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• Frederik Bouwman, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Geert Johannes van Zanten, Deventer († 2014)
• Denis Michel André FERLIN, Brest, Département du Finistère, Bretagne, France († 2013)
• Cilia Johanna van den Ham († 2003)
• Frans Jacobs, Groesbeek († 1994)
• Frans van den Boomen, Eindhoven († 1998)
• Garret John DeNoble, Midland Park NJ († 2020)
• Agatha Puiman, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Overmars, Raalte († 1998)
• Fokko Nanno Struik, Rotterdam († 2001)

• Arnoldus van den Heuvel (73), Grave
• Arnoldus Kuijpers (80), Wateringen
• Aaltje Jacoba Zomerman (0), Groningen
• Carel Albertus van Isterdaal (58), Geldrop
• Albert van Zalk (27), Utrecht
• Antonius van Schijndel (88), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Antoinette Scholastique Sarolea (87)
• Abraham Herman Broos (68), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Maria Nobel (39)
• Adriana Schilperoort (72), Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1930 » Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
• 1930 » Hal Smith, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1931 » Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy († 2013)
• 1931 » Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician
• 1932 » Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player († 2008)
• 1932 » Ellen Burstyn, American actress
• 1932 » J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance
• 1932 » Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1932 » Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author
• 1933 » Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)

• 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.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on December 7, 1931 was between -1.4 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.