About the day » Sunday January 18, 1931Calender converter

• Charles Franklin Wright, Ohio, United States († 1984)
• Alfred Edward Tacon *, Macksville, New South Wales, Australia († 2007)
• Cornelis (kees) Tol, Volendam († 2004)
• Albertina Manders, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1995)
• Anna Helena Neijts († 2001)
• Anna Clasina Maria Langerwerf († 2010)
• Cornelis Franciscus Wilhelmus Engelhardt, Den Haag († 2019)
• Alida Visser († 2017)
• Aagje van Mourik, Vianen
• Bertha Boonstoppel, Capelle aan den IJssel († 1984)

• Albertus Hendrikus REIJERSE (67), Utrecht
• Andrew Jackson Milbourn (83), Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Stijntjes (66), Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa
• Auke van der Woude (74), Jubbega Schurega
• Baukjen Mud (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aagje Kuip (60), Texel
• (jan) johannes wilhelmus klaver (48), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jansen (0), Besthmen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoon REIJNEN (66), Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Akkerman (75), Zandvoort

• 1928 » Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach († 2005)
• 1931 » Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea
• 1932 » Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright († 2007)
• 1933 » David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic († 2019)
• 1933 » Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1933 » Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player († 2004)
• 1933 » Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer († 2017)
• 1933 » John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 » Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories († 2013)
• 1933 » William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician († 2017)

• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

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 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on January 18, 1931 was between -0.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.