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• Anna Maria Diliana van de Ven, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Anfrisina de Araújo Costa, Fazenda Estreito, Oeiras, PI, Brazil († 2002)
• Cornelis (Kees) Spaans, Schagen († 1971)
• Carla Hogenkamp, Batu Jajar, Bogor, West-Java, Indonesië († 2009)
• Angène Josine de Wit, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Frankrijk († 2023)
• Coenraad Theodorus Steman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Garrelt Blok, Drouwenermond (gem. Borger-Odoorn) († 1973)
• Andreas Johannes den Otter, Den Dungen († 2014)
• Geert Dokter, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Derk Sietse Bousema, Oostwold (leek) († 2016)

• Anna Steenks (41)
• Anna Steenks (41), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Aldina Jesus (74)
• Arijaantje Smit (31), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kuiper (68), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angeniesa Adriana Elisabeth van Krugten (76), Rotterdam,-
• Aleida Johanna Alberdina Dalhuisen (48), Apeldoorn
• Antje Blom (66), Den Helder
• Aleida Johanna Alberdiena Dalhuisen (48), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Alida Maria Magdalena Kramer (80), Den Helder

• 1929 » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic († 2007)
• 1929 » Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2008)
• 1929 » Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic
• 1930 » Denis Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and photographer († 2013)
• 1930 » Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author
• 1931 » Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula († 2002)
• 1932 » Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author († 2017)
• 1932 » John Moffat, Danish physicist and academic
• 1932 » Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1933 » Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector († 2004)

• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on October 12, 1931 was between 5.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.