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• Elizabeth Martha (Betty) GILBERT († 1999)
• Bobby Hill Brake, Tennessee († 1988)
• Alida Overkleeft, Den Haag († 2020)
• Annie (Anna Margaretha) Aten, Zaandam († 1992)
• Albert Roos († 2007)
• Balvers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Evert Jan Willem van den Berg, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Doodgeboren kind de Bresser, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Angela Regina Joanna Van Aelten, Geel, België († 1933)
• Elsie Stoltz, Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Aaltje Booi (56), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Koenes Houkes (65), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Vlaar (21), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Snels Maria Cornelia (72), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Albertje Smits (61), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Bert Heinecke (21), Quincy, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Ariena Pieternella van der Poel (75), Schiedam
• Anna Barbara CLAES (48), Edegem, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Carolina Kinderdijk (57), Baarn
• Barbara Bours (61), Meers-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland

• 1930 » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1930 » Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon († 2002)
• 1932 » Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter († 2015)
• 1933 » Barry Norman, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1933 » Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer († 1992)
• 1933 » Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
• 1933 » Michael Dacher, German mountaineer († 1994)
• 1934 » Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer († 2015)
• 1934 » Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2001)

• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)

• 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.
• April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
• September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
• October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
• November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on August 21, 1932 was between 16.9 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.