About the day » Tuesday May 31, 1927Calender converter

• Cornelis (KEES) Bouter, Bergambacht († 1992)
• Derkje van der Kolk, Dedemsvaart, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• FEITH
• D.J. Stallings († 1933)
• Bernardus Franciscus Maria Bekke, Haaksbergen († 2015)
• Adrianus Petrus Wissenburg, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Cornelia Maria Theresia (Corrie) van Rooijen, Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Clifford Weisel Clymer († 1995)
• Antonij in het Veld, Weerselo, 7595, Nederland († 1936)
• Anneliese Berta Margarete Ambrüst, Bremen († 1995)

• Berend Gerhardus Jansen (72), Winschoten
• Barbara Geertruida van der Marel (84)
• Alberdina Remts Zeilinga (60), Schiermonnikoog
• Antje Robijns Polder (38), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Rochina Cornelia Constantia Renssen (83), Hilversum
• Adrianus van der Heijden (4), Borkel en Schaft
• Antoon Gerhard GRIEVINK (21), Aalten, Gelderland, NL
• Andries Johannes Alberts (71), Eie huis Plaas Waterval 79, Krugersdorp, Gauteng, Suid Afrika
• Aaltje Eerkens (0), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Kamman (83), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 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)
• 1928 » Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer († 2001)
• 1929 » Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer († 2014)
• 1930 » Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer
• 1931 » John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1931 » Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress († 2010)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
• May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.

The temperature on May 31, 1927 was between 10.6 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.