About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1931Calender converter

• David Sorenson OSTLER, Nephi, Juab County, Utah, United States of America († 2016)
• Antonia Wilhelma Cornelia (Tony) De Haas, Middelburg,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2017)
• Alieda van der Klei, Deventer († 2015)
• David Sorenson Ostler, Nephi, Juab County, Utah, Verenigde Staten van Amerika († 2016)
• Bernardus Hubertus vd Kubbe, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Boon, Assendelft († 1931)
• Ben Coenen, Rijkevoort,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Cornelis Kraaij, Wassenaar († 1997)
• Catharina Swiebel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Arie van 't Hof, Rotterdam († 2019)

• Baukje van Gunst (34), Gaast
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Van Beckhoven (23), Etten-Leur
• Aaltje Spierenburg (76), Sassenheim, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Christiaan van der Wilde (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Linnenbank (82), Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Antje van der Zweep (70), Leeuwarden
• Adrianus Blankestijn (52), Hoogland
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Bogaard (8), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Maat (86), Woldendorp, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Spierenburg (76), Sassenheim

• 1929 » Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1929 » Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player († 1984)
• 1930 » Brian Statham, English cricketer († 2000)
• 1930 » Cliff Gallup, American rock & roll guitarist († 1988)
• 1931 » John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator († 2020)
• 1932 » Derek Ibbotson, English runner († 2017)
• 1932 » John Murtha, American colonel and politician († 2010)
• 1933 » Christian Ferras, French violinist († 1982)
• 1933 » Harry Browne, American soldier and politician († 2006)
• 1933 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player († 1970)

• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)

• 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 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on June 17, 1931 was between 9.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.