About the day » Monday January 19, 1931Calender converter

• Arie Blok, Scheveningen († 2001)
• Cornelis (Kees) Dentz, Middelburg († 2018)
• Cornelis Jan van Drongelen*, Axel, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Clara Deelstra, Monroe, Bon Homme County, South Dakota († 2020)
• Berend Luten, Hoogeveen nederland († 1998)
• Alberdina Elisabeth Cornelia van der Heide, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Arend Hoevenberg, Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Chantal Pauwels, Oudenburg, België († 1931)
• Cornelis Jan van Drongelen, Axel, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2017)
• Bartel Böke, Amsterdam († 2003)

• Anna Maria Albertina Hootsmans (43)
• Adolf Emiel Lodewijk Böck (61), Klaten, Midden-Java, Nederlands Indië
• Angenita Jacoba Block (71), Hellevoetsluis
• Antje Tjeerds (Anna) Obma (89), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Angantita Jacoba Block (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Tjeerds Obma (88), Driesum, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Bernardina Johanna Catharina van Vuuren (55), nieuwer amstel
• Adrianus Hogervorst (44), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Alberdina HOOTSMANS (43), 's-Hertogenbosch(Noord Brabant)
• Adrianus Johannes Debertrand (84), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1926 » Fritz Weaver, American actor († 2016)
• 1926 » Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » John Waite, South African cricketer († 2011)
• 1930 » Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist
• 1931 » Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
• 1932 » Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician († 2014)
• 1932 » Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1933 » George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
• 1935 » Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter († 1978)

• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)

• 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 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• 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.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

The average temperature on January 19, 1931 was 4.2 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.