About the day » Sunday August 31, 1919Calender converter

• Auke Zuiderveld, Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• Carolina Willemina Makkink, Warnsveld († 1989)
• Albert Kleene, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Maria Bronneberg, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Charles Mullen, Consett, Durham, England († 1919)
• Adrianus Brouwer, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Brouwer, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1944)
• Antje Krikke, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2018)
• Catharina van Veen, Alkemade (Kaag en Braassem)
• Anna Margaretha van der Kruk, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1926)

• Antje Kossen (88), Bloemendaal
• Caroline Josephine Pauline Adolphine Doppert (37), Djokjakarta Java Ned.Indie
• Aaltje Lohuis (92), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Gerardus van Zanten (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis HOEK (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Schuit (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (64), Wormerveer
• Carolus Roose (72), Damme (Lapschuere)
• Cornelis Marinus IJsbrand de Ronde (66), Londen
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• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)
• 1919 » Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author († 2005)
• 1921 » Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician († 2014)
• 1921 » Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic († 1988)
• 1924 » John Davidson, American physician and politician († 2012)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

The temperature on August 31, 1919 was between 7.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.