Today in History for December 1931
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Months in 1931: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Results 1 - 28 of 28
1st - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
3rd - Alka Seltzer goes on sale
4th - "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
5th - CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
7th - Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
8th - Coaxial cable patented
9th - Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC
9th - Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
9th - Spain becomes a republic
9th - Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
10th - Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
10th - Manuel Azaña becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain
11th - Japan leaves the Golden Standard
11th - Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
12th - Japanese Govt of Imukai forms
14th - 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
16th - German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
19th - Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG
19th - Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
25th - Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
25th - Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria v Tas at Hobart
25th - NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
26th - George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in NYC
26th - Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy
26th - SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten
28th - Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China
29th - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
29th - Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 46 of 46
1st - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
1st - Jim Nesbitt, singer (d. 2007)
2nd - Edwin Meese III, prude, US attorney General (1985-88)
2nd - Hatsumi Masaaki, Founder and head of the Bujinkan Dojo organization
3rd - Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)
3rd - Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol)
3rd - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author
4th - Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
4th - Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003)
6th - Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (d. 1996)
8th - Rudolf Komorous, composer
9th - William Reynolds, American actor
9th - Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor
11th - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich
11th - Richard Devon, Glendale CA, actor (Battle of Blood Island)
11th - Rita Moreno, [Rosa Dolores Alverio], Humacao PR, (West Side Story)
12th - Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer (Spotlight)
14th - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002)
15th - Evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day)
17th - Yvonne Keuls, [Bamberg], Dutch writer (Jan Rap & Co)
17th - Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor
18th - Gunnel Lindblom, Goeteborg Sweden, actor (Hunger, Virgin Spring)
18th - Noel McGregor, cricketer (batted in 25 Tests for NZ 1955-65)
18th - Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager
18th - Alison Plowden, English historian (d. 2007)
20th - Mala Powers, American film actress (d. 2007)
21st - Caroline Kaart, [Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer
21st - David Baker, Indianapolis Indiana, composer (Reflections)
23rd - Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World)
24th - Jill Bennett, Penang Malay, actress (Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle)
24th - Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
25th - Carlos Castaneda, US, writer/mystic (Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within)
25th - Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker
26th - Thomas Eden Binkley, musician
26th - Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter (Soldier of Orange)
27th - Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis)
28th - Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance
28th - Guy Debord, situationist
28th - John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer
29th - Barbara Steele, England, actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows)
29th - Prince Gu of Korea, Korean royalty (d. 2005)
30th - Charles A Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut
30th - Richard Christ, writer
30th - Skeeter Davis, [Mary Penick], Dry Ridge Ky, singer (End of World)
31st - Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author (Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo)
31st - Bob Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1996)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 11 of 11
2nd - Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80
5th - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
10th - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
13th - Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)
16th - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
18th - John T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster, murdered at 35
23rd - Wilson Bentley, American scientist (b. 1865)
26th - Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
27th - Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
27th - Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
30th - Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62
