About the day » Monday July 20, 1931Calender converter

• Gerardus H Brakenhoff-, Castricum, Nederland († 2016)
• Count Johann of Wurmbrand und Stuppach, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1993)
• Anna M.Catharina El. Donders, Stramproy, Limburg, Nederland († 1931)
• Audrey Joyce Postma, Rudyard (Chippewa County) (Michigan) († 2001)
• Gerardus Antonius Gerrits († 1983)
• Annie Vellekoop, Amersfoort († 1954)
• Elias Ramon Quintana, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States of America († 2014)
• Christiaan Johan Dieperink, Haaksbergen († 1972)
• Elisabeth Aaltje Moed, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2011)
• Frances Arlene Clegg, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1982)

• Anna Maria Aernouts (27)
• Adriana Schreurs (71), Oost-,West-en Middenbeers
• Adolph Reith (44), Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Kalis (42), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Antonie Lockhorst (79), Rotterdam
• Baukje Sybrens Venma (67), Makkum
• Arend Diederiks (77), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Bentvelzen (79), den haag
• Catharina Gerard(in)a de Gans (32), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aernouts (27)

• 1929 » Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia († 2013)
• 1929 » Mike Ilitch, American businessman, co-founded Little Caesars († 2017)
• 1929 » Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer († 1999)
• 1930 » Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1930 » Giannis Agouris, Greek journalist and author († 2006)
• 1930 » Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress
• 1930 » William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author († 2010)
• 1931 » Tony Marsh, English race car driver († 2009)
• 1932 » Nam June Paik, American artist († 2006)
• 1932 » Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior

• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1932 » René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)

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 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on July 20, 1931 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.