About the day » Monday May 11, 1931Calender converter

• Agnes Oude Engberink († 1977)
• van Genugten, St. Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Auke Dooitzes Nauta, Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• anna petronella johanna (annie) smets, helden
• Charles H. Beach, Verenigde Statn († 1999)
• Adrianus Petronella van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom († 2015)
• Cornelia Verbraak, Wouw († 1959)
• Charles Henri Furstner, ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom († 2015)
• Barbara Mae Anderson ****, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1993)

• Adrianus Dielen (80), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baafje van der Kolk (49), Amsterdam
• anna vroegop (73), den bommel (goeree overflakkee)
• Antje Hendriks Koolstra (63), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Popma (27), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Pieter Beaufort (79), Rotterdam
• Anna Vroegop (73), Den Bommel (Goeree Overflakkee), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Pieter Beaufort (79), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adrienne Jacqueline Desiree Van Kerkwijk (57), 's-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Siroo (80), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1934 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1934 » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2014)
• 1935 » Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author († 2007)

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

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.
• February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on May 11, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.