About the day » Monday January 12, 1931Calender converter

• Adrianus Cornelis Wolfs, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Margaretha Henderika Lukken, Oude Pekela († 2017)
• Agnieta Tuinstra († 2021)
• Aukje Michiels Osinga († 1983)
• Derkje Wilhelmina (Dee) Steegink, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Annie Raaijmakers, Sint-Michielsgestel, Nederland († 2007)
• Derk Houtman († 2016)
• Andries Pals, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1997)
• Betty Marie Gallion († 2004)
• Cornelisje van Diest († 2018)

• Antonius Wilhelmus Ammerlaan (70), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Janssen (1), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Alphons Constant Bresseleers (63), Loenhout
• Aartje de Jong (36), Ammerstol, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alphons(us) Constant(ius) Bresseleers (63), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• * Cornelia Slob (63)
• Ada Marquérithe Marie Verbrugge (67), Leiden
• Johanna Wilhelmina Van Giels (37), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonius Hendrikus Cornelis Huijbregts (50), Rotterdam
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Ammerlaan (70), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland

• 1928 » Ruth Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress († 2006)
• 1929 » Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic
• 1929 » Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician († 2015)
• 1930 » Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor († 2016)
• 1930 » Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright
• 1930 » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded Tim Hortons († 1974)
• 1933 » Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright († 2013)
• 1934 » Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1934 » Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach († 2016)
• 1935 » Teresa del Conde, Mexican historian and critic († 2017)

• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)

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.
• 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.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on January 12, 1931 was between 2.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 12.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.