About the day » Tuesday May 12, 1931Calender converter

• Cornelis Bel, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2018)
• Ab van Ulst, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Benjamin Martherus († 1983)
• Andre Firmin KYNDT, Westkerke Belgie († 1991)
• Carl Elwyn Wells, Wood Co., Texas († 1984)
• Adriana van Dongen, Borkel en Schaft († 1931)
• Frank Clifford Gordon Churchill, United Kingdom († 1971)
• Cornelius Arthur HUISMAN, Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Plaatje, Valthermond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Albert van Ulst, Ommen († 2012)

• Alphonse VAN COPPENOLLE (75), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• "Dodo Karl" Tido Albert Edzard zu Innhausen und Knyphausen (54), Schloss Lütetsburg, Lütetsburg, Allemagne
• Travaille, leeuwarden
• ADRIANA VERMEIJ (70), LEIDEN
• Albert Jan Ten Caat (1), Groningen
• Albertus Antonius Krijger (44), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• barbara van Pagée, bergen op zoom
• Arie MEELDIJK (21), Leiden
• Aukje Durks Pultrum (24), Houtigehage, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna May Judkins (52), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

• 1926 » Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer († 2011)
• 1926 » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal († 2013)
• 1928 » Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1929 » Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1929 » Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
• 1930 » Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1932 » Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet († 2010)
• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1935 » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

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 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on May 12, 1931 was between 9.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.