About the day » Monday May 31, 1943Calender converter

• Boukje Maria Theresia NIJHOLT, Groningen(Groningen) († 1998)
• Andre Eugene Mathilde MARQUILLIER, Sint-Truiden Belgie († 1948)
• Anneke Struiksma († 1959)
• Bastiaan van de Vlekkert, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Larry August Buchheit, Apple Creek, Perry, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Jacob Gabriel van der Kooij, Maasland (Midden-Delfland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Barbara Diehl, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Aaltje Jager, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 1943)
• Hendrikus de Velde Harsenhorst, Dalfsen,Dalfsen,Overijssel,Nederland († 1945)
• Bregje Krijgsman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Aron HALBERSTADT (26), Malapane (DE)
• Benjamin de VRIES (46), Extern kommando Bobrek, Poland
• Adrianus Boele (72), Schoonhoven
• Albertina van MAASDAM (2), Koog aan de Zaan
• Anthonie van Zoeren (85), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria van Essen (60), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aron Halberstadt (26), Malapane (DE)
• Alje Riepma (0), Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Bleekveld (43), Fürstengrube
• Adrianus Theodorus Van WEERDENBURG (62)

• 1940 » Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
• 1940 » Augie Meyers, American musician and singer-songwriter
• 1941 » June Clark, Welsh nurse and educator
• 1941 » Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 » William Nordhaus, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Joe Namath, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1943 » Sharon Gless, American actress
• 1945 » Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author
• 1945 » Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire
• 1945 » Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)

• 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 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

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

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

• 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 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 9.1 million citizens.
• July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
• August 17 » World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
• September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
• October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
• November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.

The temperature on May 31, 1943 was between 12.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.