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• Anna Maria Elisabeth Lieven, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Anje Maria Van Dellen, Uithuizermeeden,, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Alphonsus Camillus (Alfons) Swerts, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 1995)
• Aaltje Wolters, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Antonia Marijnissen, Gilze en Rijen († 1921)
• Arend Cornelis Wolters, Colijnsplaat († 1969)
• adrianus rutgerus Verzijlenberg, Velsen-Zuid († 2001)
• Albertus Christianus Romeijnders, Lith, Nederland († 2013)
• Adrianus Petrus Lodewijk, Princenhage (NL) († 2004)
• Lijten, Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1921)

• Anthonia Zuurbier (56), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Gijsberta Mastenbroek (6), Apeldoorn
• Antheunis Schreijenberg (74), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Albert Lugtmeijer (72), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Gorp (65), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Apolonia Verbakel (70), Pijnacker, Nederland
• Arie Hogendoorn (87), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Albert Klazes Roorda (19), Warstiens
• Antonie Mijlink (1), Zwolle
• Aldegonda Maria Henrica van der Linden (37), Barneveld

• 1918 » Ted Post, American director († 2013)
• 1919 » Frank Akins, American football player († 1993)
• 1920 » Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author († 2014)
• 1921 » Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1921 » Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director († 2011)
• 1922 » Patrick Magee, Irish actor († 1982)
• 1922 » Richard Kiley, American actor and singer († 1999)
• 1923 » Don Barksdale, American basketball player († 1993)
• 1923 » François Sermon, Belgian footballer († 2013)
• 1924 » Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic († 1998)

• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
• 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

The temperature on March 31, 1921 was between 5.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.