1931

Year 1931 () was a (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the.

January-February

 * - begins her flight to Africa.
 * - submits his last  application.
 * - Sir sworn in as the first n-born.
 * - released again.
 * - forms a government in France.
 * - - much of the  city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the.
 * - becomes the capital of.
 * - The original film version of  with is released.
 * - elected president of.
 * - gets the go-ahead by the  to build the.
 * - vian revolutionaries hijack a aeroplane and demand that the pilot drop  s over.

March-April

 * - placed back in full commission after a refit.
 * - is adopted as the.
 * - British of India and  negotiate.
 * - New House of Representatives opened in,.
 * -  programme, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the.
 * - legalizes.
 * - Revolt for Independent India leaders, and  are hanged by the  Government.
 * - The are arrested in  and charged with.
 * - British writer dies in  when he drinks local water to prove it safe to drink - but is.
 * - An destroys,  killing 2000 people.
 * - Portuguese government declares martial law in and in the  because of an attempted military takeover in.
 * - Execution of Argentinian anarchist.
 * - proclaimed in.
 * - The ends with the assassination of, briefly leaving  as capo di tutti i capi, "boss of all bosses" and undisputed ruler of the  . Maranzano is himself assassinated less than 6 months later, leading to the establishment of the.
 * - An incorporation of is made.
 * -, , , , , and  recognize the.

May-June



 * - Construction of the is completed in.
 * - re-elected president of.
 * - elected president of.
 * - equals  record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.
 * - Yacht St Philiebert sinks in river in  - over 500 drown
 * - and  take off from  in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.

July-August

 * July - of  perfects the  just in time for the growing  epidemic
 * - Official opening of
 * - Emperor signs the first  of
 * s kill between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people - the most deadly historic.
 * - Government of  resigns in Britain - replaced by  of people drawn from all parties also under MacDonald.
 * - floods - 23 million made homeless

September-October

 * -, player, dies in an accident during a  -  match
 * - The worst in  history kills an estimated 1,500 people.
 * - The : in  due to decreased salaries
 * - . After that, Japan uses it to occupy.
 * - is found shot dead in Hitler's apartment
 * October - The Department of Physics Faculty and graduate students meet with  as a guest.

November-December

 * - Indian spiritual leader arrives in America for the first time.
 * - proclaimed by.
 * French police launch a large scale raid against n bandits.
 * is closed for couple of weeks due to damage caused by a number of s.
 * -  elected president of Spanish republic.
 * - The enacts the, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the , the , the , , the , and the.
 * - Eta Chapter of was founded at The University of Maine at Machias
 * - resigned as  of.
 * -, the oldest existing is founded.
 * -, the oldest existing is founded.

Undated

 * discovered by.
 * becomes.
 * formed to work for in United States.
 * first broadcast.
 * is put on display for the first time in Paris at the Galerie Pierre Colle.

Ongoing

 * Rise of the party.

January-February

 * , American choreographer (d. )
 * , Austrian pianist
 * , American actor and director
 * -, American author
 * -, German concert promoter (d. )
 * -, English playwright and screenwriter (d. )
 * -, Jamaican musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French singer and actress
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian journalist
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, American historian, naturalist, and author
 * -, baseball player
 * -, (d. )
 * , Dutch politician
 * , British comedian (d. )
 * -, American actor and director
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Dutch author (d. )
 * -, American author and boxing commentator
 * -, American actor and game show host
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , Japanese actor
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American writer, laureate
 * -, American football player
 * -, British cricketer
 * -, Scottish football manager
 * -, American basketball coach
 * -, British cricketer
 * -, Scottish football manager
 * -, American basketball coach

March-April

 * ,, recipient of the
 * , American journalist and television host (d. )
 * , American Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
 * , American economist
 * -, Australian-born publisher
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , Canadian actor
 * -, American actor and director
 * , cosmonaut
 * , British politician
 * -, German writer
 * - (Roma Dasgupta), the legendary , is born in Pabna (now in ).
 * -, American actor
 * -, Ukrainian violinist
 * , German-born painter
 * , Scottish musician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Ukrainian violinist
 * , German-born painter
 * , Scottish musician (d. )
 * , Scottish musician (d. )

May-June

 * -, baseball player
 * -, American pop and jazz singer (d. )
 * , American cult leader (d. )
 * , Czech university president
 * -, American composer
 * , Chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
 * , American golfer
 * -, Indian politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Swiss tenor
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, cosmonaut
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , American mezzo-soprano
 * -, American athlete
 * -, English-born painter
 * -, American comedian
 * June 9  -, American actor
 * -, Brazilian Holographer and artist
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate
 * -, Brazilian Holographer and artist
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate

July-August

 * -, French actress
 * -, Irish actor (d. )
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, Canadian writer
 * -, Māori Queen (d. )
 * -, American songwriter and record producer
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * -, Legal Scholar and Author
 * -, American author
 * -, American singer
 * -, American musician and TV personality (d. )
 * -, General of The Salvation Army
 * -, American jockey (d. )
 * -, American microbiologist, recipient of the
 * -, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (d. )
 * -, American television personality
 * -, English bass-baritone
 * -, Canadian hockey player

September-October

 * -, English playwright (d. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter, king of country music
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , British author
 * , British politician (d. )
 * -, Canadian educator and statesman (d. )
 * , American nuclear physicist, laureate
 * , Swedish actress
 * , American actress
 * , U.S. Marine Corps officer
 * -, Italian-born physicist, laureate
 * , American basketball coach (d. )
 * , South African Anglican archbishop and activist, recipient of the
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, President of India
 * -, American historian (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer
 * -, English novelist
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * , baseball player and U.S. Senator
 * , English actress (d. )
 * -, Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, American television news reporter
 * , baseball player and U.S. Senator
 * , English actress (d. )
 * -, Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, American television news reporter
 * -, American television news reporter

November-December

 * -, Chinese bishop (d. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American political commentator, writer and documentary filmmaker
 * -, third
 * , Australian composer (d. )
 * , Georgian physicist (d. )
 * -, Irish author
 * -, Argentine activist, recipient of the
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , singer
 * , American attorney general
 * , British
 * -, Academy award-winning Puerto Rican actress
 * -, British actor, choreographer, tap dancer, headmaster and TV presenter
 * -, American actor
 * -, Argentine composer
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Irish writer (d. )
 * -, Argentine composer
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Irish writer (d. )

January - June

 * -, Baptist pastor, historian, and author (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Russian ballerina (b. )
 * -, British inventor (b. )
 * -, German photographer (b. )
 * -, Australian soprano (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Anglican clergyman (b. )
 * -, Finnish painter (b. )
 * -, German director (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Indian revolutionary (b. )
 * -, novelist (b. )
 * -, American football coach (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Lebanese poet and painter (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )

July - December

 * -, American jazz musician
 * -, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (b. )
 * -, 27th (b. )
 * , Irish author and editor (b. )
 * , American businessman (b. )
 * -, Scottish footballer (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, Japanese industrialist (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * date unknown -, British songwriter (b. )
 * date unknown -, British songwriter (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded