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• Annie Emma Speijers († 1976)
• Alda ROOSEN, Opglabbeek († 2017)
• Hendricus Anthonius van Wijngaarden, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Ettje Nieland, Wieringen (NL) († 2009)
• Cornelis Marius Boet, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2012)
• Geert Hebels, Oldenzaal Overijssel Nederland († 2019)
• Geert Hidding, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1984)
• Hermina Rademaker, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Betty Ann Elsie Hanenburg, Bogus Brook Township, Mille Lacs, Minnesota († 2018)
• Edwin Obbink, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, United States († 2006)

• Adrianus Kouwenberg (65), Grinneken en Bavel
• De Coninck (0), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Beatrix Jennissen (67), Obbicht en Papenhoven, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Jan Hogeboom (43), Best (Br)
• "Jan" Antoni Karol Potulicki (25), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• (88), Zutphen, Nederland
• Aletta Boverman (87), Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arendje van der Meer (40), Oegstgeest, Nederland
• Bento José de Carvalho (83), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Ana Rufina de Almeida (78), Miracatu, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1927 » Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social theorist († 1998)
• 1927 » Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 » Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1928 » Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic († 2012)
• 1930 » Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician († 2000)
• 1930 » Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1931 » Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank
• 1933 » Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian († 1998)
• 1935 » Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician
• 1935 » Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player († 2017)

• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)
• 1937 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)
• 1940 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)

• 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 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• 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.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

The temperature on December 8, 1931 was between 1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.