baker #2 (62), Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States

• 1930 » Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1930 » Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1931 » Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician († 2018)
• 1931 » Don Martin, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1931 » Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player († 1995)
• 1931 » Robert Morse, American actor
• 1933 » Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
• 1933 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer († 1985)
• 1933 » H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
• 1934 » Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director

• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)

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.
• July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
• August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
• November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
• December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

The temperature on May 18, 1932 was between 6.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.