About the day » Monday August 31, 1931Calender converter

• Elisa Van der Plancken, Terhagen († 1974)
• Antonetta Cornelia van Opstal, Princenhage († 1991)
• Barta (Barta) Heinhuis, Steenwijk († 2020)
• Anna Elisabeth Blankert, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Dirkje van den Oever, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Barbara Jean Shears, Wood County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Gerrit Hoekerd, Oldebroek, Nederland († 2000)
• Bernadette CHRISTYN VAN RIBAUCOURT, Anthée Namur Belgium († 2007)
• Dirk Willemsen († 1987)
• Anna Elisabeth ('Anny') Blankert, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)

• Chester Harold Schmidt (15), Galveston, Galveston, TX
• Carolus SEYKENS (83), Geel
• Catharina den Ouden (36), Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, Nederland
• Barendje Hendriks Schaap (65), Bussum
• Christina Wilmina Haaijman (72), Vlissingen
• Antonius de Natris (61), Veldhoven
• Cornelis Daniel Heesbeen (70), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adam Pectha (89), Brevort, Mackinac, Michigan, United States
• Catharina Valize (35), Venlo
• Lambertus van Koll (55)

• 1928 » Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal († 2005)
• 1928 » James Coburn, American actor († 2002)
• 1930 » Big Tiny Little, American pianist († 2010)
• 1931 » Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
• 1931 » Noble Willingham, American actor († 2004)
• 1932 » Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist
• 1932 » Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician († 1994)
• 1935 » Bryan Organ, English painter
• 1935 » Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author († 1998)
• 1935 » Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager († 2019)

• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)

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.
• February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• 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 31, 1931 was between 12.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.