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• Catharina Maria Verhage, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL († 2020)
• Arie Cornelis MOELKER, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Antonetta Cornelia Maria Schimmel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Frederik Mulder, Veendam († 2014)
• ANJE VOOGT, HOOGEVEEN († 2014)
• Cornelis van Herreveld, Haaften († 2023)
• Arie Cornelis Moelker, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Gerardus Maria Verbruggen, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Antoinette Maria (Netty) Veugelers, Heerlen, Lim, Nederland († 2018)
• Arie Stokman, Oudkarspel, NH, Nederland († 1999)

• Wessel, Nijmegen
• Antonia Adriana Hietkamp (72)
• Bernardus Lambertus Meulenbroek (71), Haarlem
• Antje Beerepoot (72), Oegstgeest, ZUI, Nederland
• Anna Soherr (79), Rh�ndorf
• Anna Maria Geertruida Hullegie (0), Zuidwolde
• Abel Veldman (29), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Zomerdijk (23), Castricum, NH, The Netherlands
• Arthur David PHILLIPS (52), Pancras, Middlesex, England
• Anna Maria Hullegie (0), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1930 » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician († 2014)
• 1931 » Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army († 2019)
• 1931 » Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor († 1985)
• 1931 » Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2010)
• 1932 » Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
• 1933 » Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1934 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier († 1972)
• 1934 » Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author († 2015)

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• 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 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
• August 10 » A 5.1 kilograms (11lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
• December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
• December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

The temperature on August 18, 1932 was between 15.9 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.