About the day » Sunday February 21, 1932Calender converter

• Ethel Dorothy Ebanks, West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2017)
• Donald W Hoogstraten († 1999)
• Cornelis Christianus Heemskerk, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1933)
• Arthur Geladé († 1932)
• Elisabeth Hoogendoorn, Wilnis († 1977)
• Bruce Medford, Haywood Co., North Carolina, United States († 1994)
• Antonius Franciscus Johannes (Toon) van Eemeren, Helmond, Noord-Brabant († 2020)
• Alfred Meijer, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Catharina Maria Gerarda Beijsens, Bladel († 1998)
• Derkje Antje Riepema, Ten Boer († 1989)

• Asa Handy Holmes (77), Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Arie de Bie (73)
• Adrianus Steennis (74), dreumel
• Anna Catharina (1) van den Bos (0), Axel
• Antonia (Ant of Antoinette) van Keijsteren (82), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Buuren (65), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Steenis (75), Dreumel
• Armando (Raymond) Stagi (27), Elk County General Hospital, Ridgway, PA
• Anna Catharina Rolfes (0), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Theodora van Griensven (55), Oisterwijk, Nederland

• 1927 » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author († 1996)
• 1929 » Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1933 » Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2003)
• 1934 » Rue McClanahan, American actress († 2010)
• 1935 » Richard A. Lupoff, American author
• 1936 » Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician († 1996)
• 1937 » Harald V of Norway
• 1937 » Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast († 2015)
• 1938 » Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter († 2020)
• 1938 » Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player († 1992)

• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)

• 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 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
• March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
• April 5 » Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
• July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
• July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.

The temperature on February 21, 1932 was between -2.8 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.