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• Alberdina Johanna Keizer, Dalfsen († 2012)
• Arnoldus Ludovicus Schelfhout, Bornem († 2006)
• Cornelia A.W. Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Bertha Witteveen, Twello, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Alan F Tellinghuisen, Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota († 2007)
• Berend de Lange, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands († 2009)
• Cornelia A.W. (Corrie) Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat († 2012)
• Bertha Witteveen, Twello,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Albertus Walet, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria Stokman, Zandvoort († 2022)

• Adriana Wilhelmina van NIEUWENHUIJSEN (68), Ooltgensplaat, 6179, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Gerarda van Kempen, Bloemendaal
• Antje van der Lelij (71), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina HUGENS (42), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, België
• Akke Abes Asperen (84), Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonia van Ouwerkerk (75), Zeist
• Anna Wilhelmina Plomp (82), Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonia van Ouwerkerk (75), Zeist
• Anna Willemina Plomp (82), Avereest, Ov, Nederland
• Traas (0), Krabbendijke

• 1927 » Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
• 1928 » Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia
• 1928 » Lothar Schmid, German chess player († 2013)
• 1929 » Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
• 1929 » Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner († 2000)
• 1929 » George Coe, American actor and producer († 2015)
• 1930 » George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1933 » Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1935 » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1980)

• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)

• 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 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 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.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on May 10, 1931 was between 4.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.