Today in History for September 1931
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Months in 1931: January February March April May June July August October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 25 of 25
1st - Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & his 6th HR in consec games
10th - Lord Cecil of British Govt says War was never so improbable
11th - Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
12th - 51st US Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott Jr (79 63 97 75)
13th - Capt G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph)
13th - Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
15th - British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
15th - Phila A's clinch pennant, beating Cleveland
16th - Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
16th - St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
17th - 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed
17th - Operetta "Victoria & Her Husband," premieres in London
17th - Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
18th - Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo
19th - 14th PGA Championship: Tom Creavy at Wannamoisett CC Rumford RI
19th - Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria
19th - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
20th - Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
21st - Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20%
24th - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
26th - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
27th - Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
27th - Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's
28th - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
30th - Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 51 of 51
1st - "Boxcar" Willie, singer
1st - Matthew J Rinaldo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1973- )
2nd - Alan K Simpson, minority whip (Sen-R-WY, 1979- )
2nd - Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
3rd - Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings)
3rd - Mitzi Gaynor, Chicago IL, actress/vocalist (Les Girls, South Pacific)
3rd - Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
3rd - Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
6th - Sander M Levin, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1983- )
7th - Al McGuire, US, basketball coach (Marquette)
7th - Charles Camilleri, composer
7th - Cornelis de Wine, graphic artist
8th - John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)
10th - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
11th - Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
12th - George Jones, Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me)
12th - Ian Holm, Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust)
12th - Kristin Hunter, [Eggleston], US author (God Bless the Child)
13th - Barbara Bain, Chic, actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999)
13th - Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952) [or Feb 13]
16th - Jan Johansson, composer
17th - Anne Bancroft, Bronx, actr (Graduate, Miracle Worker)/Mrs Mel Brooks
19th - Brook Benton, soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia)
19th - Ray Danton, NYC, actor/director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer)
19th - Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor
20th - Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker (d. 2006)
21st - Larry Hagman, Fort Worth Tx, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
22nd - Fay Weldon, British feminist
22nd - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
22nd - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
23rd - Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter
23rd - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
24th - Anthony Newley, Engld, actor (Dr Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids)/composer
24th - Brian Glanville, author/journalist
24th - Cardiss Collins, (Rep-D-Illinois, 1973- )
25th - Barbara Walters, Boston Mass, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV)
25th - Patrick WIlliam Walker, British astrologer
25th - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005)
26th - Donald J Pease, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- )
26th - George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers)
26th - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman)
27th - Gerald Warner, deputy secretary (Cabinet Office)
27th - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer
28th - John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist
29th - Anita Ekberg, Malmö Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita)/Miss Sweden (1950)
29th - E S Orr Ewing, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown
29th - Eddie Barth, Phila, actor (Shaft, Simon & Simon)
29th - James Watson Cronin, nuclear physicist
29th - Joseph M McDade, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963- )
30th - Angie Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], Kulm ND, actress (Police Woman)
30th - Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator (Frankfurt, Scotland)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
5th - John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
9th - Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86
10th - Alfonso Randano, composer, dies at 78
10th - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
11th - Salvatore Maranzano, American crime boss (b. 1868)
18th - Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806)
20th - Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
