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• Cornelia Petronella Leijtens, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2001)
• Basje van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Baartje Nieboer, 's Gravenhage († 2005)
• André Van Leugenhagen, Beveren-Waas († 2011)
• Cornelia Leijtens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus L G van den Broek, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Schimmel, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Christoffel Gijsbertus Sluijter, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Aleida Kamp, Hengelo († 2015)
• Blanca Lucilla 'Ma' Stanley, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras († 2024)

• Abraham Gerrit Gerritsen (93), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Kerkewijk 14
• Antje Visser (17)
• Anna Maria Spin (65), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje van Heek (74), Zaandam
• Antonius Jacobus Vugts (53), Helmond
• Alphons Michael Schiffer (62), Vaals
• Anna SPIN (65), Leeuwarden
• Anna Catharina Welling (76), Hengelo
• Anna van Berkel (68), Tilburg
• Abraham Gerritsen (96)

• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut († 1990)
• 1929 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach († 1980)
• 1929 » Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow († 2008)
• 1930 » Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic († 2015)
• 1931 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor († 2004)
• 1932 » Majel Barrett, American actress and producer († 2008)
• 1937 » Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 » Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist († 2019)

• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

• 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.
• February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
• April 5 » Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
• November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.

The temperature on February 23, 1932 was between 5.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.