Today in History for October 1931
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Months in 1931: January February March April May June July August September November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 28 of 28
1st - Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage
1st - World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards
1st - The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
2nd - Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis
4th - Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
4th - Juan Esteban Montero becomes president of Chile
5th - 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
5th - Paul Green's "House of Connelly," premieres in NYC
6th - Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish Natl Solidarists)
7th - 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
10th - A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
10th - St Louis Cards beat Phila A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series
10th - William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds
11th - 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
12th - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
13th - Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in NYC
13th - Noel Cowards "Cavalcade," premieres in London
14th - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
14th - Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State
16th - Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st
17th - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
20th - Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
24th - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
24th - George Washington Bridge connecting NY to NJ opens
26th - Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," premieres in NYC
27th - Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"
29th - Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
30th - W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 44 of 44
1st - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist
1st - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
3rd - Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender
4th - Basil D'Oliveira, cricketer (England all-rounder of late 60's)
4th - Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper
6th - Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist (CBS News, Court TV)
7th - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of S Afr (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
9th - Tony Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair
11th - Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (d. 2000)
12th - Raoul Pleskow, composer
13th - Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/HR hitter (512)
13th - Janice Elliott, novelist
13th - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)
13th - Raymond Kopa, French footballer
14th - Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957)
14th - Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)
15th - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Eleventh President of India
16th - Charles W Colson, presidential adviser (Watergate figure)
16th - Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress and humanitarian
17th - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer
18th - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister (1989-94)
19th - Laszlo Kalmar, composer
19th - John le Carré, English novelist
20th - Ken Morrison, English supermarket maginate/multi-millionaire
20th - Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown)
21st - Jim Parks, cricketer (England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68)
22nd - Hikaru Hayashi, composer
23rd - Diana Dors, [Fluck], Swindon England, actress (Berserk!, Steaming)
23rd - Jim Bunning, Phillies pitcher (perfect Game vs Mets 1965)/(Rep-R-Ky)
23rd - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
24th - Sofiya Asgatovna Gubaydulina, composer
24th - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
25th - Annie Giradot, Paris France, actress (Gypsy, Jacko & Lise)
25th - Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager
26th - Hank Garrett, Monticello NY, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
27th - David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host
27th - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
29th - Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor
30th - David Wilson, director of British Museum (1977-92)
30th - Dick Gautier, LA Calif, actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific)
30th - John Macchia, CA, actor (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party)
31st - Dan Rather, Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes)
31st - David Lumsdaine, composer
31st - Dan Rather, American television journalist
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 12 of 12
2nd - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
3rd - Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66
8th - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)
10th - Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84
13th - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
17th - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)
18th - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
20th - Emanuel Moor, composer, dies at 68
21st - A Schnitzler, writer, dies at 69
24th - Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies
26th - Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
29th - Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38
