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• Har Vannisselroy, Helden († 2005)
• Aleida Hermina Haarman († 2017)
• Elte Kranenborg, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2020)
• Antonette Berendina Hendrina (Nettie) Tönissen, Nijmegen († 2023)
• Adrienne Franciscus Rijckaert, Spurt († 2019)
• Fred Abel, Elwood, Box Elder, Utah, United States († 2009)
• Gordon Spencer, Caroga (Fulton County) (New York) († 2001)
• Bevin John LAMPREY († 2010)
• Clarence Lenard BOON, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1993)
• Alexander Gerardus Gilissen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Albert Upjohn Drage (50), South Australia
• Adrianus van de Weijer (77), Udenhout
• Bote Wiegers van der Heide (73), Leeuwarden
• Antonia Martinus van den Eijnden (80), Lierop,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina Petronella Duineveld (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Asa B. Oosterhuis (65), Plymouth, Wisconsin
• Antje Leijte (18), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia VAN DEN EIJNDEN, Lierop(N-Br.)
• Adriaantje de Ruiter (79), Rotterdam
• Adriaan de Weijer (77), Udenhout (Tilburg), Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1929 » Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1930 » Frank McCourt, American author and educator († 2009)
• 1931 » Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author († 2003)
• 1932 » Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) († 2016)
• 1932 » Thomas P. Salmon, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of Vermont
• 1933 » Bettina Cirone, American model and photographer
• 1933 » David Hopwood, English microbiologist and geneticist
• 1933 » Debra Paget, American actress
• 1934 » David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1934 » Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist

• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)

• 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.
• February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• April 5 » Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• 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 29 » Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
• November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.

The temperature on August 19, 1932 was between 17.7 °C and 31.3 °C and averaged 24.0 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.