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• Alida Elisabeth Adriana Admiraal († 2003)
• Antonius Jacobus Maria BUSING, Amsterdam,Nederland († 1990)
• Dorothy Mae Beelen, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin († 2018)
• Cornelis Bernardus Veenhof († 1980)
• Aaltje Frederika (Ali) Schouten († 2013)
• Cornelis Andreas Cinjee, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Arie Voskamp, 's-Gravenzande († 2005)
• Antonius Johannes van Hoek, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1931)
• Derek LAWSON, Chesterfield († 1991)
• Arie Versluis († 2016)

• Adrianus Stekelenburg (53), Jutphaas (Nieuwegein)
• Agnès Johanna Wauters (10), Mechelen-Bovelingen, België
• Anna Johanna Kooman (88), Noordgouwe/ZL
• Adrianus Heijnen (78), Halsteren
• Agatha Maria Blokdijk (6), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• anna maria derks (38), mill
• Annigje van Ingen (92), Bodegraven
• Anna de Porto (43), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (78), Merksem
• Anna Koster (52), zaandam

• 1929 » Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 » Ethel D. Allen, American physician and politician († 1981)
• 1929 » Girija Devi, Indian classical singer († 2017)
• 1930 » Doug Atkins, American football player († 2015)
• 1930 » Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
• 1930 » Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano († 2019)
• 1930 » René Maltête, French photographer and poet († 2000)
• 1932 » Harry Wells, Australian rugby league player
• 1932 » Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican author and translator († 2007)
• 1932 » Phyllida Law, Scottish actress

• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
• 1943 » Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 » Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on May 8, 1931 was between 7.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.