About the day » Sunday February 15, 1931Calender converter

• Diny Pinxsterhuis († 2020)
• Zwaan, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1931)
• Antonia Theresia Kottink, Geesteren († 2022)
• "Ariane" Marie Josèphe Marquisan, Paris († 2019)
• Bertus van Dijkhuizen, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Bernarda Johanna Maria Collet, Lonneker, Prov.Overijssel, Niederlande († 1989)
• Annie Musschenga († 1997)
• Debora Rebecca Vaz Dias, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Catharina Cornelia Maria van der Linden, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Bartholomeus Johannes Martinus (Bart) van den Berg, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Antonia Reinieren (79), Etten-Leur, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje de Vries (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Tjitzes Miedema (37), Menaldumadeel
• Alphonsus Vermeersch (72), Gent
• Albert Jan Thurkow (79), Onstwedde, Nederland
• Anna Maria Muller (72), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alardina J Dirks (74), Virgil, Kane, Illinois
• Aaltje van Faassen (46), Avereest {OV}
• Adele Cornelia Markus (34), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Pleuntje TROMP (63), Papendrecht

• 1928 » Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator († 2014)
• 1928 » Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog († 2014)
• 1929 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman († 1975)
• 1929 » James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense († 2014)
• 1930 » Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic
• 1931 » Claire Bloom, English actress
• 1931 » Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author
• 1934 » Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor († 2005)
• 1934 » Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1934 » Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language

• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

• 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 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

The temperature on February 15, 1931 was between -1.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.