About the day » Monday May 2, 1932Calender converter

• Arend Rijk Treep, Zwollerkerspel († 1957)
• Franklin Thomas YOUNG, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1971)
• Cornelis de Galan, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Elsje Slotemaker, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Alvin Joseph Kathmann, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Dirk Pool, Amsterdam († 1991)
• AnJean Evenhouse, Grand Park Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Benjamin van Zand, Oude Pekela († 1942)
• Antoinetta Gerardina Maria Robben, Tilburg († 2000)
• Evelina Gaspara GONZALEZ CHIMENO († 1994)

• Aleijda Deeken (84), Venlo, Nederland
• Apolonia Geertruida Pieternella Arts (47), Naarden
• Adrianus Voogd (2), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Evegroen (76), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Adriaan de Smit (64), Vlissingen
• Alijda Meerveld (68), Hoogland, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Plonia Sloof (23), Pijnacker
• Avraham David Biger (39), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Bastiaan BASTIAANS (74), Nuenen
• Adrianus Voogd (3), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
• 1929 » James Dillion, American discus thrower († 2010)
• 1930 » Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician († 2016)
• 1930 » Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic († 2013)
• 1931 » Martha Grimes, American author and poet
• 1931 » Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman († 2012)
• 1932 » Maury Allen, American journalist, actor, and author († 2010)
• 1933 » Bunk Gardner, American musician
• 1933 » Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1934 » Manfred Durniok, German film producer, director and screenwriter († 2003)

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

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 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
• January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
• September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
• November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on May 2, 1932 was between 9.2 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.