About the day » Friday January 23, 1931Calender converter

• Christiaan Wilhelmus Adrianus Mookhoek († 2016)
• Dirk van den Broek, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Alfred Lawrence Dymond, Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania († 1999)
• Eugene P Pepper († 1982)
• Cornelis Benjamin den Boer, 's-Gravenhage († 1931)
• Christiaan Meijers, Leerdam, Gemeente Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2003)
• Dirkje Vlaanderen, Huizen († 2002)
• Adriana Maria Huibers, Nieuw-Vennep
• ALBERT ALLAN FARRIMOND, WEST DERBY, LIVERPOOL, LANCS
• G.J. van Hameren († 2007)

• Apollonia van Dam (86), Rijswijk (Rijswijk), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Trigt (55), Alphen aan den Rijn,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Verrips (85), Leerbroek
• Aukje Iebeles van der Meulen (76), Hogebeintum, gem. Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• van Mourik, Beusichem, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hubertus Simons (79), Roosteren, Echt-Susteren
• Arend SMIT (83), Noordwijk, Municipality Marum, Province Of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Antje van Trigt (55), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Simon FOK (84), Dordrecht
• Albert de Vries (63), Stad Hardenberg

• 1929 » John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1929 » Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1930 » Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1930 » Filaret, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan
• 1930 » Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player († 2017)
• 1932 » George Allen, English footballer († 2016)
• 1932 » Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer († 2013)
• 1933 » Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia
• 1933 » Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer

• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)

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 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
• 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.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

The temperature on January 23, 1931 was between 6.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.