About the day » Thursday December 17, 1931Calender converter

• Frans Slump, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Bernard Dougles Potgeter, Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Cornelis Hendricus Witte, "Groenendaal"Texel († 2012)
• Annie de La Grandière, La Jumellière, Maine-et-Loire, France († 2008)
• Elisabeth (Bep) Verboven, Woensdrecht († 2014)
• Catherina Hendrika (Ina) Jansen, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Cornelis Hendricus Witte, de hoeve 'Groenendaal' in De Westen (Texel) († 2012)
• Eleanor Applegarth, Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio († 1988)
• Cornelis Adrianus (Cor) Jacobusz vork, De Kwakel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Frans Van Straalen († 2013)

• Catherine Elizabeth Ramaekers (35), Humphrey, Platte, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Willem Wagenaar (28), Utrecht
• Antje van Seventer (70), Bunnik
• ALEXANDER POPE BEAM (79)
• Adriana Sonneveld (77)
• Bernardus Henderikus DIJCK (38), Emmen
• Amanda Elizabeth Frogge (64), Liberty, Warren County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Anthony Telker (0)
• Berentien Haasken (66), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Maat (62), Barneveld

• 1928 » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » William Safire, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1930 » Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter
• 1930 » Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse († 2010)
• 1930 » Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author († 2019)
• 1931 » Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor († 2014)
• 1931 » Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer († 2011)
• 1931 » James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist
• 1932 » John Bond, English footballer and manager († 2012)

• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)

• 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 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

The temperature on December 17, 1931 was between -2.0 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.