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• Hendrik Nicolaas van Leeuwen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Diederik Johannes Meulman, Hengelo († 1931)
• Antonius Henricus Johannes Akkermans, Dongen, Gemeente Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Anne Elizabeth McCoy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Christ Hopman, Ottersum († 1987)
• Dirk Pietersma († 2003)
• Gerardus Leonardus Arnulphus Ensink, Hengelo († 2001)
• Hendrikus Johannes Smit, Nieuwer Amstel († 2007)
• Dirk Keus, Den Haag († 1977)
• Armand Joel Balk, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2014)

• Antoon Klaas Marinus (1), Steenwijk
• Antonia Johanna Venis (46), Dongen
• Alke Wilts Boers (86), Pallert, Vlagtwedde, 9541, Nederland
• Anthonij Herman Rigail Certon Stolte (57), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Den BOER (63), Heinenoord
• Antoon Dijks (36), Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Eugenie Burm (43), Malang, Oost Java (IND)
• Antonetta Johanna Theresia van Roosmalen, Oost-West-Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Lopes Cardozo (70), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam Holland, The Netherlands
• Anthony Herman Rigail Certon Stolte (58), Apeldoorn

• 1929 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1930 » Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala († 2016)
• 1930 » Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2020)
• 1931 » Cliff Hagan, American basketball player-coach
• 1931 » Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1931 » Paddi Edwards, English-American actress († 1999)
• 1931 » William Reynolds, American actor
• 1932 » Bill Hartack, American jockey († 2007)
• 1932 » Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
• 1932 » Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic († 2013)

• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)

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 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on December 9, 1931 was between 2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.