About the day » Monday May 2, 1932Calender converter

• Antonius VAN Ophem, Wervershoof († 2010)
• Frans ter Beek, Albergen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• Franklin Thomas YOUNG, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1971)
• Barbara Lee Hoag, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Federico Felix Laclé, Aruba († 1991)
• David Benjamin Böck, Soerabaja, Ned. Indië
• Alvin Joseph Kathmann, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Evelina Gaspara GONZALEZ CHIMENO († 1994)
• Cees de Galan, Zaandam, Nederland († 1987)
• Elsje Slotemaker, Amsterdam († 2012)

• Andries Johannesz Spaander (85), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Peeks Gerlach (83), Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Tjassens Keiser (77), Djatiwangi, Madjalenka, Cheribon
• Andries Joannesz Spaander (88), The Netherlands, Obdam
• Bastiaan BASTIAANS (74), Nuenen
• Aleijda Deeken (84), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Ariaantje Hoogenboezem (94), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht
• Aleijda Deeken (84), Venlo, Nederland
• Antje Jelles Meinsma (78), Aalsum
• Alida Johanna Burger, Amsterdam, Noord-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 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.
• May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
• July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• 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.

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.