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• Dorothy Mae Beelen, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin († 2018)
• Derek LAWSON, Chesterfield († 1991)
• Aaltje Frederika (Ali) Schouten († 2013)
• Alida ElisabethAd Admiraal, Noordwijk († 2003)
• Antoon Beekman, Bladel, Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Kok, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Annie de Haan, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelis van Steen, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Forrest Alexander File, Decatur, IL († 1982)
• Cornelis Johannes Broeders, Zevenbergen († 1984)

• Anna Koster (52), Zaandam
• Antje Pieters Teijema (88), Garijp (Friesland)
• Agatha Maria Blokdijk (6), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Burger (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Pieters Teyema (88), Oudwoude Friesland Nederland
• Anna Johanna Kooman (88), Noord-Gouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Delden, van (78), Scheemda
• Annigje Van Ingen (92), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Pieters Teijema (88), Garijp
• Alida de Rooij (48), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1929 » Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 » Ethel D. Allen, American physician and politician († 1981)
• 1929 » Girija Devi, Indian classical singer († 2017)
• 1930 » Doug Atkins, American football player († 2015)
• 1930 » Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
• 1930 » Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano († 2019)
• 1930 » René Maltête, French photographer and poet († 2000)
• 1932 » Harry Wells, Australian rugby league player
• 1932 » Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican author and translator († 2007)
• 1932 » Phyllida Law, Scottish actress

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on May 8, 1931 was between 7.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.