About the day » Thursday February 19, 1931Calender converter

• Arie van der Spek, Benthuizen, 2731, Nederland († 1946)
• Aaltje Tulp, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2008)
• Adriana van der Slot, Zuidland († 2005)
• Andriesje de Vries, Hijum († 1960)
• Alfred M Janssen, Austinville, Butler County, Iowa († 2021)
• Acary Vieira de Souza, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1997)
• Annechien Jacoba Wiering, Ooststellingwerf (Friesland) († 2023)
• Adriaan Marinus Stolk, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Britton Ware Palmer Jr († 2011)
• Aleida Geertruida van den Hoven, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1974)

• Albert Bolks (59), Varsen
• Aarjen Harms Rust (84), Rushmore/Minnesota
• Aartje Bos (61), Apeldoorn
• Ahlrich Coenraad Bolt (0), Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie_Cornelis van der Lem (84), Den Haag
• Aaltje Lamberts Schaap (59), Huizen
• Albert Oudhof (69), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerrits (1), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Brand (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kramer (26), Oomsberg gem. Onstwedde

• 1926 » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic
• 1927 » Philippe Boiry, French journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1930 » John Frankenheimer, American director and producer († 2002)
• 1930 » Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut
• 1935 » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster († 2010)
• 1935 » Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach († 2016)
• 1936 » Frederick Seidel, American poet
• 1936 » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)

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.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on February 19, 1931 was between -4.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.