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• Anna Maria Augusta Ravier, Lembergen († 2004)
• Arend (Arie) Klasens, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Edward Leslie Nolan (Les) Subritzky, Totara, Nth, Whangaroa, NZ
• Adelheid - Leida - Leidi Drees, Adorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 2014)
• Anne Toneszn. Glashouwer, Hindeloopen, Gem. Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Beverly Fay Cohen, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Antonius Cornelis Manders 11AFR, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2017)
• Aris Hooghuys († 1999)
• Donald L. Weymouth († 1968)
• Ben - Bernardus Gerardus Maria van Gils, Klundert, Netherlands († 1991)

• Anthonia van Wijk (82), Vlaardingen
• Albert Heijenk (91), Harfsen
• Anna Elisabeth Stevens (30), Heerlen
• Anna Maria Waebers (42), Laudermarke, Vlagtwedde
• Akke Jans Olivier (63), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Bijzet (75), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alfons Urkens (51), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Dreef (55), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Ferdinands Bijzet (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Habets (15), Bocholtz

• 1927 » Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1927 » Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1928 » Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist († 2019)
• 1930 » Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1932 » Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2018)
• 1932 » Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer († 2006)
• 1933 » Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1933 » Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge
• 1934 » Kanshi Ram, Indian politician († 2006)
• 1934 » Richard Layard, Baron Layard, English economist and academic

• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857)
• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
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 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 7.9 million citizens.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on March 15, 1931 was between -1.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.