About the day » Sunday January 3, 1932Calender converter

• Christiaan Hoek, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Arie Douma, Texel († 1996)
• Anne Hensen, (NH) Medemblik († 2005)
• Alida Geertruida Schilder, Volendam (Edam) († 1999)
• David Visser, Krimpen aan de Lek († 2012)
• Cornelia van der Kruijssen, Oosterhout († 1933)
• Cornelis Adolf Mutter, Soerabaja, Java, Indonesië († 1974)
• Douglas Lorraine Moore, Fife, McCulloch, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Bertram J Horrow († 1998)
• Alida van Steenis, Overschie (NL) († 2005)

• Aaltje Witteveen (71), Zaandam,Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Aukes Jaarsma (75), Idaarderadeel
• Aaltjen Stokreef (64), Harfsen (Gorssel)
• Antonia BRANDENBURG (71), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anna C De Laet (0), Hoboken
• Albert Veldkamp (74), Scheemda (gem. Oldambt)
• Amalie Ernestine Reiter (78), Wilmont, Nobles County, Minnesota
• Antonius Holleman (82), Weurt, NL
• Apolonia Weij (94), Hontenisse, ZL.NL
• Anna Catharina Busser (78), ..........

• 1929 » Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1929 » Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
• 1929 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1930 » Robert Loggia, American actor and director († 2015)
• 1932 » Dabney Coleman, American actor
• 1932 » Eeles Landström, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
• 1933 » Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author
• 1933 » Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer
• 1934 » Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• 1934 » Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer († 2008)

• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)

• 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.
• March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
• July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
• July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
• 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 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

The temperature on January 3, 1932 was between 10.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.