About the day » Friday January 2, 1931Calender converter

• Agatha Wilhelmina Plug, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Evert de Haan, Wier, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Christina Angela Baerle, van, Rotterdam
• Cornelis (kees) Tol, Volendam († 1993)
• Franz Xavier Stuy, Reichstadt († 2011)
• Elma Bernice Terhorst, Everett (Snohomish), Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Carl Edwin Young, Fristoe, Benton, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Annie Stewart (born Hall), Belfast, UK († 1992)
• Andries Antonius van ESSEN, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Fije van der Wal, Boornbergum, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)

• Aleida Richerts (81), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Apolonia Regina Slegh (24), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• van Leeuwen, Velsen
• August Willems (76), Nevele
• Barend Meerman (75), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Boere (83), Haarlem
• Arnoldina Paulina Gunning (64), Zwollerkerspel Municipality, Overjissel Provicne, Netherlands
• Aleida Richers (81), Kampen
• Albert Oosterheerd (32)
• Antonia van Eijk (64), Schiebroek

• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)
• 1928 » Dan Rostenkowski, American politician († 2010)
• 1929 » Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
• 1931 » Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1934 » John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper († 2007)
• 1936 » Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor († 1992)
• 1938 » David Bailey, English photographer and painter
• 1938 » Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
• 1938 » Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer († 1973)
• 1940 » Jim Bakker, American televangelist

• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)

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.
• February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on January 2, 1931 was between 0.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.