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• Eliane Renilde van der HAEGEN, Geraardsbergen, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1990)
• Cornelia Maria Canisia Henrica Leseman, Nijmegen, Nederland († 2001)
• Corrie Fridael, Djakarta, Indonesië († 1999)
• Adriaan Redert, Rotterdam († 1987)
• Arend Klok, Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2017)
• Dionijsius Angelinus Hubertus Nelissen, Helden († 1931)
• Annie Strijtveen († 2019)
• eppe lammert adema, ulrum († 1994)
• Gerrit de Vreede († 2004)
• Annie Francina Bruinsma, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)

• Albertje Meihuizen (79), Winschoten
• Anton della Valle (72), Aschendorf
• Charles Freemont Bonham (73), Washington Court House, Fayette Co. Ohio
• Cornelia Rijsdijk (81), Rhenen, Nederland
• Catharina Visser (69), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Jaime" Pío Juan Carlos Bienvenido Sansón Pelayo Hermenegildo Recaredo Álvaro Fernando Gonzalo Alfonso María de los Dolores Enrique Luis Roberto Francisco Ramiro José Joaquín Isidro Leandro Miguel Gabriel Rafael Pedro Benito Felipe de Borbón (61), Paris
• Beatrix de Lange (76), Beemster, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aloisius Maessen (32), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Brechtje Dijkhuis (70), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia maria de Kort (46)

• 1928 » George McFarland, American actor († 1993)
• 1928 » Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic († 2014)
• 1929 » Moses Gunn, American actor († 1993)
• 1929 » Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman († 1996)
• 1930 » Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia († 2018)
• 1932 » Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1933 » Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (The Diamonds) († 2015)
• 1933 » John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 » Phill Niblock, American composer and director
• 1934 » Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, South African-English lawyer and judge

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

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

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

• 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on October 2, 1931 was between 9.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.