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March 28, 1931Born on Sunday March 29, 1931
- Albertus Cornelis Petrus Maria Dickens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
- Alida Albertha Josephina de Gooijer, Slagharen, Nederland († 2017)
- Casper Poot, Delft († 1995)
- Aleijda Gerarda Derks, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1988)
- Dirk Bakker, Den Burg, Nederland († 2010)
- Adrianus Marinus op 't Hoog, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
- Cornelius Harm Esman, Portage (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan) († 2008)
- Bertrand VERSTAEN, Nokere, Oost-Vlaanderen (BE) († 1948)
- Donald Verle "Donnie" Todd ****, Carson, Pottawattamie, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
- Tolk, Groningen, provincie Groningen († 1931)
Died on Sunday March 29, 1931
- adrianus pieter HEYNIS (69), alblasserdam(ZH)
- Annigje Dunning (82), Meppel, Nederland
- Anna Noorman (55), Wateren (Diever)
- Annechien Hendriks van der Beek (44), Schildwolde gem.Slochteren
- Adriana Straver (73), Lopik, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Anna Cornelia de Beer (70), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes Andreas Dekkers (0), Etten-Leur
- Aleida Berendina Sluiter (26), Zwolle
- Andries van Leen (76), Veenhuizen
- Angus Stewart Gillespie (35), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States of America
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 29, 1931 at Delpher
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De Gooi- en Eemlander : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De Telegraaf
- De Surinamer : nieuws- en advertentieblad
Born on March 29
- 1929 » Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia († 2006)
- 1929 » Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
- 1929 » Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic († 2015)
- 1929 » Utpal Dutt, Indian Bengali actor, director and playwright († 1993)
- 1930 » Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius
- 1931 » Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2014)
- 1931 » Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut († 2015)
- 1931 » Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1931 » Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician († 2002)
- 1933 » Jacques Brault, Canadian poet and academic
Died on March 29
- 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
- 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
- 1912 » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
- 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
- 1912 » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
- 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
- 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
- 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
- 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
- 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
Names that were popular for boys in 1931
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Maria
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Gerardus
- Jacobus
- Wilhelmus
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1931
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Theresia
- Antonia
- Helena
- Marie
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1931
- 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 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
- January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
- May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
- October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
- October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
The weather on Sunday March 29, 1931
The temperature on March 29, 1931 was between -3.3 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI