About the day » Thursday October 31, 1929Calender converter

• Arthur Sportel, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan († 2018)
• Anny Hoek, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Barta van Ewijk, Rumpt gem. Deil († 1994)
• Adriana Maria van der Valk, Naaldwijk († 2008)
• Chester Ray Abbott [sWk?sOb], Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 2009)
• Abraham Gerhard Koek, Eindhoven († 1981)
• Antonia Grada (Tonnie) Dijkhof († 2006)
• Cornelia Antonia Duivenvoorden, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2013)
• Antonio Fosco († 1985)
• Aart Leendert Willem Langendoen, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Annetha Jacomina Horstman (76), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Victor Noel VANDERHENST (67), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Adriaan Leenhouwers (80), Tilburg
• Annigje Veldman (82), Hoogeveen nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Boom (0), Oud Gastel
• Antonia Arnolda Mentzel (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• , Bergen op Zoom (NL)
• Antoon Johan Voet (60), Amsterdam
• Antonius Hendricus van Amersfoort (2), Velp
• Annigje Klazes Veldman (82), Hoogeveen

• 1925 » John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1925 » Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author († 1990)
• 1925 » Robert B. Rheault, American colonel († 2013)
• 1926 » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host († 2011)
• 1928 » Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator († 2012)
• 1929 » Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1929 » William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist († 2014)
• 1930 » Booker Ervin, American saxophonist († 1970)
• 1930 » Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 » Dan Rather, American journalist

• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 7.7 million citizens.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
• October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on October 31, 1929 was between 4.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.