About the day » Saturday January 31, 2009Calender converter

• Constance Emillie Van Asdonck (91), Hengelo, Nederland
• Dorothy Margaret Edwards (77)
• Cornelie Rademakers (79), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
• Elisabeth SCHOLL (82), Stolberg,52222,Städteregion Aachen,NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN,DEUTSCHLAND
• Chantal Zonneveld
• Delores B Doorn (84), Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Adriana van Venrooij (83), Reeuwijk, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Edgard Robert Audenaerd (88), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Curtis Ray Bullock (75), Shepherd, San Jacinto, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Klaij (88), Hoorn N-H

• 1986 » George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer
• 1986 » Megan Ellison, American film producer, founded Annapurna Pictures
• 1986 » Walter Dix, American sprinter
• 1987 » Marcus Mumford, American-English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Brett Pitman, English footballer
• 1988 » Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Jacob Markström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1990 » Jacopo Fortunato, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Kota Yabu, Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, model, actor
• 1994 » Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer

• 2006 » Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944)
• 2008 » František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921)
• 2011 » Mark Ryan, English guitarist and playwright (b. 1959)
• 2012 » Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (b. 1910)
• 2012 » Mani Ram Bagri, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Tristram Potter Coffin, American author, scholar, and academic (b. 1922)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Jesse
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Tim
11. Jan
12. Lars
13. Mitchel
14. Luuk
15. Jayden
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Sanne
9. Anne
10. Charlotte
11. Noor
12. Isa
13. Lisa
14. Evi
15. Lotte
16. Delphine

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 26 » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
• February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
• March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
• August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
• September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• September 28 » The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.

The temperature on January 31, 2009 was between -2.6 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.