About the day » Thursday May 21, 1931Calender converter

• Gabriel Gobes, amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Armella (Mella) WINTER, Harris Osceola County Iowa U.S.A († 2011)
• Gabriel Gobes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albertje Jaspers († 1986)
• Gerardus Jacobus Venhovens, Gennep, Limburg, The Netherlands († 1994)
• Alfons Laeremans, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 1996)
• Achiel SCHIETTECATTE, Michelbeke,9660,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1981)
• Engelina van Burg († 1955)
• Ali Marie Ameling, Oudkarspel († 2009)
• Cornelia Hendrina Snoep, Sint-Annaland († 2021)

• Andrew Jackson Markley (72), Springfield, Green Co.Mo
• Alida Henrica van der Velden (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Steene (65), Vlissingen,ZL
• Aaltje Rosmolen (73), Strijen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Theodora Theresia Lucas (72), Amsterdam
• Barend Wilhelm Krabbenbos (45), Almelo
• Pieter Van Der Worm (83), Leiden
• Antonius Aloijsius Assink (0), Epse
• Arij Kwak (75), Vlaardingen
• Antonius Adrianus Wanders (56)

• 1928 » Tom Donahue, American radio host and producer († 1975)
• 1929 » Larance Marable, American drummer († 2012)
• 1929 » Robert Welch, English silversmith and industrial designer († 2000)
• 1930 » Keith Davis, New Zealand rugby player († 2019)
• 1930 » Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia († 2015)
• 1930 » Tommy Bryant, American bassist († 1982)
• 1932 » Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower and surgeon († 2011)
• 1932 » Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief († 2014)
• 1933 » Maurice André, French trumpet player († 2012)
• 1933 » Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter († 1993)

• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
• 1932 » Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)

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.
• February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on May 21, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.