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• Antonia Theodora Blauwhoff, Amstelveen († 2020)
• Adriana Smith, Waddinxveen, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonia Willemina Westerbeek, Lettele († 2019)
• Antonia Theodora (Tonnie) Blauwhoff, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelis Philippus Hoogervorst, Ter Aar († 2006)
• Antoinius Theissling, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Prosman, Gouda († 1931)
• Antje KOOIJMAN, Haastrecht († 2020)
• Eduard Brilleslijper, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Amy Luella Dirks († 1999)

• Alexander Josephus Lacroix (69), Maastricht
• Anna Maria van den Brekel (76), Etten-Leur
• Abram Neudorf (7)
• Antonia Gozewina van den Oever (77), Culemborg
• Anthony William Jann (73), Buffalo City, Erie, New York
• Antje Dirks Kamminga (68)
• Adrijana Woonink (97), Leersum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Anna Maria Driessens (55), Sint-Oedenrode
• Antje Vis (86), Haskerland
• Anna Maria Driessen (51), Sint-Oedenrode

• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut († 1990)
• 1929 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach († 1980)
• 1929 » Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow († 2008)
• 1930 » Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic († 2015)
• 1931 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor († 2004)
• 1932 » Majel Barrett, American actress and producer († 2008)
• 1937 » Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician

• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

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 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

The temperature on February 23, 1931 was between -1.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.