About the day » Monday May 31, 1943Calender converter

• Heiltje Francina Jacoba Vink, Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helena Wilhelmina (Leny) Broekhuisen, Amersfoort († 2009)
• Albert Jan Fokkert, Den Ham/Vroomshoop († 2001)
• Anneke Struiksma († 1959)
• Jan Walhout, Kloetinge († 2008)
• Fred van Lingen, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2025)
• Hendrikus Visscher († 1945)
• Heintje Leijenhorst, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Alfred Jaques Koen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 2004)
• Jacob van der Kooy († 1946)

• Alphons Joseph Liesse (70), Herentals, België
• Aron Halberstadt (26), Malapane (DE)
• Aron HALBERSTADT (26), Malapane (DE)
• Abraham Bleekveld (43), Concentratiekamp Fürstengrube
• Alicia Logghe (36), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Arend Koster (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika van der Meer (45), Rosmalen
• Andries van Doornik (39), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendriksz Boele (72), Schoonhoven, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• 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)

• 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.
• February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
• April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
• May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
• July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
• August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
• October 19 » The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.

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.