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• Charles Reginald Summerville ****, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Diny van Sambeek, Wijchen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Elisabeth Pepping († 2020)
• Donald Eckard , Sr ERVIN, Vigo County († 1986)
• Edwin L. Waterstreet († 1999)
• Anton Cornelis Johannes van Doren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1990)
• Adriana Arendje Harlaar, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1989)
• Andreas Nicolaas Cornelis Ran, Den Burg, Texel, Nederland († 2017)
• Egbert Hofman, Onstwedde († 2012)
• Douwe Hotze Jacob Boersma, Almelo († 2016)

• Betty Rose Hicklin [AWb |||] (9), Edgemoor, Chester County, South Carolina
• Agnes van Gerven (64), Waalre
• Adriana van der ELST (69), Dordrecht
• Cornelia Anna Jacobi (64), Montfoort
• Anna Maaike van Druten (65), Lienden,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Blanche Alice Helena Stephenson (74), Sea Point (Z.Afrika)
• Anna Pietertje Kalhorn (70), Rotterdam
• Cecil Edward Sir Bingham (72)
• Barend Philip Wijnperle (64)
• Adriana Smits (89), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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
• 1938 » John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1938 » Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)

• 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)

• 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
• January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
• January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
• May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
• August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

The temperature on May 31, 1934 was between 7.0 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.