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• Adriana van WINKELHOF († 2005)
• Adrianus van Haaften, Waardenburg († 1957)
• Agnes Erna Schade, Lehe († 2005)
• Franciscus Petrus Wilhelmus Adrianus (Frans) Huijbregts, Tilburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Antje Baijle, Kallenkote († 1986)
• Anna Maria Hubertha Cornelus van Drunen, Liempde († 1931)
• Dymphna Francisca Victoria Baart, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Elly Suzanne Kok, Meester Cornelis, Java (Ned. Indië) († 2012)
• Edward William Heitland, Ackley, Butler County, Iowa († 2011)
• Ailene Joyce HUIZENGA, Zeeland Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A († 1992)

• Voordewind (98), Leiden, Nederland
• Alfred Abraham Lazare Levy (72), Nice, 06000, Frankrijk
• Albert Jan Knopers (69), Stad Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Booij (0), Oosterhesselen
• Anthonius Wi(e)rckx (82), Woensdrecht
• Adrianus Pieter Jobse (71), Terheijden
• Antonetta Cornelia van Uijtert (1), Arnhem
• Aaltje Meinders (56), Grolloo, Nederland
• Adriaantje Dalebout (89), Haamstede gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld, NL
• Adriana Eijkemans (76), Vught

• 1928 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author († 1984)
• 1928 » Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter († 2007)
• 1930 » Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player († 2006)
• 1930 » Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer († 2014)
• 1931 » Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician († 2009)
• 1931 » Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
• 1932 » Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
• 1933 » Stan Brakhage, American director and producer († 2003)
• 1934 » Richard Briers, English actor († 2013)

• 1915 » Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)

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 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• 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.
• 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 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

The temperature on January 14, 1931 was between -3.3 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.