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• Cornelia Juliana Hoogenes, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Catharina Stuhlmüller, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2019)
• Ciel Koolen, Rozendaal († 1985)
• Catharina Hubertha Maria Juffermans, Leiden († 2003)
• Schenning, Bladel
• Catharina Cornelia Maria van Leeuwen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Bernard Albert Kleinpaste, Lacey, Iowa (VS) († 1938)
• Abraham Vuisje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Bernard Henderikus Berens, Zwartemeer, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Alice Kracht, Liberal Township (Lyon County) (Iowa) († 2023)

• Apolonia Opstal (42), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerhardus Johannes Plattel (60), Zwolle
• Aaltje Linde (73), Zuidwolde,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annetje Doorn (0), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida ter Horst (56), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Borghouts (79), Breda
• Carel Hendricus de Mari (53), Utrecht
• Cornelis Antonie van Dommelen (88), Tilburg
• Catharina Elisabeth Lensing (64), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ebeltje Klok (69), Moline, Dorr Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States

• 1928 » Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician († 2014)
• 1928 » Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1928 » Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener
• 1929 » Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator († 2018)
• 1930 » Larry Austin, American composer and educator
• 1931 » George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1931 » Ian Holm, English actor
• 1932 » Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 2005)
• 1934 » Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player († 2009)
• 1934 » Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic († 2019)

• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (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.
• 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 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.

The temperature on September 12, 1931 was between 2.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.