1931 - What happened in 1931 ?

January 1931

Tuesday 06:

Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

Thursday 22:

Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

February 1931

Tuesday 03:

258 die in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, the Napier earthquake.

Tuesday 10:

New Delhi becomes the capital of India.

Friday 20:

California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

March 1931

Tuesday 03:

The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem.

Thursday 05:

Daniel Salamanca Urey is named President of Bolivia.

Thursday 19:

Gambling is legalized in Nevada.

Monday 23:

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.

Wednesday 25:

The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

April 1931

Monday 06:

Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network of NBC.

Tuesday 14:

Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.

May 1931

Friday 01:

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

Thursday 14:

Ådalen shootings, five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union manifestation.

June 1931

Friday 12:

Charlie Parker equals cricket record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets. Tich Freeman reaches 100 wickets a day later.

Tuesday 23:

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Wiley_Post/EX27.htm

July 1931

Wednesday 01:

Official opening of Milan Central Station.

Wednesday 15:

Kid Chocolate becomes Cuba's first world boxing champion.

Tuesday 21:

CBS's New York City station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U. S.

Friday 24:

A fire at a home for aged people in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.

August 1931

Monday 24:

Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

Monday 31:

Production of Ford Motor Company's Model A ends, with 4.3 million produced.

September 1931

Friday 11:

Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.

Tuesday 15:

In Scotland, the two-day Invergordon Mutiny against Royal Navy pay cuts begins.

Friday 18:

Mukden Incident, a.k.a "9.18 Incident". After that, Japan occupied Manchuria.

October 1931

Thursday 01:

The original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.

Wednesday 07:

First infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York.

Saturday 17:

Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion

December 1931

Wednesday 09:

Spain becomes a republic

Friday 11:

Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Newfoundland

Saturday 26:

Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity was founded