About the day » Sunday November 1, 1931Calender converter

• Ad Leermakers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Cornelis Bruin, Scheveningen († 2021)
• Albertje Steenbergen, Stadskanaal, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1977)
• Clara Sophia Henriette Rombouts, Zundert († 2000)
• Geesje Nentjes, Urk, Nederland († 2014)
• Aan Hamstra, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Bertha Martens, Genk, Limburg, België († 2000)
• Donald H Borcherding († 2000)
• Adrianus Jacobus Leermakers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Catharina Hilgonda van Thiel, Tasik Malaja (Ned. Indië) († 1946)

• Arie van Soest (74), Dodewaard
• Arie van Soest (74), Dodewaard
• Anne Rachel Glass (61), Melbourne, Victoria
• Adriana Luitjes (3)
• Alida (Aaltje) Jonk (66), Volendam, Nederland
• Anthonia Uijttewaal (3)
• Adrianus den Jong (78), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Annaatje Boon (70), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobusd Jonk (66), Volendam, nh.nld
• Angeniete Floor (84), 's-Gravenhage

• 1928 » James Bradford, American weightlifter († 2013)
• 1929 » Nicholas Mavroules, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1930 » A. R. Gurney, American playwright and author († 2017)
• 1930 » Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1931 » Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1931 » Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer
• 1931 » Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestler and coach († 1972)
• 1932 » Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1932 » Francis Arinze, Nigerian cardinal
• 1933 » Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager († 2012)

• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)

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.
• January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on November 1, 1931 was between 1.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.