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• François-Henri Marie Michel de Virieu († 1997)
• Georgetta Petronella Van Eetvelt, Bornem († 1991)
• Anton Lips, Zevenbergschen Hoek, Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2019)
• Alberdina Aleida Horsman, Hardenberg († 2008)
• Gayle Arlyn Christenson, McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Doodgeboren Kind Sparla, Tilburg († 1931)
• GABRIELLA MOSTARD, VOORSCHOTEN († 1944)
• Corliss Laird, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Burdell W. SULLIVAN († 1972)
• Carolina Lambrechts, Essen (België), Provincie Antwerpen († 2007)

• Alida Maria Margaretha van der Spek (72), Den Haag
• Adriana Dijmphna Theresia Reniers (2), Zevenbergen
• Antonia Jacoba Klene (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha Zuidgeest (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus, Ludovicus Dupont (64), Zwijndrecht, Antwerpen, België
• Atze van der Ploeg (86), gem. Achtkarspelen
• Adolf Beverdam (57), Wierden
• Berry Thomas Lannom (60), Warren County, Tennessee
• Atze Idses van der Ploeg (86), Harkema Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernadina Elisabeth Maria Wegman (11), Groenlo

• 1928 » Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author († 2003)
• 1929 » Gino Cimoli, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1929 » Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal († 2013)
• 1930 » Moose Skowron, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1931 » Alison Plowden, English historian and author († 2007)
• 1931 » Allen Klein, American businessman and music publisher († 2009)
• 1931 » Bill Thompson, American television host († 2014)
• 1932 » Norm Provan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman
• 1932 » Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1933 » Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist († 2017)

• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)

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.
• January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

The temperature on December 18, 1931 was between -4.7 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.