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• Anna de ZUTTER, Ertvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Agatha Maria Putter, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Berkel, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Sprenger, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1913)
• Adolphina Aleida Berg, Sloten († 1986)
• Adrianus van der Merwe, Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Adrie Kramer
• Aaron F WARFEL, Illinois, United States Of America († 1971)
• Adriaantje Frel de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• anna hendrika birza, Uithuizermeeden, Nederland († 1965)

• Annegien Klamer (82), Nieuw-Buinen, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Sprenger (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ariaantje Krap (62), Barsingerhorn
• "Julie" Amélie Joseph LEROY (68), Tilly-Capelle, 62134, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
• Alida Vrijhoeff (46), Nederhorst den Berg, NH, The Netherlands
• Bartholomeus Johannes Freek (67), Amsterdam
• van de Belt (0), Wanneperveen, Nederland
• Anna Maria VAN PUT (89), Kontich,2550,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• "Henri" Philibert Marie Fergon (81)
• Alida van Noort (73), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 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)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
• February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
• March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
• August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

The temperature on May 31, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.