05 Jan 1931
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1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
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06 Jan 1931
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Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. |
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07 Jan 1931
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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. |
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08 Jan 1931
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Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
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10 Jan 1931
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Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montr
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16 Jan 1931
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Bradman scores 223 Australia vs West Indies, 297 minutes, 26 fours
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21 Jan 1931
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Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. |
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22 Jan 1931
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French government of Steeg falls
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22 Jan 1931
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VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
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26 Jan 1931
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Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
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26 Jan 1931
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Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs" premieres in New York City NY
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28 Jan 1931
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Bradman scores 220 New South Wales vs Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours
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30 Jan 1931
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Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater
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31 Jan 1931
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Philip Barry's "Tomorrow & Tomorrow" premieres in New York City NY
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02 Feb 1931
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1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
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02 Feb 1931
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1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
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03 Feb 1931
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Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
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03 Feb 1931
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The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. |
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04 Feb 1931
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National League adopts a deader baseball
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05 Feb 1931
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Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
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07 Feb 1931
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US opera, "Peter Ibbetson, " by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera, New York City
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08 Feb 1931
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Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
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10 Feb 1931
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Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Harts premieres in New York City
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10 Feb 1931
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New Delhi becomes capital of India
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13 Feb 1931
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New Delhi becomes the capital of British Raj. |
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14 Feb 1931
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Bradman scores 152 Australia vs West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
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14 Feb 1931
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Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
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15 Feb 1931
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1st Dracula movie released
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15 Feb 1931
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Spring training site of New York Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
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16 Feb 1931
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Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes President of Finland
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17 Feb 1931
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1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
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17 Feb 1931
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Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
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20 Feb 1931
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The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California. |
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20 Feb 1931
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Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
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21 Feb 1931
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Alka Seltzer introduced
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21 Feb 1931
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Chicago White Sox & New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game
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28 Feb 1931
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Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
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28 Feb 1931
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Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
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03 Mar 1931
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"Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
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03 Mar 1931
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The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem. |
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04 Mar 1931
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Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as West Indies win the Test
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04 Mar 1931
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West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
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05 Mar 1931
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Gandhi and British Viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact
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05 Mar 1931
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The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population. |
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10 Mar 1931
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British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
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11 Mar 1931
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Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union. |
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14 Mar 1931
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Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. |
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14 Mar 1931
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1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York NY)
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15 Mar 1931
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SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board. |
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16 Mar 1931
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Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands)
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17 Mar 1931
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Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
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18 Mar 1931
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1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
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18 Mar 1931
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Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
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19 Mar 1931
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Gambling is legalized in Nevada. |
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19 Mar 1931
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Nevada legalizes gambling
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20 Mar 1931
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Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin
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21 Mar 1931
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KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
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21 Mar 1931
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US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson
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21 Mar 1931
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US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner
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23 Mar 1931
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Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian struggle for independence. |
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25 Mar 1931
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The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. |
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25 Mar 1931
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Hal Kemp & his Orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
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25 Mar 1931
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Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama
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26 Mar 1931
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Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio
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26 Mar 1931
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Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam. |
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26 Mar 1931
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Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland. |
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26 Mar 1931
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Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
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26 Mar 1931
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New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies
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27 Mar 1931
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Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor
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27 Mar 1931
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John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on
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31 Mar 1931
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TWA Flight 599 crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne. |
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31 Mar 1931
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An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000. |
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01 Apr 1931
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Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
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01 Apr 1931
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Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
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02 Apr 1931
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Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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06 Apr 1931
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1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
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06 Apr 1931
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1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
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07 Apr 1931
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Seals Stadium opens in San Francisco
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08 Apr 1931
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"White Horse Inn" opens in London
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09 Apr 1931
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Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Montreal Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
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12 Apr 1931
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Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager
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12 Apr 1931
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Spanish voters reject the monarchy
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14 Apr 1931
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2
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14 Apr 1931
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First edition of The Highway Code published in Great Britain. |
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14 Apr 1931
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The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic. |
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14 Apr 1931
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Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
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15 Apr 1931
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The 1st walk across America backwards began
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20 Apr 1931
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35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Massachusetts in 2:46:45.8
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20 Apr 1931
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British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
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22 Apr 1931
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Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
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26 Apr 1931
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Lou Gehrig hits a homerun but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him American League home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season
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27 Apr 1931
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28 Apr 1931
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Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field
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29 Apr 1931
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Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
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01 May 1931
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event
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Empire State Building opens in New York City
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01 May 1931
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event
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Norway claims Peter I Island
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01 May 1931
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Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
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01 May 1931
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The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. |
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04 May 1931
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Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish President
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08 May 1931
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event
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Operette "Land of Smiles, " premieres in London
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09 May 1931
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57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
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10 May 1931
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event
