About the day » Friday December 18, 1931Calender converter

• Dirk van Wijk, Hardinxveld († 1932)
• Geertruida Johanna Petronella Goorman, Eersel († 2017)
• Elnora (Lenore) Weddle [WkWkWkWk], Pulaski County, Kentucky († 2002)
• Dirksje Jannigje Rijsdijk, Zwijndrecht († 2006)
• Gerarda Johanna (Zus) Verschuren, Vlijmen († 2016)
• Alberdina Aleida Horsman, hardenberg († 2008)
• Cornelis Abraham J. Knoppert, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Catharina Cornelia LANSER, Medemblik († 2018)
• Abraham Companje, Rotterdam († 1937)
• Edna Marie TREMBATH, Waihi, Coromandel, New Zealand († 2001)

• Bart Koster (52), Alteveer, Hoogeveen
• Anna Wilhelmina Margaretha Dekker (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus, Ludovicus Dupont (64), Zwijndrecht, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Rensen (63), Wormerveer, Nederland
• Antonie Peters (85), Voorst
• Aaltje van Dijk (68), Delft, Nederland
• Atze Idzes van der Ploeg (86), Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Vonder (40), Zwolle
• Adriana Schaap (64), Haarlem
• Alkina Vegter (42), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1928 » Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author († 2003)
• 1929 » Gino Cimoli, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1929 » Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal († 2013)
• 1930 » Moose Skowron, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1931 » Alison Plowden, English historian and author († 2007)
• 1931 » Allen Klein, American businessman and music publisher († 2009)
• 1931 » Bill Thompson, American television host († 2014)
• 1932 » Norm Provan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and businessman
• 1932 » Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1933 » Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist († 2017)

• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)

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.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
• 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 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.

The temperature on December 18, 1931 was between -4.7 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.