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• Hendrikus Bartholomeus Wilh. Vos, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Klaus Dieter Groszpietsch († 2015)
• Garry Richard FLAMAN, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada († 2000)
• Daniel BLONDIA, Merelbeke († 1946)
• Adriana Elizabeth van der Wal, Haarlemmermeer († 1984)
• Emma Louise Whelan († 1999)
• Jansje Roelofsen, Lienden († 2002)
• Madalena Schmitz, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1991)
• Joseph Petrus van Staveren, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Geertje Johanna Timmer († 2018)

• Abraham Agsteribbe (34), Bergen Belsen
• Adrianus_Maria Heijnincx (49), Bergen_Belsen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Cornelis Looijmans (44), Bergen-Belsen (D)
• Adrianus Cornelis Rijpers (0), Roosendaal
• Adrianus Antonius Knappers (70), Roosendaal
• Adrianus de Vries (85), Poortugaal / Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Alexander Sturkop (43), Bergen-Belsen,Concentratie Kamp,Duitsland
• albert premsela (22), celle, hannover, duitsland
• Alida Frederika Corba (75), Den Haag
• Albert Groen (19), Bergen Belsen, Duitsland

• 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)
• 1946 » Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
• 1946 » Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat († 2009)
• 1946 » Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
• 1946 » Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
• 1947 » Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
• January 17 » World War II: The Vistula–Oder Offensive forces German troops out of Warsaw.
• April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
• April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• May 5 » World War II: Dönitz gives Löhr permission to seek an armistice with the Western Allies to preserve a communist free Austria and recognising first, from a German standpoint, the separation of Austria from Germany undoing the Anschluss.
• May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on May 31, 1945 was between 6.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.