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• Alphonsius VAN POORTEN, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1990)
• Barbara Gerarda (Bep) SMOORENBURG, Utrecht († 2020)
• Cornelius F Boerkoel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Alberdina Andries Eizinga, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Anna de Redelijkheid, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1999)
• Andries Johannes Terwiel, Arnhem, the Netherlands († 1996)
• Anne Sybolts Beetsma († 1995)
• Anna Stoltenborg, Doetinchem, Nederland († 1931)
• Cornelia Maria Knegt, Erica (Emmen) († 2002)
• Clazina Thoen († 2022)

• Arendje van der Meulen (84), Vollenhove, Stad
• Aukje Aukes Laansma (60), Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Peperstraten (0), Oude Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Willems JORRITSMA (73), Nijland (Wymbritseradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus van Peperstraten (0), ,, Oude-Tonge, Nederland
• Auke Johannes Breeuwsma (58), Nijland
• Arendje Tiemens van der Meulen (84), Vollenhove
• Annie Malinda HARBISON (91), Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannesen Weststrate (73), Beets, Opsterland
• Anna Maria Rosalia Mens (38), Herentals, België

• 1928 » Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author († 1996)
• 1928 » Luther Perkins, American country guitarist († 1968)
• 1928 » Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington
• 1929 » Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor († 2015)
• 1931 » Bill Graham, German-American businessman († 1991)
• 1931 » Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar
• 1933 » Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist
• 1933 » Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter
• 1934 » Gene Freese, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1934 » Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist († 1987)

• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
• 1942 » Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)

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.
• February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on January 8, 1931 was between -5.8 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.