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• Bastiaan de Jong († 2004)
• Agnes Cecilia Barbara Haggenburg, Utrecht († 2012)
• Adriana Johanna BRAND, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Antje de Hoek, Opeinde, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Annelies Gimborn, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2003)
• Audrey Ruth Meder, Harvey, Cook County, Illinois (USA) († 1999)
• Adriana Johanna Brand, den Haag († 2009)
• Bernarda Johanna Giesen, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Alida Ottolina Battermann, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Anje Engelsman, Loppersum

• Abraham Voorwinden (81), Hillegersberg (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alje Derks Knol (81), Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Adrianus van der Kaaij (0), Delft
• Annigje Veth (79), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Eck (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Smeets (27), Maastricht
• Anna Zevenbergen (74), Zuidland
• Eijer (0), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda LAAR (88), Heythuysen,Limburg,NEDERLAND
• Anna Maria Cornelia de Rooij (68), Tilburg

• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer († 2006)
• 1921 » Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer († 2007)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)
• 1921 » Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer († 2008)
• 1922 » Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor († 1992)
• 1923 » Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor († 2015)
• 1923 » Rainier III, Prince of Monaco († 2005)

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

The temperature on May 31, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.