Historical Events in 1931 (Part 2)

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• Sep 27 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's
• Sep 28 200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan in Peking
• Sep 30 Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• Oct 1 Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage
• Oct 1 Philadelphia Athletics seek 3rd straight World Series baseball title; beat St. Louis Cardinals, 6-2 in opener at Sportsman's Park; lose series, 4-3
• Oct 1 The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
• Oct 2 Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis
• Oct 4 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
• Oct 4 Juan Esteban Montero becomes President of Chile
• Oct 5 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
• Oct 5 Paul Green's "House of Connelly" premieres in NYC
• Oct 6 Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists)
• Oct 7 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
• Oct 10 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
• Oct 10 St Louis Cards beat Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series


• Oct 10 William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast" premieres in Leeds
• Oct 11 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
• Oct 12 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform

• Oct 13 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in NYC
• Oct 13 Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" premieres in London
• Oct 14 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
• Oct 14 Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State
• Oct 16 US trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd murders two friends then dismembers one of them in Phoenix

• Oct 20 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP
• Oct 24 George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey dedicated, opens the next day
• Oct 24 Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
• Oct 26 Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" premieres in NYC
• Oct 27 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"
• Oct 29 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
• Oct 30 W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 1 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
• Nov 2 Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade" premieres in NYC
• Nov 3 First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
• Nov 4 Jean Genet's "Judith" premieres in Paris

• Nov 11 Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran's Building in San Francisco
• Nov 12 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1


• Nov 12 Sibelius and Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott" premieres in London
• Nov 13 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
• Nov 14 Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain

• Nov 20 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
• Nov 22 Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite" premieres
• Nov 23 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
• Nov 28 Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v South Africa
• Nov 30 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
• Dec 1 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
• Dec 3 Alka Seltzer goes on sale
• Dec 4 "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
• Dec 5 CFL Grey Cup, Molson Stadium, Montreal: Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers shutout Regina Roughriders, 22-0 for their first title
• Dec 7 Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
• Dec 8 Coaxial cable patented
• Dec 9 Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry" premieres in NYC
• Dec 9 Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
• Dec 9 Spain becomes a republic
• Dec 9 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers

• Dec 11 Japan leaves the Gold Standard
• Dec 11 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada)
• Dec 12 Japanese government of Imukai forms
• Dec 13 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-2-0) win 3rd straight first past the post title
• Dec 14 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
• Dec 16 German SPD begins Iron Front against fascism
• Dec 19 Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG
• Dec 19 Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia

• Dec 25 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
• Dec 25 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria v Tas at Hobart
• Dec 25 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
• Dec 26 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" by George and Ira Gershwin premieres on Broadway, New York City

• Dec 29 Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
• Dec 29 Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW

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