About the day » Thursday October 8, 1931Calender converter

• Adrianus Otto van der Leer, Hoogvliet († 1999)
• Charles Arthur (Charlie) BEAN, Bolivar Polk County Missouri U.S.A († 2009)
• Adriaan Volker, Sliedrecht († 2007)
• Cornelis Maria VEERMAN, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Nouws, Zundert († 1934)
• Cornelia Adriana Antonia Maria Snoeren, Loon op Zand († 2009)
• Cornelis (kees) Veerman, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2001)
• Dirk Willem Krijgsman, Rotterdam († 1936)
• * Michiel Theodorus Branten, Hedikhuizen († 2014)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Maria van Mol, Udenhout († 1932)

• Annetje van Winkoop (66), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cecile Blanche Lubbock
• Berendina Maris (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Anton Cozijnsen (73), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirkje Govers (81), Den Helder
• Aartje Burgwal (87)
• ARIE JACOB STORM (54), ROTTERDAM
• Anna Petronella Maria van Berkel (1), Waalwijk
• David Adam Miller (87), Jasonville, Greene, Indiana, United States
• Cecil Blanche Lubbock

• 1928 » Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2001)
• 1928 » M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
• 1928 » Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1929 » Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1930 » Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer († 2013)
• 1930 » Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
• 1930 » Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer († 1986)
• 1930 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist († 1996)
• 1931 » Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer († 2004)
• 1932 » Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on October 8, 1931 was between 8.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.