About the day » Tuesday March 24, 1931Calender converter

• Beatrice Hardee, Loris, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Allan Alfred James Kitto, Loxton, South Australia, Australia († 2014)
• Dawn Abbott († 1997)
• Evert de Haan († 2014)
• Elisabeth Maria Kwakkel, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis de Ruiter, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Felix Sybron († 2001)
• Cornelis van Drongelen, Lisse († 2007)
• Femmigje Koster, Amsterdam, Holland († 1973)
• Ans van der Sel († 2016)

• Albert Huizing (68), Oosterhesselen
• Anna MariaCathrna Deliën (72), Ravels B
• Adriana Greven (92)
• Antje Jacobs Heuker (23), Marum
• Anna Maria Demas (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alojzy Stefan Błędzki (43), Rożental, pomorskie, Poland
• Abraham Vreugdenhil (79), Nieuwer Amstel
• Anna Magdalena Pitlo (18), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amerensia Willemina Van Der WAL (70), Dordrecht
• Adriana Cornelia Goudriaan (70), gouda (zuid holland)

• 1926 » Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal († 2017)
• 1927 » John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic († 2014)
• 1927 » Martin Walser, German author and playwright
• 1928 » Byron Janis, American pianist and composer
• 1929 » Pat Renella, Italian-American actor († 2012)
• 1930 » David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic († 2003)
• 1930 » Steve McQueen, American actor and producer († 1980)
• 1931 » Hanno Drechsler, German educator and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 2003)
• 1933 » Lee Mendelson, American television producer († 2019)
• 1933 » Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator († 2011)

• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)

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.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

The temperature on March 24, 1931 was between 3.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.