About the day » Thursday December 31, 1931Calender converter

• Emiel Victor Bierinckx, Olen, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe († 2012)
• Duijsens, Sint-Geertruid, Margraten († 1931)
• Aarnout Tevel, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1932)
• Alijda Margaretha Maria Snoeks († 2010)
• Cornelis Johannes van der Mark, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Alijda Margaritha Maria Snoeks, amsterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Eiltje Elske van Dalen, Assen († 1965)
• Elisabeth Maria (Ellen) Wehmeijer-, Berlijn, Duitsland († 1980)
• Cornelia Mourik, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1990)
• Geertje Snel, Amsterdam († 1983)

• Anne van der Zee (58), Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Nijboer (64), Avereest
• Antonius DEKKER (60), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Hollander den (71), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ARIE VAN BEEK (81), RIDDERKERK
• Agatha Elisabeth TOUW (50), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Attje Henrika Stheeman (81), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• arie van BEEK (81), ridderkerk
• Anna Cornelia Jacobs (62), Waspik
• Alice Adelaide Amelia Marie van den Ende (56), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1928 » Ross Barbour, American pop singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Tatyana Shmyga, Russian actress and singer († 2011)
• 1929 » Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host († 2018)
• 1929 » Peter May, English cricketer († 1994)
• 1930 » Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator († 2010)
• 1930 » Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress († 2008)
• 1931 » Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author († 1996)
• 1932 » Don James, American football player and coach († 2013)
• 1932 » Felix Rexhausen, German journalist and author († 1992)
• 1933 » Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor († 2005)

• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)

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.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 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.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

The temperature on December 31, 1931 was between -11.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.