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1931 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1931st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 931st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1930s decade.
May 1 – Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City. May 7 – "Siege of West 91st Street": 18-year-old serial murderer Francis "Two Gun" Crowley surrenders after a 2-hour gun battle with New York City Police Department witnessed by 15,000 bystanders. May 20 – Lake of the Ozarks completed.
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The National Government of August–October 1931, also known as the First National Government, was the first of a series of national governments formed during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom. It was formed by Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the collapse of the previous minority government, led by ...
- 27 October 1931
- George V
- 24 August 1931
- Ramsay MacDonald
Events. January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) in Africa. February 11 – National Socialist (NSDAP) and National Party (DNVP) members walk out of the Reichstag in protest against changes in the parliament's protocol intended to limit heckling. April 22 – Austria, Denmark, Germany ...
October–December. December 5, 1933: Sloppy Joe's Bar opens in Key West, Florida (1986 photo) October 7 – The New York Giants (baseball) defeat the Washington Senators, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series title. October 10 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed near Chesterton, Indiana, by a bomb.
July 20 – A violent tornado strikes the city of Lublin, Poland. August – Warner Brothers releases the first Merrie Melodies cartoon. September- The 1931 Belize hurricane strikes Belize (then British Honduras), killing over 2,500 people. September 22 – The United Kingdom abandons the gold standard. October 5 – American aviators Clyde ...
Births – Deaths – Architecture. Establishments – Disestablishments. The 1930s was a decade in the Anno Domini and Common Era in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 1930 and ended on December 31, 1939. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''194st decade''' which began on January 1, 1931 and ended on December 31, 1940.
