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• Bastiaan Groenendijk, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Corrie Broek, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Seters, Maasdijk, Nederland († 2011)
• Dirkje Cornelia Bruijn, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland († 2023)
• Bastiaan van Brakel, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anthony Francis Mecca, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Dirk Wassenaar, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Emelie Robesin, Bavel († 1990)
• Andries Cornelis Klaver, Goes, Gemeente Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Margrete Corneli Ewouds († 1956)

• Aleida-Hendrina Polman (40), Zevenaar
• Aleida Hendrina Pollman (40), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherina Wilhelmina Van Oudheusden (51), 's-Gravenhage
• Américo Martins dos Santos (79), Santos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Belle Reed (31), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States of America
• van der Steeg, Kollumerland c.a,, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafje van den Bosch (85), Rijnsburg
• Charles S Capito (83), Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
• Adrianus Voogd (0), Monster
• Anna Martena (73), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1928 » Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer († 2011)
• 1928 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor († 1995)
• 1930 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor († 1987)
• 1930 » Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 2004)
• 1930 » Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 1996)
• 1931 » Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician († 2004)
• 1931 » Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB († 2007)
• 1931 » Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator († 2013)
• 1932 » Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
• 1933 » Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic († 2011)

• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)

• 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 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
• March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
• 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.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on September 23, 1931 was between 3.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.