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Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington, New Jersey
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11 May 1931
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event
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Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
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13 May 1931
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Paul Doumer elected President of France
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14 May 1931
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event
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Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. |
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15 May 1931
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
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16 May 1931
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57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins in 2:01.8
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19 May 1931
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Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
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21 May 1931
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Belgian Government of Jaspar falls
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22 May 1931
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Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida
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23 May 1931
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Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
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24 May 1931
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1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
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27 May 1931
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1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia
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27 May 1931
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event
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Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
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27 May 1931
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Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon; 1st use of pressurized cabin in a balloon
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29 May 1931
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Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini. |
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30 May 1931
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Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
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01 Jun 1931
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event
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Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
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05 Jun 1931
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Jules Renkin becomes Premier of Belgium
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06 Jun 1931
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event
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"There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1
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06 Jun 1931
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Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians
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08 Jun 1931
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Duke and Duchess of Kent wed
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08 Jun 1931
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event
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Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo
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09 Jun 1931
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event
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1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
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09 Jun 1931
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1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
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10 Jun 1931
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Norway occupies East-Greenland
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12 Jun 1931
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event
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Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
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13 Jun 1931
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event
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63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6
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14 Jun 1931
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event
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French "St Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450
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14 Jun 1931
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Reinhard Heydrichs 1st meeting with Himmler
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15 Jun 1931
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event
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Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann, retire from baseball
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15 Jun 1931
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Poland and the USSR sign friendship and trade treaty
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16 Jun 1931
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event
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Austrian government of Ender falls
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19 Jun 1931
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event
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1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven, Connecticut
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20 Jun 1931
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event
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Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian
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22 Jun 1931
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event
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RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
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23 Jun 1931
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event
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Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. |
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23 Jun 1931
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event
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Wiley Post & Harold Catty took off for flight around world
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24 Jun 1931
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event
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USSR and Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty
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27 Jun 1931
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event
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3rd Ryder Cup: US, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club - Ohio
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29 Jun 1931
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event
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Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
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29 Jun 1931
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event
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01 Jul 1931
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event
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
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01 Jul 1931
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event
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Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents
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01 Jul 1931
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event
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Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs. Chicago Cubs
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01 Jul 1931
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event
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Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
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01 Jul 1931
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event
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United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport). |
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03 Jul 1931
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event
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51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
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03 Jul 1931
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event
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Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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04 Jul 1931
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event
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1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
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04 Jul 1931
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event
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1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
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06 Jul 1931
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event
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35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
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11 Jul 1931
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event
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New York Giants beat Phillies 23-8
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12 Jul 1931
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event
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45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32
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12 Jul 1931
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event
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Cubs & Cards hit a record 23 doubles in a game (2nd game of DH)
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16 Jul 1931
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event
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Emperor Haile Selassie I signs the first constitution of Ethiopia. |
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18 Jul 1931
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event
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1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
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21 Jul 1931
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event
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Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering
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23 Jul 1931
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event
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Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia
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23 Jul 1931
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event
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France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics
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24 Jul 1931
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event
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
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24 Jul 1931
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event
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A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people. |
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27 Jul 1931
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event
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Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops
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28 Jul 1931
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event
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Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem
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28 Jul 1931
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event
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White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12
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31 Jul 1931
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event
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New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS) begins broadcasts. |
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02 Aug 1931
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event
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Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status
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05 Aug 1931
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event
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Detroit Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
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08 Aug 1931
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event
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Washingston Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
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12 Aug 1931
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event
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Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
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13 Aug 1931
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event
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Cin Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6
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15 Aug 1931
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event
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Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as Assistant Secretary
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15 Aug 1931
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event
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Spakenburg soccer team forms
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15 Aug 1931
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event
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Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
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18 Aug 1931
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event
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Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
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19 Aug 1931
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event
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Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game
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20 Aug 1931
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event
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45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61)
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21 Aug 1931
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event
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Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
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21 Aug 1931
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event
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Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR (Yanks beat Browns 11-7)
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23 Aug 1931
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event
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45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)
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23 Aug 1931
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event
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Philadelphia Athletics Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
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24 Aug 1931
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event
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France and the USSR sign neutrality / no attack treaty
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28 Aug 1931
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event
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France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression. |
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01 Sep 1931
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event
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Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th HR in consecutive games
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10 Sep 1931
