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Months in 1931: January February March April May June July September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 16 of 16

2nd - Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status
5th - Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
8th - Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
12th - Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
13th - Cin Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6
15th - Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
15th - Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary
15th - Spakenburg soccer team forms
18th - Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
19th - Lefty Grove wins AL record tying 16th consecutive game
20th - 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61)
21st - Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
23rd - 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)
23rd - Count Gyula Károlyi becomes premier of Hungary
23rd - Phila A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
24th - France & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 51 of 51

1st - Lucien E Blackwell, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
1st - Monty Losowsky, prof of medicine (St James University England)
1st - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, rocker
1st - Sean O Riada, composer
1st - Trevor Goddard, cricketer (S African opening batsman & opening bowler)
2nd - Eddie Fuller, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58)
2nd - Henryck Schiller, composer
2nd - Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
2nd - Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
2nd - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)
2nd - Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop
3rd - Alex Cord, [Viespi], NYC, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum)
4th - Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)
7th - Charles E. Rice, American legal scholar and author
8th - Jonathan Elkus, composer
9th - Mark Weinberg, South African/British fiancier/multi-millionaire
9th - Chuck Essegian, American baseball player
12th - William Goldman, author (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
13th - Bernard Manning, British comedian
13th - Norman Read, NZ, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1956)
13th - Roy Evans, general sect (British Iron & Steel Trade Confederation)
14th - Frederic Raphael, writer (After the War, California Time)
14th - Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member (WIC)
15th - Janice Rule, Norwood Ohio, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife)
15th - Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer
17th - Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Fran, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1956) [or 1/1/21]
18th - Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense (D66)
18th - Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvation Army general
18th - Dick White, English footballer
19th - Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
20th - Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)
20th - Don King, boxing promoter best known for his association with Mike Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles
21st - Gregg Smith, composer
21st - Nancy Hadley, LA Calif, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show)
23rd - Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
25th - Regis Philbin, host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
26th - Dane Skerl, composer
26th - Gordon Greig, journalist
26th - Guy Vander Jagt, (Rep-R-MI, 1966- )
27th - Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)
27th - Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
28th - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
28th - John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice)
28th - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario
29th - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
29th - Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
30th - Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)
30th - John Leonard Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
31st - Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
31st - Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups)
31st - Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 10 of 10

4th - Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
5th - Ullrich Haupt, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), dies at 43
6th - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
7th - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
20th - Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
27th - Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies
27th - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
27th - Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
29th - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder
31st - Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies