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• * Maria Johanna Theresia Oleta (Ria) van Bijsterveldt, Diessen († 2011)
• Giel SMID, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Charles Joseph Myers, Columbus, Stillwater, Montana († 1994)
• Berendina Johanna Loohuis, Oldenzaal († 2023)
• Ariea Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonius Gerardus Lambertus ( Ton ) VLEUGELS, Maastricht († 2002)
• Feije van der Werf († 1994)
• Adrianus Blik († 1995)
• Dirk W. van Delden († 2009)
• Geertruida Cornelia Assink, Hengelo († 1992)

• Anna Maria Gerritdina Pasman (41), Ermelo
• Antonie van Ganswijk (81), Putten
• Aulizia Cavalcanti Lins de Albuquerque (88), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anna Maria Leenders (88), Beek, Ubbergen
• Antonet Geeven (57), Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Tijsselink (55)
• Archibald McMaster (70)
• Kramer (0), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Bers (91), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Maria Cornelia van der Palen (8), Eindhoven

• 1927 » B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist († 2015)
• 1929 » Will Insley, American painter and architect († 2011)
• 1930 » FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat († 2000)
• 1931 » A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India († 2015)
• 1931 » Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
• 1932 » Jaan Rääts, Estonian guitarist and composer
• 1933 » Nicky Barnes, American drug lord († 2012)
• 1934 » Alan Elsdon, English trumpet player († 2016)
• 1934 » N. Ramani, Indian flute player († 2015)
• 1935 » Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)

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 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

The temperature on October 15, 1931 was between 5.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.