About the day » Tuesday August 11, 1931Calender converter

• Cornelis Lapperre, Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)
• Catharina columba van der Aar, Haarlemmerliede († 2014)
• Cornelis Jansz Goet, Zuid-Scharwoude († 2002)
• Bernardus Marinus Bremmers, Beesel, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Cornelis Goet, Zuid Scharwoude († 2002)
• Ellinor Hjort, Vangede, Gentofte sogn († 1995)
• Emmy Brechitta Baart, Baarn († 2006)
• Cornelis Hubertus van Schaijk, Rotterdam († 1985)
• Geerlig Buisman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Denise Yvonne MESSAGER, Mons-en-Baroeul,59410,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 2017)

• Casper Oosthoek (43), Rotterdam
• Della Howard (28)
• Arthur Marcel Naessens (38), Detroit, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Leep (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Willemina Aarnoutse (70), 's Gravenhage
• Auke Osinga (33), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Bastiaan Koster (75), IJmuiden
• Dorothy Ann Mullins Garrett (77), Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Hendrika Helena Breukel (37), Rotterdam
• Adriana Goossens (78), Bladel en Netersel

• 1927 » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor († 2019)
• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)
• 1932 » John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
• 1933 » Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host († 2007)
• 1933 » Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer († 1999)
• 1933 » Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
• 1934 » Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic († 2015)

• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)

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 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

The temperature on August 11, 1931 was between 9.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.