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• Achilles Joannes Ghislenus Maria Adons, Kerkom, België († 2016)
• Ditje van Deelen, Leusden († 2009)
• Bernhard Stuifzandt, Ruhlertwist († 1967)
• Antonia Johanna Tempels, Oer, Ulft (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Arnoldus Johannes den Elzen, Noordwijkerhout († 1986)
• Anna van Dam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antonia Johanna Tempels, Oer, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Anthonie Schoolenberg, Dordrecht († 1931)
• Agnes Van Eeghem, Aaler († 2008)
• Anthony Brian COLBECK, North Bierley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England († 2015)

• Antonius Seijkens (0), Someren
• Aart Hoogendoorn (77), Delft
• Anna Catharina Willink (70), Enschede
• Arie Voogt (13), Delft
• Anna Catharina Willink (70), Winterswijk
• Anna Maria Brugger (75), Den Haag
• Agatha Carolina van Dinteren (41), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Klaas Rigter (87), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Wilhelmina te Kolf (63), Rotterdam
• Alida Geertruda de Wild (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1928 » Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution († 2018)
• 1928 » Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina († 2018)
• 1929 » Radley Metzger, American filmmaker († 2017)
• 1930 » Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia († 2001)
• 1931 » Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress
• 1933 » Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Tony Marchi, English footballer, wing half
• 1934 » Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer († 2016)
• 1934 » Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist
• 1934 » Audrey Dalton, Irish actress

• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)

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 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• 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.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

The temperature on January 21, 1931 was between -1.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.