About the day » Friday May 22, 1931Calender converter

• Douw Gerbrand Vermeulen († 2010)
• Antonius Jacobus Carolus van Aerde, 's-Gravenhage († 2014)
• Bastiaan Duchenne, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Armand Philippaerts, Herent, België († 2006)
• Cornelis de Nooijer, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Carol Juanita Floyd, WV († 2010)
• Anna van Straten († 2003)
• Albert Hus, Scheveningen († 2023)
• Arie Nagelkerke, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Anthony McMahon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia († 1999)

• CORNELIA VALCKX (50), HONTENISSE,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Afke Osinga (40), Gaastmeer, Friesland, Nederland
• Simon Jonker (63), Den Helder
• Antonia Dybowski (65), Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Cornelia Johanna Theodora Mallens (23), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Addie Francis Jones **** (30), Pear, Raleigh, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria de JONG (83), Beverwijk, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Afke Osinga (40), Jutrijp, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Barend Hermanus Roodenburg (87), Rotterdam
• Abigail "Abby" Hill (74), Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten

• 1928 » Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist († 2013)
• 1928 » John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer († 2011)
• 1928 » Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author († 2017)
• 1928 » T. Boone Pickens, American businessman († 2019)
• 1929 » Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet († 2013)
• 1930 » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician († 1978)
• 1930 » Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1930 » Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor († 2016)
• 1932 » Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic († 2015)
• 1933 » Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic († 1996)

• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)

• 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 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• 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 22, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.