About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1931Calender converter

• Egbert Andries Konink, Varsseveld (Oude IJsselstreek) (GL) († 2007)
• Cornelis Berend Oortgiesen, Gorssel († 2018)
• Elle van der Meulen, Opwierde († 1931)
• Ernest Edward Weinand († 1999)
• antonius johannes (toon-eupke) hendrikx, neerkant († 2012)
• Elizabeth Geertruida Voogd, Leiden († 1997)
• Corstiaan Dimmen Sonneveldt, Singapore († 2008)
• Cornelis Johannes Kuijer, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1932)
• Boon, Assendelft († 1931)
• Ben Coenen, Rijkevoort,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)

• Adriaan Cornelis van Kesteren (78), Voorburg
• Catharina Maat (86), Woldendorp, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Boon (0), Assendelft
• Bertus Pul (1), Ede
• Arie Christiaan van der Wilde (70), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Zweep (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bartel van den Bosse (79)
• Andries Eizinga (0), Opende, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Henderikus Even (74), Slagharen
• Arie Christiaan van der Wilde (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1929 » Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player († 1984)
• 1930 » Brian Statham, English cricketer († 2000)
• 1930 » Cliff Gallup, American rock & roll guitarist († 1988)
• 1931 » John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator († 2020)
• 1932 » Derek Ibbotson, English runner († 2017)
• 1932 » John Murtha, American colonel and politician († 2010)
• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1933 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player († 1970)

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

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.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 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 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on June 17, 1931 was between 9.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.