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• Antje (Anne) Kempenaar, Kollum (Friesland) († 2010)
• Elisabeth van Vliet, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anneke Holterman († 2003)
• Cornelis Briek († 2011)
• Cornelis Lambertus Maria Spoelder, Hilversum († 1991)
• Elaine, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States of America († 2006)
• Gerbrigje van Milgen, Garderen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis L M Spoelder, hilversum († 1991)
• Anna Lucia Maria KUIJKEN, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Euzébio Duarte de Menezes, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil († 2009)

• Bernardus Hermanus ter Heerdt (61), Doetinchem
• Berendina Johanna Tijhuis (54), Deventer
• Anna van Dirven (63), Raamsdonk
• Berthus Kornet (18), Herwijnen (NL)
• Ansona Hendrix (74), Walker, Georgia, United States
• Adriana Maria Rog (40), Scheveningen
• Charles (Pat) Conners (63), Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Auguste Joseph JABON (74), Ombret Rausa, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Aart Arnoldus Appeldoorn (79), Rheden, GLD, Nederland
• Berthus Kornet (18), Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1931 » Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot († 2014)
• 1931 » Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1932 » Abby Dalton, American actress
• 1932 » Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1932 » Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer († 2002)
• 1933 » Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1933 » Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist († 2009)
• 1933 » Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist († 1984)
• 1934 » Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1934 » Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach

• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)

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.
• May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
• September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.

The temperature on August 15, 1932 was between 16.8 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.