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

Historical Events

Results 201 - 267 of 267

Oct 5th - Paul Green's "House of Connelly," premieres in NYC
Oct 6th - Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish Natl Solidarists)
Oct 7th - 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
Oct 10th - A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
Oct 10th - St Louis Cards beat Phila A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series
Oct 10th - William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds
Oct 11th - 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
Oct 12th - 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
Oct 13th - Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in NYC
Oct 13th - Noel Cowards "Cavalcade," premieres in London
Oct 14th - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
Oct 14th - Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State
Oct 16th - Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st
Oct 17th - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
Oct 20th - Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
Oct 24th - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
Oct 24th - George Washington Bridge connecting NY to NJ opens
Oct 26th - Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," premieres in NYC
Oct 27th - Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"
Oct 29th - Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
Oct 30th - W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Nov 1st - Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
Nov 2nd - Warren, Dixon & Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in NYC
Nov 3rd - 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
Nov 4th - Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris
Nov 7th - Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung
Nov 11th - Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building
Nov 12th - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
Nov 12th - Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in London
Nov 13th - Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st US woman senator
Nov 14th - Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
Nov 17th - Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
Nov 20th - Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
Nov 22nd - Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres
Nov 23rd - Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
Nov 27th - 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day
Nov 28th - Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v S Afr
Nov 30th - Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire
Nov 30th - His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI
Dec 1st - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
Dec 3rd - Alka Seltzer goes on sale
Dec 4th - "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
Dec 5th - CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
Dec 7th - Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
Dec 8th - Coaxial cable patented
Dec 9th - Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC
Dec 9th - Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
Dec 9th - Spain becomes a republic
Dec 9th - Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
Dec 10th - Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 10th - Manuel Azaña becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain
Dec 11th - Japan leaves the Golden Standard
Dec 11th - Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
Dec 12th - Japanese Govt of Imukai forms
Dec 14th - 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
Dec 16th - German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
Dec 19th - Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG
Dec 19th - Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
Dec 25th - Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
Dec 25th - Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria v Tas at Hobart
Dec 25th - NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
Dec 26th - George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in NYC
Dec 26th - Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy
Dec 26th - SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten
Dec 28th - Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China
Dec 29th - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
Dec 29th - Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW

Famous Birthdays

Results 201 - 300 of 663

Apr 4th - Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian
Apr 4th - Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
Apr 4th - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
Apr 5th - Denis Lawton, director (London University Institute of Educ)
Apr 6th - Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
Apr 6th - Joan Carlyle, British soprano
Apr 7th - Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
Apr 7th - Donald Barthelme, Phila Pa, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
Apr 9th - Bill Gilbert, Wash DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)
Apr 9th - Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
Apr 9th - Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
Apr 10th - Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet
Apr 11th - Johnny Sheffield, Pasadena Calif, actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son)
Apr 11th - Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
Apr 12th - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
Apr 12th - Martin Boykan, composer
Apr 12th - Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
Apr 13th - Beverley Cross, playwright
Apr 13th - Michael Burchill, actor
Apr 13th - Jon Stone, co-creator of Sesame Street (d. 1997)
Apr 14th - Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
Apr 15th - Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC governor (Ireland)
Apr 16th - Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
Apr 17th - Joan Clague, director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation)
Apr 17th - John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
Apr 17th - John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor (London)
Apr 17th - Joyce Molyneux, chef
Apr 17th - Ruth Etchells, principal (St John's College-Durham)
Apr 18th - Klas Lestander, Sweden, 20K biathlon (Olympic-gold-1960)
Apr 19th - Alex Webster, football coach (NY Giants)
Apr 19th - Denis Henry, British high court judge
Apr 19th - Garfield Morgan, Brtish actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy)
Apr 19th - Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
Apr 19th - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
Apr 20th - Lee H Hamilton, Daytona Beach Fla, (Rep-D-Ind, 1965- )
Apr 22nd - Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
Apr 22nd - Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
Apr 22nd - Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
Apr 22nd - Siem Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries)
Apr 24th - Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art)
Apr 25th - David Shepherd, painter
Apr 25th - Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
Apr 27th - Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
Apr 27th - Krzystzof Komeda, composer
Apr 29th - Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
Apr 29th - Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
Apr 29th - Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist
Apr 29th - William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)
Apr 29th - Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
Apr 30th - William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
May 3rd - Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
May 4th - Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
May 4th - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio)
May 4th - Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
May 5th - Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999)
May 6th - Marvin Leath, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
May 6th - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954)
May 7th - Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
May 7th - Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD)
May 7th - Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
May 8th - Charles M Wilson, composer
May 9th - Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
May 10th - Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
May 10th - Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
May 11th - Stephen Smalley, rev/dean (Chester)
May 12th - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
May 13th - Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
May 13th - Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
May 13th - Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
May 13th - William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
May 13th - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
May 14th - Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
May 15th - David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest)
May 15th - F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
May 15th - Ken Venturi, American golfer
May 16th - Donald James Martino, Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
May 16th - Jack Dodson, Pitts Pa, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
May 16th - Lowell P Weicker, (Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT)
May 16th - Peter Levi, poet/writer
May 16th - Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director
May 16th - Natwar Singh, Indian politician
May 16th - Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust
May 17th - Dewey Redman, jazz musician
May 18th - Robert Morse, Newton Mass, actor (That's Life, Jack Frost)
May 18th - Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
May 19th - Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter
May 19th - Ruben Radica, composer
May 19th - Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
May 19th - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
May 20th - Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956)
May 20th - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
May 21st - Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
May 21st - George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988-93)
May 22nd - Kenny Ball, rocker
May 23rd - Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)
May 24th - Michael Lonsdale, French actor
May 25th - John Gabriel, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
May 25th - Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
May 27th - Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
May 27th - John Chapple, British chief of General Staff

Famous Deaths

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