About the day » Thursday October 29, 1931Calender converter

• Alie Kuipers († 2007)
• Derk Jan Vos, Oranjedorp, Emmen († 2012)
• Afra Maria de Grefte († 2003)
• Elizabeth Huijbregtse, Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1981)
• Antonia Maria Gosens, Ginneken en Bavel († 2013)
• Clasina Isabella Gilden, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Catharina Maria Roovers († 2001)
• Cornelis Valstar, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1996)
• Adrianus VAN DEN BURG, noordwijkerhout, Nederland († 1991)
• August Siebinga, Butler County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1931)

• Alphonsus Augustus De Saintobin (72), Oostende
• Anna Petronella van Gulik (78), Velsen
• Adriana Francina Cornelia Rijnberg (71), Goes
• Anna Petronella van Gulik (78)
• Catharina Soudant (69), Maastricht
• Agnes Ross (64), Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Coenraad Versnel (70), Rotterdam
• Annegien MOLEMA (58), Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Carolina Salomons (88), Rotterdam
• Alfred MARTYER (62), Loos, Province Of Cebu, Visayas Centrales, Philippines

• 1927 » Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
• 1929 » Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia († 2015)
• 1930 » Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter († 2006)
• 1930 » Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer († 1992)
• 1930 » Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter († 2002)
• 1930 » Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
• 1932 » Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
• 1933 » William Harrison, American author and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1935 » David Allen, English cricketer († 2014)
• 1935 » Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer († 2004)

• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)

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 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• 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).
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on October 29, 1931 was between 3.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.