About the day » Sunday August 30, 1931Calender converter

• Dirk Johannes Laheij, Rhenen († 2010)
• Coenrad Wilhelm Kusters, Deventer († 2014)
• Betje Koster, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Dirk Johannes (Dick) Laheij (Lahey), Rhenen († 2010)
• Abraham Hendrik "Bram" Vermeer, Pernis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Antje Hamberg, Oud-Lutten, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• C.J.G. Rozemalen, Utrecht († 1994)
• Catharina (Tiny) Kooyman, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Abraham Willem Johannes (Bram) Hillebregt, Den Haag († 1964)
• Adelheid Bloem, Völlenerkönigsfehn († 2021)

• Aaltjen Keijl (80), Zwolle, Nederland
• Bruintje Gerzon (73), Amsterdam
• Andreas Bolkestein (76), Bloemendaal
• Arie Leendert van der Ven (66), Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Steenks (16), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vries (59), 's-Gravenhage
• Andries (Andreas) (Andrias) Bolkestein (76), Bloemendaal, Nederland
• Bertje Otten (0), Zijpe (N.H.)
• arie leendert van der VEN (66), hendrik ido ambacht
• Bartelina Carol (62), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1928 » Harvey Hart, Canadian director and producer († 1989)
• 1928 » Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 2014)
• 1928 » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver († 1965)
• 1929 » Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor († 2001)
• 1929 » Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host († 2014)
• 1930 » Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player († 1981)
• 1930 » Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1931 » Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut († 1982)
• 1933 » Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta († 2016)
• 1934 » Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman († 2016)

• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1936 » Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)
• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

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 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• 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.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on August 30, 1931 was between 11.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.