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• Keijzer, Limmen († 1931)
• Adriaan Adriaanse, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 2015)
• Benjamin van den Braber, Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Divera Lucia van de Nes, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Antonius van Uden († 2016)
• Geertruida Jantje Nippérus († 2020)
• Dolores Elizabeth Todd, Fresno, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Gerard Slegers († 2018)
• Antoon Marie Joseph Ophelders, Spaubeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Everarda Hendrica Nijhof, Laren († 2012)

• Arie Lodder (59), Zeist, Nederland
• Christina Lemmen (75), Horst
• Caroline Helder (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Both (94), Groningen
• Aaltje Bos (0), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Clasina Catharina an die *van Dam (43), Haarlem, N-H, NL
• Cornelia Margrietha de Borst (53), Rotterdam
• Adriana Alida Wesdorp (51), Schiedam
• Anna Hendrika Egas (29), Gorinchem
• Adriana Zoest van (74), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utr, Nederland

• 1926 » Robert Bly, American poet and essayist
• 1929 » Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer († 1988)
• 1929 » Dick Weber, American professional bowler († 2005)
• 1932 » Richard Clark Barkley, American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany († 2015)
• 1933 » Akihito, Japanese emperor
• 1933 » Noella Leduc, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1935 » Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1935 » Esther Phillips, American R&B singer († 1984)
• 1935 » Johnny Kidd, English rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1966)
• 1935 » Paul Hornung, American football player and sportscaster

• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on December 23, 1931 was between -6.8 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.