About the day » Monday December 21, 1931Calender converter

• Baudouin Jean Marie Etienne HAGE GOETSBLOETS, Hasselt (Limburg) (B) († 2007)
• Anne Smit, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2014)
• Don Lee Christensen, Richfield SE, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Bernarda Theodora Everdina Boland, Dinxperlo († 1981)
• Albertus Meiboom, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Cornelis du Pree, den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Annie Ogink († 2019)
• Caroline Raitt, Blackness, Schotland († 2020)
• Christien BRUNOT, Pangkalpniang, Sumatra († 2012)
• Clazinus Marie van Tilborg, Schiedam († 2000)

• Aartje Cornelia KOOIJ (41)
• Anna Hendrika VAN MARIS (43), Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Baukje Lykles WIERINGA (78), Bozum (Baarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Christina Knies (63), Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA
• Aartje Cornelia Kooij (Kooy) (41), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Aplonia Geertruij van der Waal (70), Newaygo, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• anna hendrika van maris (50), helden
• Caroline Cristadoro (74), Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, Verenigde Staten
• Bruin Bruinsma (76), Noord (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aplonia Geertruij Geertruida van der Waal (70), Newaygo, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1932 » Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
• 1932 » U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic († 2014)
• 1933 » Jackie Hendriks, Jamaican cricketer
• 1933 » Robert Worcester, American businessman and academic, founded MORI
• 1934 » Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
• 1934 » Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer († 2016)
• 1935 » Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, 22nd Governor General of Canada
• 1935 » John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer († 2017)
• 1935 » Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver († 1967)
• 1935 » Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer

• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)

• 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.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• 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.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.

The temperature on December 21, 1931 was between -1.2 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.