About the day » Saturday May 2, 1931Calender converter

• Doreen Mary HOFMEYR, Sabie († 1933)
• Catharinus Jonkers, Batenburg (GL) († 1993)
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Zande († 1999)
• Engeltje Eising, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Franciscus Petrus Schellings, IJmuiden († 2003)
• Betty Rutherford Lavender, Alabama, United States († 2003)
• Albert Schröder, Mirfeld († 1973)
• André HAEDENS († 2010)
• Frans Despeghel, Houthulst,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2022)
• Frederika Johanna Snip, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States († 2004)

• Andrew Jackson Brown (75)
• Albert Bruin (68), Texel
• Aleida Hendrika BUSSINK (61), Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernhard Johan O Sogge (38)
• Alida Françoise Johanna Diemont (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Barneveld (43), Losser, Ov, The Netherlands
• Aleida Hendrika Bussink (61), Zelhem (Bronckhorst)
• Adriana Wirtz (66), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• "Henricus" Hendrikus Hendrikus (72), Son en Breugel, NL
• Arend Barneveld (43), Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1929 » Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
• 1929 » James Dillion, American discus thrower († 2010)
• 1929 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan († 1972)
• 1929 » Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2005)
• 1930 » Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician († 2016)
• 1930 » Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic († 2013)
• 1931 » Martha Grimes, American author and poet
• 1931 » Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman († 2012)
• 1932 » Maury Allen, American journalist, actor, and author († 2010)
• 1933 » Bunk Gardner, American musician

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

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 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on May 2, 1931 was between 3.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.