About the day » Thursday August 11, 1932Calender converter

• White, Connors, Saint Catherine, Jamaica († 2008)
• Geertruida Maria Louter, Hillegommerdijk († 2001)
• Fien Smolders, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Frederikus (Riekus) Hilbrands, Angelslo, Emmen († 2020)
• Bertus Pijpers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Gerdina Maria (Dieck) van Woensel, rotterdam († 2013)
• Emilienne De Paepe, Doel († 2017)
• Albert JANSSEN, St.-Jozefsziekenhuis,Maaseik,Limburg,Belgie († 1955)
• Clazina de Wit
• Adriaan Zeijger, Arnemuiden († 2011)

• Arie Both (58), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Alberta Goldbach (64), Zwolle
• Anna Helena Kramer (59), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Gaal (56), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Pieters Verduin (78), Den Haag
• Anna Gaal (56), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Struijk (92), Rotterdam
• Albertus Leopoldus WUYTS (66), Wezemaal,3111,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Eschauzier (91), Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Clovis Georges SORLIN (0), Carnires,59217,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)
• 1932 » John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
• 1933 » Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host († 2007)
• 1933 » Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer († 1999)
• 1933 » Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
• 1934 » Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic († 2015)
• 1936 » Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist († 1999)

• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)

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 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
• July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
• July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• 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.
• December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

The temperature on August 11, 1932 was between 12.3 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.