About the day » Monday August 15, 1932Calender converter

• Cornelis L M Spoelder, hilversum († 1991)
• Ann Carol Rymarquis, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Elisa Maria Josephina Gerarda Hamers, Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands († 2004)
• Franciscus Johannes Daans, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Addriana Elisabeth Groeneveld († 2018)
• Cornelis Pleijte, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 2003)
• Anna Lucia Maria Kuijken, Bergeijk († 2012)
• Gene Elton Lain Sr, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• George Aart Todd ****, Freestone, California, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Cornelis Hendrik van Mill, Gorinchem († 1963)

• Arnoldus Knoppert (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Nelson Harrison (68), Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois
• Berthus Kornet (18), Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Rouwenhorst (45), Barsingerhorn
• Aafje Johanna Maria Groen in 't Woud (70), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aart VAN DE HAAR (0), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ansona Hendrix (74), Walker, Georgia, United States
• Annie van Kalken (19), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Noordermeer (73), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles (Pat) Conners (63), Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten

• 1931 » Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot († 2014)
• 1931 » Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1932 » Abby Dalton, American actress
• 1932 » Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1932 » Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer († 2002)
• 1933 » Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1933 » Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist († 2009)
• 1933 » Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist († 1984)
• 1934 » Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1934 » Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach

• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)

• 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 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
• 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.
• July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
• July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
• September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
• October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 15, 1932 was between 16.8 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.