About the day » Sunday July 5, 1931Calender converter

• Adrianus de Lange, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Arthur Junior Thompson, Washington, Franklin County, Iowa († 1980)
• Elizabeth Ling Chew, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Elizabeth Mosselman, Anjum, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Theodora (Sister Antonine) BEKX, Lierop (NL/NB) Lived Tegelen (NL/LI) († 2016)
• Cécile HERTOGHE, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique († 2003)
• Anthonie Henricus Theodorus Geels, Enter († 2013)
• Arvid Bernhard Røstvik, Snillfjord, Sør-Trøndelag, Norge († 2017)
• Cornelis Jan Wijker, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Edward E Hornyak, Salina, Pennsylvania († 1932)

• Antje Koorn (75), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Aaltje de VRIES (55), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Andrias Jacobs Steunebrink (74), Eelde
• Anna Catharina WINKEL (85), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia de Groot (73), Noordwijk
• Albert van der Valk (53), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus, Ludovicus Jacobs, Lebbeke
• Barbara van der Veer (80), Amersfoort
• Aaltje van der Zwaag (79), Groningen, NL-GR
• Aaltje van der Zwaag (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1928 » Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France († 2013)
• 1929 » Chikao Ohtsuka, Japanese voice actor († 2015)
• 1929 » Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic artist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer († 1990)
• 1929 » Jovan Rašković, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician († 1992)
• 1929 » Katherine Helmond, American actress and director († 2019)
• 1929 » Tony Lock, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1931 » Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa († 2000)
• 1932 » Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary († 2013)
• 1933 » Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critic and physicist († 1986)

• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)

• 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.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on July 5, 1931 was between 14.2 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.