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• van Steenbergen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1931)
• Cornelia Johanna van Vugt, Vlijmen († 2012)
• Donna Conzett, Dubuque,Iowa († 2016)
• Bernardus van Houtum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerlachus Hubertus Louis Soons, Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 2006)
• Alida Jacoba van Ooijen, Geldermalsen († 1932)
• Ernest Norman Wallace [O] "Red" († 1997)
• Helen Louise STRAIN, Osage County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Charley Cecil McDonald, McCormick, McCormick County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2019)
• Bethrina Kooperberg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Antonia Pieternella Treffers (9), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Laan (51), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Houben (52), Obbicht &, Papenhoven
• Antje Vriesinga (81), Franeker, 8801, Nederland
• Catherine Janet Wilson (83), Glen Innes, NSW, Australia
• Clyde Ann PEASLEY (49), Hudsonville Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Antje Vriesinga (81), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Hoppenbrouwers (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Kruithof (53), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba de Looze (86), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author († 2019)
• 1929 » Leon Litwack, American historian and author
• 1930 » David Piper, English race car driver
• 1930 » Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2014)
• 1931 » Edwin Meese, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 75th United States Attorney General
• 1931 » Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Bujinkan
• 1931 » Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1931 » Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer († 1971)
• 1933 » Mike Larrabee, American sprinter and educator († 2003)
• 1933 » Peter Robin Harding, English marshal and pilot

• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)

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 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• 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.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on December 2, 1931 was between 0.4 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.