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• Alberta Riksten († 2007)
• Arie Meijer, Scheveningen († 2021)
• 1 Nettekoven, Rembang, Java, Ned. Indie († 2022)
• Anton Stroomer, Haarlemmermeer († 2002)
• Anna Mechtildes Coumans, Meers-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1992)
• Eva Gwen Harman, Nelson, New Zealand († 1988)
• Aukje Smid, Nijeholtwolde († 2022)
• Adolf Pieter Marinus Rust, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Albertina Apolonia Berloth, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Eveline Pattiselanno, Medan, Indonesië († 2015)

• freerk visser (4), liossens
• Adriaantje de Waard (87), Rotterdam
• Aart van Santen (1), Opijnen
• Anje Harmsdr. Wagenaar (70), Muskegon, Michigan, United States
• Abner Willis "Abb" D Roberts (71), Atlee, Clark, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Albert van den Beld (67), Zuidwolde
• Anna Rookx (78), Meerssen
• Amanda Louise Shuttlesworth (76), Liberty Church Cemetery #1, Bibb Co. AL
• Aaltje Hovestad (76), Overschie
• adriaan MATENA (52), papendrecht

• 1926 » Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois († 2006)
• 1929 » John Taylor, English bishop and theologian († 2016)
• 1929 » Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1929 » Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
• 1931 » Louis Gambaccini, American government official († 2018)
• 1931 » Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
• 1932 » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist († 1994)
• 1932 » Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician († 2020)
• 1934 » Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer († 2014)

• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)

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.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on May 6, 1931 was between 3.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.