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• Foekje Sonneveld, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Alfons Wenzel Maria Willem Victor Karel Maria Vorst Paar, Morcote, Lugano, Zwitserl († 2016)
• Franklin 'Bud' McKinley, Verenigde Statn († 2011)
• Elise Timmermans, Kortessem, België († 2020)
• Alfred Lesseliers, Beveren-Waas († 2015)
• Amanda Harriet Bruns, German Township, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2024)
• Alfons Wenzel Paar, Morcote, Ticino, Svizzera († 2016)
• Donald Keninitz, Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Dick Maurer, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Berend Jan van Zeijts, Eefde († 2003)

• Adriana Elisabeth Lommerse (61), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Cooper Grimshaw (74), Lancashire, England
• Abraham Gilijamse (65), Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) LUIKINGA (0), Groningen Netherlands
• Andrew Robert Huxley (55)
• Camilla Maria BONNE (52), Wondelgem
• Blanche MITCHELL (64), Beverly, MA
• Arthur George COX (62), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje van VALEN (82), Dubbeldam
• Anna Cornelia Doppenberg (56), Den Haag, Nederland

• 1928 » Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer († 2001)
• 1929 » Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer († 2014)
• 1930 » Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer
• 1931 » John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019)
• 1931 » Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress († 2010)
• 1932 » Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer († 2012)
• 1932 » Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer († 1994)
• 1933 » Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
• 1934 » Jim Hutton, American actor († 1979)
• 1935 » Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand

• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Jacob
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
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 8.1 million citizens.
• May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
• May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
• June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
• August 10 » A 5.1 kilograms (11lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
• October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
• November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on May 31, 1932 was between 9.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.