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• Acancio José de Mello († 1981)
• Adrianus Maria Span, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Mol, St. Philipsland
• Albertine Engeline Lapré, Magelang, Midden-Java (Indonesië)
• Alicia Cesarina Leeman, Zele († 1996)
• Aaltje Poepjes
• Adriana de Keizer, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alyda Dykstra, Michigan, United States († 2009)
• Adriana Carolina de Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Andreas Antonius Obdam, Rotterdam († 1969)

• Asjen Weerts Freese (64), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Angenietje Essenberg (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Jacomina Guillaume (49), Deventer
• Berend BEUZE (77), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Jan Kooijmans (10), Markelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Masselink (70), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Beuse (77), Duur (gem.Olst)
• Aurélie BILLION (67), Cerfontaine, Namur, Wallonie, Belgique
• Arnoldus Stensen (69), Venraij, Nederland
• Aurelio Hernandez (0), Arandas, Jalisco, México

• 1901 » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer († 1983)
• 1908 » Don Ameche, American actor († 1993)
• 1909 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2000)
• 1911 » Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)
• 1914 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator († 2006)
• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
• January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
• March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
• June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
• August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
• October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

The temperature on May 31, 1910 was between 9.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.