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• Cornelis Molenaar, Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Adriana Maria Houët, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland († 2005)
• Ariaantje de Groot, Achttienhoven († 2010)
• Albert Hendrik Smit, Hoorn († 2011)
• Catharina Johanna Theresia van Luenen, Gendt († 1979)
• Dirk Maria Jorna, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 1958)
• Antonio Carlos Arruda Lemos, Taquaritinga, São Paulo, Brasil († 1997)
• Christian George Haehnle, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Cornelia Louise Sleebos, Pati, Java, Ned. Indië († 1980)
• Aartje Kleijer, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)

• Angenieka Petronella Willemsen (74), Arnhem
• Antonia Nolten (24), Terheijden
• Aaltje Homan (55), Emmen
• Vleugel, Utrecht
• Adrianus Maria van Breekel (62), Boxtel
• Anna Dekker (68), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Georges" Zénon Marie Johann Friedrich van Tengnagell (53), Jakarta, Indonésie
• Adrianus Maria van den Brekel (62), Boxtel
• Apolonia Schravenmade (89), Voorburg
• Adrianus Antonius Josef van Riel (2), Loon op Zand

• 1928 » Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1928 » Dub Jones, American R&B bass singer († 2000)
• 1928 » Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1929 » Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author († 2013)
• 1929 » Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1929 » Henry McGee, English actor and singer († 2006)
• 1930 » William James, Australian general and physician († 2015)
• 1931 » Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic
• 1932 » Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter
• 1933 » Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer

• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

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.
• 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.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• 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 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

The temperature on May 14, 1931 was between 10.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.