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• Catharina Antonia (Ineke) VRIENS, Geleen († 1996)
• Pasma, Eindhoven († 1931)
• Anna Cornelia (Annie) van der Linden († 2009)
• Anthonius Johannes Verstraten, Uden († 1931)
• Douglas George Edsinga, Los Angeles, California, United States († 2006)
• Arend Jan Balkema, Ten Post († 2006)
• Bé of Betsy Tuit, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria Tegenbosch, Borkel en Schaft († 1931)
• Albrecht Ernst Jakma, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• Christina Willemina Eising, Amsterdam († 2008)

• Aloijsius Pieters (86), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus Steens (19), Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnold Peter Steffens (84), Luik (B.)
• Alberdina Snijders (2), Monster
• Anna Eliza Hill (77), Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, United States of America
• Pasma (0), Eindhoven
• Antje Ypkesd LANDSTRA (79), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Duister (74), Andel
• Antonius Adrianus Wanders (56)
• Andries Corré (87), Aagtekerke, Walcheren, NL

• 1926 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1927 » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 1927 » David Hedison, American actor († 2019)
• 1927 » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal († 2016)
• 1929 » Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1930 » Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach († 2009)
• 1931 » Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager († 1982)
• 1931 » Louis Smith, American trumpeter († 2016)
• 1933 » Constance Towers, American actress and singer
• 1935 » José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay

• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• 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.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on May 20, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.