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• Atje Klaster, Steenwijkerwold († 2019)
• Cornelia Schram († 2012)
• Catharina (Trina) van der Borgh, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2015)
• Berendina Antona Bel, Doetinchem († 2006)
• Bernard Rudston ARUD03.BER01XS, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England († 2018)
• Cornelia Frederika Keulen († 2010)
• Balthazar de Geus († 2003)
• Corry Westerbaan, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• * Pauline Maria (Paula) Wijlaars, Wijlre († 1999)
• Kuiken, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 1929)

• Barendina van Doorn (90), Den Haag
• Adriana Cornelia Bierens (73), Dinteloord
• Brechtje Johannes BOEREMA (28), Groningen Netherlands
• Antonius Brugman (59), Leiden
• Anna Wester (80), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Bartholomeus Van der Veeke (60), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Aaltje van der Linde (61), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carolina Wilhelmina Grullemans (70), Ginneken &, Bavel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Linde (61), Zwolle
• Anna Wester (79), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1932 » Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer († 2012)
• 1932 » Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer († 1994)

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

The temperature on May 31, 1929 was between 5.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.