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• Anna Kuijvenhoven, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• antonius matheus (ton) reijnders, helden-dorp († 2011)
• Anthonie van Cooten, Neerlangbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1983)
• (Riek), Henrica Christina van Vught, Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Arie Johannes Sluijs, Andijk († 2013)
• Antonius Josephus Maria van Gulick, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2000)
• Anna van Kuijvenhoven, 's-Gravenzande († 1931)
• Antonius Matheus (Ton) Reijnders, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Cornelis Marinus Louwen, Monster († 2004)
• Arie Johannes Redeker, Wijk aan Zee († 2015)

• Adrianus van Rooij, Berlicum
• Arendje Tuinenbreijer (80), Den Haag
• Anna Johanna van der Boon (72), Rheden
• Adriana van der Horst (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Nienhuis (62), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Bammens (88), Geertruidenberg
• Arie Hoosbeek (70), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Catharina Antonissen (80), Ginneken en Bavel,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Gerbens Wouda (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• van Roekel (0), Ede

• 1929 » Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1932 » Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney († 2008)
• 1932 » Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1932 » Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist
• 1932 » Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1932 » Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach
• 1932 » Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1933 » Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1933 » Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress († 2014)

• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)

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 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

The temperature on July 17, 1931 was between 12.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.