About the day » Sunday August 2, 1931Calender converter

• Arnoud Johannes Verhoeven, Moergestel († 1969)
• Cherry Angela Mary SEELY († 1992)
• Allegonda van Tuyl-, Eindhoven, Nederland († 2001)
• Alie Zonneveld, Castricum († 2012)
• Bernard Bakker, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 2017)
• Bep Jansen, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna C De Laet, Hoboken († 1932)
• Ballemans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Damen, Vlijmen († 2005)
• Alida Anna Zonneveld, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Anne Kaspers (65), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) DE GRAAFF (0), Vleuten Utrecht Netherlands
• Anje Jager (89), Utrecht, Nederland
• Josef Schoof (64), Stoppeldijk
• Alice Eugenia Priscilla Turner (67), Belmont,Gaston County, North Carolina
• Anna Petronella van Neuren (73), Renkum, Oosterbeek
• Gladys (0), Rama, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Adriana van Bokhoven (79), Hedikhuizen
• Besjaantje van Hal (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Heinrich Koch (59), Maastricht

• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)
• 1930 » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer († 2003)
• 1931 » Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1931 » Karl Miller, English journalist and critic († 2014)
• 1931 » Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic († 2019)
• 1931 » Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer († 2007)
• 1932 » Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis († 2006)
• 1932 » Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer († 2013)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 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).
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

The temperature on August 2, 1931 was between 17.0 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.