About the day » Saturday December 31, 1932Calender converter

• Bartholina Suzanna (Ineke) Van der Kamp, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Jacobus Bogaerts, Ginneken en Bavel († 2005)
• Adrianus Norbertus Sylvester de Kok, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Cornelis (Cees) Pondman, Zaandam, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis Marinus Hamaker, Den Haag, ZH Netherlands († 1993)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Breugem, Schiedam
• Antonetta (Nettie) Jungbeker, Diemen
• Augusta (Gusta) Yerna, Groot-Gelmen, België († 2024)
• Albert van KATWIJK, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Antje Ottens, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1933)

• Adrianus Willemse van der Staaij (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Bussink (49), Amerongen
• Albert Huizing (67), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Charlotte Sophia DAKERS (82), Dartford area, Kent, England
• Antonetta van Nijnanten (69), Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clement van Bergen (86), Gennep
• Cecil Merill Runk (36), Columbus, Colorado, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• albert2 schaapman (81), zwartsluis
• B(Berendina) Goorkotte (85), Lemselo (Weerselo)
• Adrianus van der Staaij (77), Rotterdam

• 1929 » Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host († 2018)
• 1929 » Peter May, English cricketer († 1994)
• 1930 » Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator († 2010)
• 1930 » Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress († 2008)
• 1931 » Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author († 1996)
• 1932 » Don James, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1932 » Felix Rexhausen, German journalist and author († 1992)
• 1933 » Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor († 2005)
• 1934 » Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 2017)
• 1935 » Salman of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia

• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)

• 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.
• January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
• 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.
• December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.

The temperature on December 31, 1932 was between 3.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.