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• Albert Hendrikus de Jong, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 1932)
• Donal "Donald" Garner Williams, Casey County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Eb Beukens, Sneek († 1999)
• Folkert Geerts Ottens, Lutjegast († 2014)
• Cornelis Henri Evert KUIJPERS, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Maria Emma Blom, Westwoud († 2014)
• Alberdina Hendrika Grada Timmer, Emst (gem.Epe) († 2005)
• Bastiaan Knook, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2019)
• Frederikus Wilhelmus Hilbers, Zwolle, Nederland († 2011)
• Arie Hendrik van HEEREN, Dubbeldam († 2006)

• Anna Frederica Bietz (64), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Augustus Eduardus MOEYAERT (87), Stene
• Arne Theodor Proffe (27), Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden
• Arne Theodor Proffe (27), Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden
• Carel Jacobus Heskes (5), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Joseph Esser (66), Springfield, Dane, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• ?? Buiskool (0), (FR) Leeuwarden
• Aartje Pauwelina van den Berg (42), Utrecht
• Berend Hendrik Wever (77), Bentheim, Overisel Twp., Allegan Co., MI
• Antonius Josephus Maria de Kroon (58), Oirschot

• 1928 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman († 2004)
• 1929 » Hugues Aufray, French singer-songwriter
• 1930 » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1930 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician († 2014)
• 1931 » Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army († 2019)
• 1931 » Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor († 1985)
• 1931 » Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2010)
• 1932 » Luc Montagnier, French virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Just Fontaine, Moroccan-French footballer and manager
• 1933 » Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

The temperature on August 18, 1931 was between 9.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.