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• Godefrida Altenburg, Harlingen († 1984)
• Cornelis Hubertus van van Schaijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Aaltje Maria van Eijk, Tiel († 1931)
• Emmy Brechitta Baart, Baarn († 2006)
• Audey Ann Arends, Kamrar, Hamilton County, Iowa († 2019)
• Eelkje Wilhelmina van Gulik († 2003)
• Ellinor Hjort, Vangede, Gentofte sogn († 1995)
• Ellegina BUINING, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Eelkje (Elly) van Gulik, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2003)
• Antonius Bernardus Wilhelmus Marsman, Hengelo, Overijsel The Netherlands († 2001)

• Besschier WITTEKOEK (79), Nieuwe Tonge
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus van den Broek (73), The Hague,South Holland,Netherlands
• Cornelia Hamstra (46), Soest, Nederland
• Dorothy Ann Mullins Garrett (77), Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Koster (75), IJmuiden
• Anna Helena Hekker (82), Overschie
• Auke Osinga (33), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Albert Henry Smith (69)
• Adrianna Willemina Aarnoutse (70)
• Della Vine Howard (28), Willhoit, Ozark, Missouri

• 1927 » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor († 2019)
• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)
• 1932 » John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
• 1932 » Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
• 1933 » Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host († 2007)
• 1933 » Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer († 1999)
• 1933 » Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
• 1934 » Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic († 2015)

• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)

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 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.

The temperature on August 11, 1931 was between 9.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.