Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.

1932Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (died 1980)^[†]

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer."

1932Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (died 2022)^[†]

Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé, was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le Petit Nicolas, and also for his poster-like illustrations, usually drawn from a distant or high viewpoint depicting detailed countrysides or cities. For decades, he created covers for The New Yorker.

Headlines from August 17, 1932

British Hear Cunard Will Renew Work on Its 78,000-Ton Liner

Hearing on Seabury's Allegations Nearly Over; Walker Witnesses and Finegan Charges Remain

South Africans Score Plane Attack on Chief Whose Wife Fled to Mission for Protection

Golden Instead of Bald Eagle On New Quarter a Mystery

Notable Births