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event
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Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable
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11 Sep 1931
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event
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Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Lucky Luciano's hitmen. |
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12 Sep 1931
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event
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51st US Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott Jr (79 63 97 75)
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13 Sep 1931
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event
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Captain G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 km/h)
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13 Sep 1931
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event
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Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
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15 Sep 1931
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event
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British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
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15 Sep 1931
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event
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Philadelphia Athletics clinch pennant, beating Cleveland
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16 Sep 1931
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event
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Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
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16 Sep 1931
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event
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St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
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17 Sep 1931
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event
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1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed
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17 Sep 1931
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event
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Operetta "Victoria & Her Husband, " premieres in London
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17 Sep 1931
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event
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Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
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18 Sep 1931
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event
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Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo
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18 Sep 1931
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event
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The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. |
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19 Sep 1931
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event
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14th PGA Championship: Tom Creavy at Wannamoisett Country Club - Rumford, Rhode Island
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19 Sep 1931
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event
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Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria
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19 Sep 1931
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event
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Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
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21 Sep 1931
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event
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Britain abandons gold standard / pound devalues 20%
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21 Sep 1931
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event
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Britain goes off the gold standard
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26 Sep 1931
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event
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Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
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27 Sep 1931
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event
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Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
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27 Sep 1931
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event
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Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game
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28 Sep 1931
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event
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Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
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30 Sep 1931
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event
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Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa. |
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01 Oct 1931
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event
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Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage
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01 Oct 1931
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event
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The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens. |
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01 Oct 1931
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event
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Spain adopted women's suffrage. |
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02 Oct 1931
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event
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Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis
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04 Oct 1931
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event
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Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
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04 Oct 1931
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event
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Juan Esteban Montero becomes President of Chile
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05 Oct 1931
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event
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1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon & Pangborn)
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06 Oct 1931
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event
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Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists)
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07 Oct 1931
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event
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1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York
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10 Oct 1931
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event
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St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series
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10 Oct 1931
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event
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AJ Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
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11 Oct 1931
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event
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100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
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12 Oct 1931
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event
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1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
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14 Oct 1931
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event
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1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
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14 Oct 1931
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event
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Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State
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16 Oct 1931
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event
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Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops first
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17 Oct 1931
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event
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Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. |
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17 Oct 1931
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Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
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20 Oct 1931
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Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
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21 Oct 1931
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The Sakurakai, a secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army, launches an abortive coup d'état attempt. |
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24 Oct 1931
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Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
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24 Oct 1931
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George Washington Bridge connecting New York to New Jersey opens
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24 Oct 1931
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The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic. |
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27 Oct 1931
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Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2
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30 Oct 1931
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W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Nov 1931
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Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
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03 Nov 1931
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1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
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11 Nov 1931
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Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veterans Building
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12 Nov 1931
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Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
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12 Nov 1931
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NHL's Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto, Leafs beat Black Hawks 2-1
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13 Nov 1931
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Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
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14 Nov 1931
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Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
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17 Nov 1931
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Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
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20 Nov 1931
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Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
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23 Nov 1931
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Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
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30 Nov 1931
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Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire
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01 Dec 1931
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Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
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03 Dec 1931
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Alka Seltzer goes on sale
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04 Dec 1931
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"Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
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05 Dec 1931
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CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
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05 Dec 1931
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed by an order of Joseph Stalin. |
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07 Dec 1931
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Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
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08 Dec 1931
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Coaxial cable patented
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09 Dec 1931
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Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
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09 Dec 1931
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Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
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09 Dec 1931
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Spain becomes a Republic
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09 Dec 1931
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The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic. |
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10 Dec 1931
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Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
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10 Dec 1931
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Manuel Aza
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11 Dec 1931
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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. |
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11 Dec 1931
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British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfoundland
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11 Dec 1931
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Japan leaves the Golden Standard
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12 Dec 1931
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Japanese Government of Imukai forms
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14 Dec 1931
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1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
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16 Dec 1931
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German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
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19 Dec 1931
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Bradman scores 112 Australia vs South Africa at cricket SCG
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19 Dec 1931
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Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
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25 Dec 1931
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New York's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
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25 Dec 1931
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Albert Lonergan scores 137 South Africa vs Queensland at Adelaide before 5,697
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25 Dec 1931
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Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs Tas at Hobart
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26 Dec 1931
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Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Broadway
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26 Dec 1931
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George/Ira Gershwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" premieres on Broadway
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26 Dec 1931
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SS-Sturmbannf
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28 Dec 1931
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Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China
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29 Dec 1931
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Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
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29 Dec 1931
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Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat New South Wales
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