About the day » Friday May 22, 1931Calender converter

• doodgeboren dochter Greep, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Anthonius Franciscus de Pie, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cor de Nooijer, Wieringen († 2008)
• Cecilia Hillegonda Maria Brandt, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Anthony McMahon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 1999)
• Antonio Cavalheiro Salem, São Paulo, Brasil († 2004)
• Daniel Marinus van den Heuvel, Breda († 1932)
• Adriana Bruijn, Scheveningen († 2019)
• Eugenie Mary Rader, Semarang (Ned. Indië) († 2011)
• Ferdinand Gerard de Wolf, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2000)

• Alida Beekman (36), Utrecht
• Anders Gustaf Anderson (74)
• Catharina Christina Goedings (69), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Woolthuis (58), Haarlem
• Albena Jensen (72), Grover, Lincoln County, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten
• Abigail "Abby" Hill (74), Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria Redegeld (0), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Barend Hermanus Roodenburg (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke Joukes Osinga (40), Gaastmeer, Nederland
• Cornelis Nobbe (36)

• 1928 » Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist († 2013)
• 1928 » John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer († 2011)
• 1928 » Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author († 2017)
• 1928 » T. Boone Pickens, American businessman († 2019)
• 1929 » Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet († 2013)
• 1930 » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician († 1978)
• 1930 » Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1930 » Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor († 2016)
• 1932 » Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic († 2015)
• 1933 » Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic († 1996)

• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (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.
• 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 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• 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 22, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.