About the day » Thursday August 13, 1931Calender converter

• Elise Daniels, Beverst († 2020)
• Blaine Florian Smit († 1991)
• Cornelis Remeeus, Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelis van Loenen, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2013)
• Cornelius F. Jr. Boerkoel, Detroit, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Petronella (Bets) Voesenek, Princenhage († 2002)
• Cornelis van der Wal, Vuren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Edward Evert Engelkes, Freeman, Hutchison County, South Dakota († 2017)
• Arie Jacob Brussé, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Catharina Maria Beljon, Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)

• Antje Zwiers (42), Loosduinen
• Cornelia Hendrina Vos (43), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Bernardus Van MUNSTER (97), Culemborg
• Arie van der Kolk (18), Velsen
• Antje ZWIERS (42), Loosduinen
• Arie van der Kolk (18), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Aloijsius Eugenius Josephus Maria van Rijckevorsel (65), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Cornelis Kruishaar (73), Montfoort
• Antonij Veenhuis (83), Deventer
• Annechien Hovinga (52), Groningen

• 1928 » John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host († 2019)
• 1929 » Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Bernard Manning, English comedian († 2007)
• 1930 » Bob Wiesler, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1930 » Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player († 2007)
• 1930 » Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
• 1930 » Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician († 1999)
• 1933 » Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1935 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1935 » Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)

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 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on August 13, 1931 was between 6.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.