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• Elizabeth Oosterwijk, Reeuwijk, Nederland († 1989)
• Carolina Geertruida Johannes Maria Weemhoff, Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Hermanus Hendrikus (Herman) Muter, Emmen, Emmen, Hanover, Prussia, Germany († 2003)
• Hendrik Jan van de Steeg, Voorthuizen, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Floydean Vernon, Gruver, Hansford, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Clara de Regt († 2004)
• Charles William Parker, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Gerardus Adrianus Scheurwater, Noordwijk († 1995)
• de Schrijver, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• AUGUSTINUS MARIA CATHARINA GOOS, VOSSELAAR († 1992)

• Arie de Leeuw (0), Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Augustin Joseph Vandamme (78), Dottignies, Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgique
• BRUGMAN (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amedé Maes (65), Temse
• Bernard Christiaan Koeslag (70), Heemse
• Aalt Arendsen (35), Hilversum
• Anna Maria Cloeck (79), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Duivenvoorde, Noordwijkerhout
• Antoine Nicolas Fortanier (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Bruin (75), Poortugaal

• 1930 » Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer († 1968)
• 1930 » Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player († 2011)
• 1930 » Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher
• 1931 » Naim Attallah, Palestinian author
• 1932 » Sandy Woodward, English admiral († 2013)
• 1932 » Tabibar Rahman Sarder, Bangladeshi politician. († 2010)
• 1934 » Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• 1934 » Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor
• 1934 » Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist († 2005)
• 1934 » Tang Chang, Thai artist († 1990)

• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)

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.
• January 28 » Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
• July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
• July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
• September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
• September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
• September 29 » Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.

The temperature on May 1, 1932 was between 8.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.