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• Aaltje van der Zouwen († 2018)
• de Groot, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Carolina Theresia van den Corput, Baarle-Nassau († 1982)
• , Ibbenbüren-Püsselbüren († 2015)
• Audrey Marie Lund McCormack, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Bernardus Joannes Vork, Ter Aar († 1984)
• ROL
• Adrianus Waltherus Nuiten, Zwaluwe († 2009)
• Charles Johannes Thomas Antonius van der SOMMEN, Eindhoven (Noord Brabant) (NL) († 2000)
• August Charles Boucher, Amsterdam († 2001)

• Aaltje Pieters (83), Opeinde, Nederland
• Andries Versteeg (14), Denekamp
• Annechiena Alberdiena Lukkien (30), Groningen
• catharina elisabeth van der STER (66), alphen aan de rijn(ZH)
• Antje Jansd Nieuwpoort (61), Wieringerwaard, nh.nld
• Aaltje Pieters Pieters (Bies) (83), Opeinde
• andreas zegers (53), helden
• Annechiena Alberdiena Lukkien (30), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aletta SCHEEPBOUWER (71), Gouda
• de Groot (0), Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1929 » Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor († 2014)
• 1930 » Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer († 1998)
• 1930 » Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d.2016)
• 1930 » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 2012)
• 1930 » Richie Ginther, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1931 » Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1932 » Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1932 » Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
• 1934 » Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
• 1934 » Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)

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 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on August 5, 1931 was between 16.7 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.