About the day » Saturday May 21, 1932Calender converter

• Friedheim Gustav Preuss, Recklinghausen († 1991)
• Charles Henry McGarity, Cherokee County, Georgia († 1991)
• Albert Willem Ten Have, Gorssel († 1994)
• Cornelis Maria Jansen, Oosterhout († 1932)
• Cornelis Vlieland, Noordwijk († 2007)
• August de Vreeze († 1932)
• Alberdina (Dientje) Beuze, Nijverdal (Hellendoorn) († 2014)
• Aldegonda (Gon) Jeuken, Echt, Netherlands († 2003)
• Arie Schuit, Vlissingen († 2004)
• Elisabeth Wassenaar († 2020)

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• Berendina Klaassen (72), Arnhem
• Cornelis Leendert (Kees) Caarls Karels (87), Zwaag, Netherlands
• Egbert Hultink (58), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria van Wijngaarden (13), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Brouwer (76), Hilversum
• Catharina van Ham (73), Oostelbeers
• Arie Jan Bruijn (52), Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Bartje BIKKER (64), Leerbroek
• Adrianus Andeweg (79), Klaaswaal

• 1930 » Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player († 2019)
• 1930 » Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia († 2015)
• 1930 » Tommy Bryant, American bassist († 1982)
• 1932 » Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon († 2011)
• 1932 » Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief († 2014)
• 1933 » Maurice André, French trumpet player († 2012)
• 1933 » Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter († 1993)
• 1934 » Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 » Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader
• 1934 » Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author († 2013)

• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)

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 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
• January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
• July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
• November 24 » In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
• December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

The temperature on May 21, 1932 was between 14.6 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.