About the day » Friday August 14, 1931Calender converter

• Bernhart Eckhoff, Henning, Otter Tail County, Minnesota († 2024)
• Donna Jean Kosse († 2005)
• Alberta Romaine Sickler, Falls, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Catharina Johanna Maria van Meurs, 's-Gravenhage († 2015)
• Binne Hoogstins, Garijp, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Antonie Dirk van Lunteren († 2007)
• Aaltje Baas, Hagestein († 2020)
• David (Aaf) Alblas, Wateringen (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Gerard Amsen, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Gerhardus Herman Leijrik-, Hardenberg, Nederland († 2008)

• Bernardus NIJEBOER (83), Aalten, Gelderland, NL
• Alida Mina Romijn (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Krul (30), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Halbe (Halve) (76), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Arnoldus Ammerlaan (86), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Anna Zirkzee (93), Leiden
• Bastiaan Adrianus BAKS (58), Dordrecht
• Alida Mina Romijn (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) HOLWERDA (0), Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Bastiaan Adrianus Baks (58), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1928 » Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1929 » Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer († 1971)
• 1929 » Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster († 2005)
• 1929 » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral († 2013)
• 1930 » Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1931 » Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Lee Hoffman, American author († 2007)
• 1933 » Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 » John Brodie, American football player and golfer

• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (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.
• 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 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on August 14, 1931 was between 5.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.