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• Clara Jacoba Theresia Maria Holierhoek, Schiedam († 2000)
• Andries (Bob) van Maaren, Deventer
• Antonius Cornelis van Ginneken, Oosterhout († 2007)
• Antoon Marinus Slierendrecht, "s-Gravenhage († 2013)
• Cornelia S C Cools, Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1982)
• Apolonia Adriana Verhoeven, Leiden († 1931)
• Andries van Maaren, Deventer
• Aaldrik Kapma, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aukje de Vree, Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Count Johannes of Marenzi-Tagliuno-Talgate, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1994)

• Catharina van der Putten (43), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana Schreijenberg (69), Middelburg
• Alexander Johannes Wijskamp (51), Stokkum
• Adriaan Hombergen (81), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina van der Putte(n) (43), Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Francisca VANBELLEGHEM (77), Moerkerke,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Christiaan Hoekman (80), Rotterdam
• Cornelia KWANTES (29), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Teunis Pronk (2), Scheveningen
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• 1929 » Jean Chapman, English author
• 1929 » Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress († 2012)
• 1930 » Christopher Foster, English economist and academic
• 1930 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer († 1956)
• 1930 » Don Meineke, American basketball player († 2013)
• 1930 » Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer († 1992)
• 1931 » David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
• 1931 » Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician († 2014)
• 1932 » Barun De, Indian historian and author († 2013)
• 1932 » Louis Malle, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1910 » Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1912 » Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (b. 1840)
• 1912 » James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1917 » Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1919 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)

• 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 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

The temperature on October 30, 1931 was between 0.8 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.