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• Herbert Andrew Dunlop, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Cornelis van Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Annigje Dam († 2015)
• Dolf Overweg, Vlaardingen († 2018)
• Gerard Willem Spruijt, Amsterdam NH Nederland († 2012)
• Herman Alexander Dorland, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Johny Louis Voorneman, Soerabaja, Ned. Indië († 1983)
• Andre Würth, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Andrea Emma Alexandra van Solms-Laubach, Laubach, Hessen († 2007)
• Helga Annemarie Winter, Klodnitz († 2003)

• Luktje Vos (80), Noordbroek
• Agnes Langenhuijzen (0), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alijda Maria Boereboom (78), Utrecht
• Arend Bleecke (72), Rotterdam
• Adde Engels (88), Bellingwolde
• Antonia SMALBROEK (64), Venray
• Antonius George Johannes van Doornewaard (53), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Hogt (0), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Anna Katharina Schmitter, Kerkrade (L
• Antonius Alphonsus Engels (48), Schiedam

• 1939 » France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress
• 1939 » Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
• 1939 » Susan Flannery, American actress
• 1941 » Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat († 2004)
• 1943 » Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
• 1944 » Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
• 1944 » Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Robert C. Merton, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Sherry Lansing, American film producer

• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Helena
12. Margaretha
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Jacoba

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
• June 27 » World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• July 10 » Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
• December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
• December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

The temperature on July 31, 1941 was between 10.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.