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• Adriana Marcilla van Engelen, Vlijmen († 1996)
• Freerkje Harders, Leeuwarderadeel († 1968)
• Doris Evelyn Bradley (Miller), Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 2017)
• van Os, Veghel († 2017)
• Frans Jozef Van Hoe, Staden 8840, Roeselare, West Vlaanderen († 2019)
• Antonius Welten, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Elizabeth Adriana van Huuksloot, Dordrecht († 2010)
• Dina Walter, Den Helder († 1996)
• Frederik Uiterwijk_Winkel, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen († 2021)
• Fennigje van Weeghel, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)

• Aleida Antonia Davina (0), Oldenzaal
• Annie Elizabeth Ludwig (84)
• Anna Eliza Singleton (65), Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Johanna van Duijl (76), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arentje Landman (80), Grafhorst
• Adolf Jans SCHAAP (88), Zuurdijk Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Schoonbergen (64), Steenwijk
• Albert Kuik (81), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amelie Pauline barones van Reede van Oudtshoorn (83), Bandoeng
• Arend Roosing (89), Zeist

• 1930 » Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress († 2013)
• 1931 » Brian Close, English cricketer and coach († 2015)
• 1931 » Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
• 1932 » John Vernon, Canadian-American actor († 2005)
• 1932 » Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)
• 1932 » Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia († 2018)
• 1933 » Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 2014)
• 1933 » David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer († 2009)
• 1933 » Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist († 2008)
• 1934 » Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy († 2000)

• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)

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.
• 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 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
• 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.
• September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
• October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
• November 24 » In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.

The temperature on February 24, 1932 was between 0.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.