About the day » Thursday May 5, 1932Calender converter

• Albert Kornelis Alberts, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 2014)
• Camiel Colaert, Staden († 1983)
• Blanche de la Vega, Madrid, Madrid, Espagne († 1972)
• Arie Kuijt, Katwijk († 1944)
• Aaltje (Alida) Kwast, Den Helder, Nederland († 1999)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Antonia Christina van Dijck, Tilburg († 2001)
• Blanca de La Vega y Gutierrez de La Vega, Madrid († 1972)
• Arie Cornelis Slierendrecht, Delft († 2001)
• Doeke Johannes Petrus Draaisma, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelia Anna van den Haak, Haarlem († 2019)

• Baukje Douwes Vellinga (64), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertien Van Dalsum (66), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arend Adriaan Geuze (71), Koudekerke
• Anna Maria Versteegen (85), Leunen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Blok (72), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Josephina Wilhelmina Bienen (80), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Schuurmans (68), Roermond
• Alida van Leeuwen (71), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Hendrica Willemdr Schram (61), Schiedam
• Adrianus Bernardus Volgering (62), Leiden

• 1929 » Ilene Woods, American actress († 2010)
• 1930 » Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1931 » Greg, Belgian author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1932 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer († 2002)
• 1932 » Stan Goldberg, American illustrator († 2014)
• 1933 » Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer († 1959)
• 1933 » Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1934 » Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d'Ivoire
• 1934 » Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1935 » Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor

• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)

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.
• March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
• May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
• May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
• September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
• December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
• December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

The temperature on May 5, 1932 was between 1.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.