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• Gerard van der Vegt, Nieuwleusen († 2013)
• Adriana Wilhelmina SCHEPERS, schiedam († 2019)
• Elisabeth Henrica Josepha (Elly) Timmermans, Eersel, 5521, Nederland († 2011)
• Floyd Westphal, York, Fillmore, Minnesota, VS († 1961)
• Charles Dean Dovey, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2005)
• Darlene Hattie Westra, Douglas County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Aaldert Sloots († 1955)
• Andrée De Broux († 1995)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van der Knaap, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Engberdina Hinnen, Almelo († 2007)

• Adelberta Maria Vissers (0), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Cornelia HENDRIKS (82), ·Äòs-Gravenhage, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Henderikus de Jong (1), Emmen
• Albertus Maria Vissers, Drunen
• Albert Doldersum (1), Noord Eschmarke (Lonneker)
• Albert Huizing (25), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Gouw (61), Zutphen
• Andries Gouw (61), Zutphen
• Ada Jane Croy (49), Geelong, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia
• Aldert Reitsma (62), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1929 » Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman († 2015)
• 1929 » Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2008)
• 1930 » Georges Descrières, French actor († 2013)
• 1930 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
• 1931 » Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant
• 1931 » Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1933 » David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director († 2016)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer († 1995)
• 1933 » Roy Clark, American musician and television personality († 2018)
• 1935 » Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer († 2008)

• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

• 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.
• May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
• 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 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
• September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
• September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

The temperature on April 15, 1932 was between 1.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.