About the day » Thursday April 16, 1931Calender converter

• Elizabeth Wilhelmina dau Raynor, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States († 1983)
• Agnes Maria ten Brummelhuis, Hengelo († 2016)
• Cornelis Huibrecht Suijkerbuijk, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Edward Flenoy Cave, Rotan, Fisher, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Gordina (Dien) Bekx, Aarle Rixtel († 1965)
• Adrianus Johannes van Ganzewinkel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Hendrik Jan Adriaan Bais, Den Helder († 1945)
• Elvire Collage, Grotenberge, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2012)
• Eenink († 2008)

• Catharina Sjoerds IJdema (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Hermanus Inia (58), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Ambrose Crittenden Williams (63), Kettle, Cumberland County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Piers Bijstra (91), Opende
• Adelaïde Johanna Minne (80), Wakken, WVL, B
• Berend Hendrikus Borst (67), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernadus Engelbertus HARTERINK (73), Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arent Wever (45)
• Catharina van Loon (61), Steenbergen
• Adriana Weststeijn (77), Loosduinen

• 1929 » Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2003)
• 1929 » Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist († 2012)
• 1929 » Roy Hamilton, American singer († 1969)
• 1930 » Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator († 2013)
• 1930 » Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer († 2003)
• 1932 » Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1933 » Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
• 1933 » Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1933 » Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician
• 1933 » Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper

• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)

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 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
• 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.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on April 16, 1931 was between 5.2 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.