About the day » Wednesday December 2, 1931Calender converter

• Fredericus Joannes Reus, Grootebroek († 2007)
• Clasina Bood, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Dwayne Edward Van Den Berg, St. Lawrence, South Dakota, VS († 2019)
• Constantia Franck, Merksem († 1986)
• Charley Cecil McDonald, McCormick, McCormick County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2019)
• Cornelis Jacobus van Vugt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Arend Zwiers, Oosterhesselen († 2019)
• Arend Zwiers, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelis Muilwijk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Duurt Kraak, Garrelsweer (gem. Eemsdelta)

• Antje Vriesenga (81), Franeker, Waadhoeke, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Joukes van Dijk (55), Menaldumadeel,Friesland,Nederland
• Clyde Ann PEASLEY (49), Hudsonville Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Arthur Alfred GINN (81), Frankford, Tasmania, Australia
• Antje Pieters Vriesinga (81), Franeker
• Antonia Wilhelmina Leeuwendaal (86), Purmerend, Gemeente Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clyde Allen Peasley (49), Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan
• Aafje LAAN (51), Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Antje Vriesinga (81), Franeker, 8801, Nederland
• Carolina Dijkslag (32), Welsum (Gem. Olst)

• 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)

• 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.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.

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.