About the day » Tuesday May 12, 1931Calender converter

• Clasina Florentine Adriana Gordijn, 's Gravenhage († 1931)
• Bastiaan Wezelman, Den Helder († 2013)
• Benjamin MARTHERUS († 1983)
• Arthur Seidel († 1998)
• Ab van Ulst, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Aaltje Bijl, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis Johannes Zijlmans, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 2005)
• Plaatje, Valthermond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana van Dongen, Borkel en Schaft († 1931)
• Franciscus van Schilt, Bergen op Zoom († 1993)

• Adrianus Cornelis van Koot (94), Utrecht
• Andrew Jackson Owens (70), St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
• "Dodo Karl" Tido Albert Edzard zu Innhausen und Knyphausen (54), Schloss Lütetsburg, Lütetsburg, Allemagne
• Aukje Durks Pultrum (24), Houtigehage-gemeente Smallingerland
• Antje Hoedemaker (65), Velsen
• Antje Hoedemaker (65), Velsen
• Arie Stephanus Stoker (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Steegmans (54), St.Truiden
• ADRIANA VERMEIJ (70), LEIDEN
• Anna Maria VANGENEUGDEN (53), Hostart (Limburg) (B)

• 1926 » Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer († 2011)
• 1926 » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal († 2013)
• 1928 » Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1929 » Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1929 » Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
• 1930 » Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1932 » Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet († 2010)
• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1935 » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

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 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 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.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on May 12, 1931 was between 9.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.