About the day » Friday August 14, 1931Calender converter

• Catharina Johanna Maria van Meurs, 's-Gravenhage († 2015)
• Dirk Dirksz Barten, Noord Scharwoude († 2023)
• David (Aaf) Alblas, Wateringen (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Anne Theresia de Kock, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Harmannus Talens, Assen († 1938)
• Dixie Jean Dodson, Kellyville, Creek County, OK, United States († 2013)
• Alberta Romaine Sickler, Falls, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Antoon Rosink, De Lutte,Losser († 2002)
• Corrie van Gent († 2015)
• Donna Jean Kosse († 2005)

• Alida Mina Romijn (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Halbe (77), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• David H. Pearl (80), Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Auke Kamstra (58), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Adrianus Baks (58), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Ammerlaan (86), Delft
• Adriana Hoevenaars (27), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Zirkzee (93), Leiden
• Adriaan Mattheüs Florisse (60), Oost-en West-Souburg
• (Stillborn) HOLWERDA (0), Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands

• 1926 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1928 » Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1929 » Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer († 1971)
• 1929 » Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster († 2005)
• 1929 » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral († 2013)
• 1930 » Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1931 » Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Lee Hoffman, American author († 2007)
• 1933 » Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 » John Brodie, American football player and golfer

• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)

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.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 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.
• 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 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

The temperature on August 14, 1931 was between 5.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.