In history, year 1931 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1931.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1931:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 21 january | Sir Isaac Isaacs became the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. |
| 13 february | New Delhi was inaugurated as the new capital of British India by Viceroy Lord Irwin. |
| 14 march | Alam Ara, the first Indian film with sound, was released. |
| 23 march | Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by British authorities. |
| 25 march | The Scottsboro Boys were arrested and charged with rape,leading to a legal case that eventually established legal principles in the United States that criminal defendants are entitled to effectiveassistance of counsel. |
| 22 april | Peace Treaty was signed between Egypt and Iraq. |
| 14 may | Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers openedfire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. |
| 16 july | Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie signed the nation's firstconstitution, the first time in history that an absolute rulervoluntarily sought to share sovereignty with his subjects. |
| 21 september | Great Britain decides to abandon the Gold Standard causing a minor panic in the American banking System. |
| 17 october | American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts ofincome tax evasion. |
| 24 october | The George Washington Bridge, today the world's busiest motorvehicle bridge, connecting New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey, wasdedicated. |
| 02 november | The Soviet Union publicized that they would not export wheat this entire year as well as the following year due to shortage of wheat. This verdict was announced following a recent trade agreement between the Soviet Union and France. |
| 09 december | The approval of the Spanish Constitution by the Constituent Cortes paved the way to the establishment of the Second SpanishRepublic. |
| 13 May | Paul Daumer was elected President of France. And he was killed on May 7, 332. |
| 09 June | The Donald Duck cartoon was first shown. |
| 10 June | Norway occupied eastern Greenland. |
| 18 July | The first air-conditioned water ship 'Mariposa' started. |
| 04 October | Hindi and Bengali playback singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay was born. |
| 15 October | The 11th President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. His full name was Abul Baqir Zainul Abedin and he was known as Abdul Kalam. |
| 18 October | Electrician explorer Thomas Edison died. |
| 21 October | Famous Hindi film actor Shammi Kapoor was born. |
| 02 November | Dupont Company announced the manufacture of synthetic rubber. |
| 21 August | Pandit Vishnu Digambar died. |
| 08 December | Patented coaxial cable used in telecommunications in the US. |
| 19 December | Joseph A. Lyons became Prime Minister of Australia. |
| 26 January | Hungary-Austria signed a peace treaty. |
| 05 February | Maxine Dunlap became the first glider pilot. |
| 06 February | Renowned lawyer and leader Motilal Nehru died in Lucknow. |
| 09 February | For the first time in India, a stamp with a picture was released in honor of a person. |
| 10 February | New Delhi became the capital of India. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1931:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 September | Beano Cook / Journalist / United States of America |
| 01 September | Cecil Parkinson / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 01 July | Leslie Caron / Actress / France |
| 03 May | Jan Pesman / Skater / Netherlands |
| 06 May | Willie Mays / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 06 February | Fred Trueman / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 09 August | James Freeman Gilbert / Academic / United States of America |
| 10 January | John Zizioulas / Metropolitan / Greece |
| 10 July | Alice Munro / Writer / Canada |
| 12 December | Lionel Blair / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 13 June | Reed Scowen / Politician / Canada |
| 16 October | Charles Colson / Politician / United States of America |
| 17 December | Dave Madden / Actor / United States of America |
| 20 June | James Tolkan / Actor / United States of America |
| 21 November | Lewis Binford / Academic / United States of America |
| 25 March | Humphrey Burton / Radio / United Kingdom |
| 25 August | Regis Philbin / Actor / United States of America |
| 28 February | Dean Smith / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 29 April | Frank Auerbach / Painter / Germany |
| 29 September | Paul Oestreicher / Priest / Germany |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1931:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 18 July | Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy / Politician / India |
| 29 June | P.K. Iyengar / Scientist / India |
| 10 June | M.S. Gopalakrishnan / Instrumentalist / India |
| 12 October | Bhumidhar Barman / Politician / India |
| 25 June | Vishwanath Pratap Singh / Politician / India |
| 01 January | Satish Prasad Singh / Politician / India |
| 21 October | Shammi Kapoor / Actor / India |
| 25 June | Vishwanath Pratap Singh / Politician / India |
| 16 May | K. Natwar Singh / Politician / India |
| 15 October | Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam / Professor / India |
| 11 December | Rajneesh / Mystic / India |
| 04 August | Naren Tamhane / Cricketer / India |
| 26 September | Vijay Manjrekar / Cricketer / India |
| 04 January | Nirupa Roy / Actress / India |
| 10 April | Kishori Amonkar / Singer / India |
| 18 June | K. S. Sudarshan / Social Worker / India |
| 10 August | Kireet Joshi / Philosophical / India |
| 12 September | Bill Mckinney / Actor / India |
| 15 October | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam / Engineer / India |
| 05 August | Gita Dey / Actress / India |
