About the day » Monday May 31, 1982Calender converter

• Eva Imanse
• Maarten Alderlieste, Klijndijk, Odoorn († 2011)

• Derk Jan Kranenburg (85), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Verwijmeren (84), Zevenbergschen Hoek,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Maria WISSELINK (85), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Linthorst (82), Raalte
• Albertien Huizing (92), Assen
• Anna Maria Wisselink (85), Eindhoven
• Arie Broekzitter (83), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Pool (67), amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonette HOOT (87), North Canton, Stark, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander Hedley DOUGLAS (75), Nelson, New Zealand

• 1979 » Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
• 1981 » Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
• 1981 » Jake Peavy, American baseball player
• 1981 » Marlies Schild, Austrian skier
• 1981 » Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
• 1984 » Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
• 1984 » Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
• 1984 » Nate Robinson, American basketball player
• 1985 » Jordy Nelson, American football player
• 1986 » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist

• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
• 1987 » John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
• April 17 » Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
• April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
• May 29 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
• June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• December 7 » In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

The temperature on May 31, 1982 was between 12.1 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.