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• Catharina Maria Boermans, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Poos Overbeeke, Alkemade († 2008)
• Donato "Gig" Mecca, Dunmore Lack, Pennsylvania († 2006)
• Frans Jacob Hilkens, Limbricht, Nederland († 2016)
• Cornelia van Leeuwen († 1963)
• Geertruida Johanna Maria van Leeuwen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Albert Mentens, Belgium
• Gerardus Petrus Van Aalst, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland († 2016)
• Christian Frederik CASTENSKJOLD († 1937)
• Athanase Bolduc, Saint-Michel-des-Saints,Lanaudière,Québec,Canada († 2011)

• Belia Schenk (86), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hoogeboom (39), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Bogers (89), Ginneken en Bavel
• Christina Wilmina Haaijman (72), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Cornelis Franciscus GEBOERS (30), Valkenswaard, 4301, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Dekkers (78), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthoni Leendert Johannes Schmal (62), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Hendrika Broekx (43), Eindhoven
• Anna Catharina van der Aar (52), Sassenheim
• Anna Jandr Roos (77), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Ahmed Kathrada, South African politician and political prisoner († 2017)
• 1929 » Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1929 » X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor
• 1930 » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1930 » Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon († 2002)
• 1932 » Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter († 2015)
• 1933 » Barry Norman, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1933 » Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
• 1933 » Michael Dacher, German mountaineer († 1994)

• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

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 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• 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 August 21, 1931 was between 12.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.