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• Gerrit Peltjes, Hardenberg († 2013)
• August Schoofs, Hoepertingen, België († 2005)
• Alida Ulden van, Leiden († 2001)
• Bertha Carolus Willems‏, Geel, België († 1936)
• George Ballard Dixon, Queens, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Baukje Annes Stielstra († 2002)
• Agnieta Ernestina Looije, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Bertus (Bep) Houtman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Frans Gijsberts, Geldrop, Netherlands († 2005)
• Gijsbert van Ewijk († 1969)

• Arnoldus Theodorus Jacobus van Meenen (48), Rotterdam
• Antje Waldus (70), Vledder
• Baaltje Elisabeth Kleijwegt (26), Zwijndecht, Nederland
• Auke Dirkmaat (0), Broek op L'dijk
• Aike Lutjeboer (23), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Pietronella Backer (84), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Vermeeren, Rijsbergen
• Anna Marie Elisabeth Pia Antonia Vos de Wael (59), Zevenaar
• Arie Beerman (25), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk (35), Utrecht

• 1926 » Betye Saar, American artist
• 1927 » Pete Schoening, American mountaineer († 2004)
• 1927 » Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1927 » Victor Wong, American actor († 2001)
• 1928 » Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2007)
• 1929 » Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer
• 1931 » Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author
• 1934 » Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner
• 1936 » Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 » Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz († 2020)

• 1898 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1938 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)

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

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

• 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 7.9 million citizens.
• February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on July 30, 1931 was between 11.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.