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• Cornelis van Alderen, Gilze en Rijen († 1943)
• Anna Waterreus († 2002)
• Anna ALAERTS, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant († 1990)
• , ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Berend (Be) Jan Weijland († 2010)
• Adriaan de Bruijn, Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Catharina Johanna (Trien) BEKS, Erp/Keldonk (NL/NB) († 2011)
• Debora Jette Tak, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alfred N. Puthoff, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Donald PEEBLES († 1924)

• Arend Everts (86), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Stevens (21), Dongen
• Arend Hendrik Bernardus van Katwijk (49), Rotterdam
• Anna Gertrud Hubertina Dautzenberg (74), Ubach over Worms, LI, Netherlands
• Arend Everts (86), Utrecht
• Albert Bouwhuis (81), Bolsward
• Andries Carel Tigchelman (63), Maastricht
• Adriana Troost (64), Rozenburg
• Aletta Johanna van Rhijn (70), Vanrijnsdorp ZA
• Anje Lameris (81), Chicago, Cook Cy, ILL, Verenigde Staten

• 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)
• 1925 » Julian Beck, American actor and director († 1986)
• 1927 » James Eberle, English admiral († 2018)
• 1927 » Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker († 2017)

• 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. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Arie

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

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
• September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.

The temperature on May 31, 1924 was between 9.4 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.