About the day » Tuesday May 5, 1931Calender converter

• Bernhard Roelof Christiaan (Bennie) Vreemann, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Aileen Edith WHATLEY († 2000)
• Colette M Scheublein, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Armand Eeckelaert, Kruibeke († 2011)
• Alida Maria Van den Berghe, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1994)
• Cornelis Barmentloo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Catharina Margaretha Appelman, Sijbekarspel († 1990)
• Carla Lucie Mia Asselbergs, Breda, Nederland († 1937)
• Bernardus Johannes van den Berg, Doetinchem († 2012)
• Ciska Hautvast († 2001)

• Antje Vaandree (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antke Schuur (54), USA Illinois
• Aagje Bakker (76), Noord-Scharwoude
• Albert Zwiers (92), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Wybes Postma(zoon van Wiebe Postma en van Hiltje de Vries) (67), Eestrum(Gem. Tietjerksteradeel) Prov. Friesland
• Albert Wiebes Postma (67), Kooten
• Albert Wiebes Postma (67), Eestrum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigjen Alberts Huisman (86), Lemsterland
• Adriaan Duinhouwer (69), Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Overeem (81), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1927 » Pat Carroll, American actress
• 1929 » Ilene Woods, American actress († 2010)
• 1930 » Hans Abramson, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1931 » Greg, Belgian author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1932 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsled racer († 2002)
• 1932 » Stan Goldberg, American illustrator († 2014)
• 1933 » Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer († 1959)
• 1933 » Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1934 » Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Côte d'Ivoire
• 1934 » Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs

• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)

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 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on May 5, 1931 was between 3.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.