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1 December 1, 1931 (Tuesday)  





2 December 2, 1931 (Wednesday)  





3 December 3, 1931 (Thursday)  





4 December 4, 1931 (Friday)  





5 December 5, 1931 (Saturday)  





6 December 6, 1931 (Sunday)  





7 December 7, 1931 (Monday)  





8 December 8, 1931 (Tuesday)  





9 December 9, 1931 (Wednesday)  





10 December 10, 1931 (Thursday)  





11 December 11, 1931 (Friday)  





12 December 12, 1931 (Saturday)  





13 December 13, 1931 (Sunday)  





14 December 14, 1931 (Monday)  





15 December 15, 1931 (Tuesday)  





16 December 16, 1931 (Wednesday)  





17 December 17, 1931 (Thursday)  





18 December 18, 1931 (Friday)  





19 December 19, 1931 (Saturday)  





20 December 20, 1931 (Sunday)  





21 December 21, 1931 (Monday)  





22 December 22, 1931 (Tuesday)  





23 December 23, 1931 (Wednesday)  





24 December 24, 1931 (Thursday)  





25 December 25, 1931 (Friday)  





26 December 26, 1931 (Saturday)  





27 December 27, 1931 (Sunday)  





28 December 28, 1931 (Monday)  





29 December 29, 1931 (Tuesday)  





30 December 30, 1931 (Wednesday)  





31 December 31, 1931 (Thursday)  





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{{short description|Month of 1931}}

{{Events by month|1931}}

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The following events occurred in '''December 1931''':

The following events occurred in '''December 1931''':



[[File:Soviet calendar 1933 color.jpg|230px|thumb|left|December 1, 1931: Soviet Union institutes new six-day week policy, allowing workers and children one day off (marked in blue) for every five days worked]]

==[[December 1]], 1931 (Tuesday)==

[[File:Arkansas senator. Washington, D.C., March 11. Senator Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat of Arkansas, from a new informal picture made in her office at the Capitol today, 3-11-40 LCCN2016877256 (cropped).jpg|300px|thumb|Hattie Caraway sworn into office as United States Senator for Arkansas, only the second woman to hold office in the U.S. Senate]]

*A revision in the [[Soviet calendar]] went into effect, replacing the five-day work week with a new six-day system.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 24, 1931 |title=Russia Abandons 5 Day Week for One of Six Days |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

[[File:Christ saviour explosion.jpg|230px|thumb|left|December 5, 1931: Soviet government tears down Moscow's [[Cathedral of Christ the Savior]] to make way for planned [[Palace of the Soviets]], never constructed]]

*The second [[Round Table Conferences (India)|Round Table Conference]] on India broke off in London without success.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 1, 1931 |title=Gandhi is Ready to Renew Strife as Parley Fails |url= | work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |publisher= |page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>


==December 1, 1931 (Tuesday)==

*A revision in the [[Soviet calendar]] went into effect, replacing the five-day work week with a new six-day system.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 24, 1931 |title=Russia Abandons 5 Day Week for One of Six Days | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref>

*The second [[Round Table Conferences (India)|Round Table Conference]] on India broke off in London without success.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 1931 |title=Gandhi is Ready to Renew Strife as Parley Fails | work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |page=1 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Jimmy Lyons]], alto saxophonist, in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] (d. 1986); [[Jim Nesbitt]], country music singer, in [[Bishopville, South Carolina]] (d. 2007)

*'''Born:''' [[Jimmy Lyons]], alto saxophonist, in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] (d. 1986); [[Jim Nesbitt]], country music singer, in [[Bishopville, South Carolina]] (d. 2007)



==[[December 2]], 1931 (Wednesday)==

==December 2, 1931 (Wednesday)==

*[[New Zealand general election, 1931|A general election]] was held in New Zealand; the [[United/Reform Coalition]] lost some seats but remained in power.

*[[1931 New Zealand general election|A general election]] was held in New Zealand; the [[United/Reform Coalition]] lost some seats but remained in power.

*'''Born:'''

*'''Born:''' [[Nigel Calder]], science writer, in England (d. 2014); [[Edwin Meese]], 75th United States Attorney General, in [[Oakland, California]]

**[[Nigel Calder]], Scottish science writer and documentary producer; in [[Edinburgh]] (d. 2014)

**[[Edwin Meese]], United States Attorney General from 1985 to 1988; in [[Oakland, California]]

**[[Gareth Wigan]], British-born American producer, talent agent and filmmaker; in [[London]] (d. 2010)

*'''Died:''' [[Vincent d'Indy]], 80, French composer and teacher

*'''Died:''' [[Vincent d'Indy]], 80, French composer and teacher



==[[December 3]], 1931 (Thursday)==

==December 3, 1931 (Thursday)==

*[[Alka-Seltzer]] was first brought on the market by the [[Miles Laboratories|Dr. Miles Medical Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2014-12-03/Features/AlkaSeltzer_82_years_old.html |title=Alka-Seltzer 82 years old |last= |first= |date=December 3, 2014 |website=[[The Mountain Eagle (newspaper)|The Mountain Eagle]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*[[Alka-Seltzer]] was first brought on the market by the [[Miles Laboratories|Dr. Miles Medical Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2014-12-03/Features/AlkaSeltzer_82_years_old.html |title=Alka-Seltzer 82 years old |date=December 3, 2014 |website=[[The Mountain Eagle (newspaper)|The Mountain Eagle]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Blonde Crazy]]'' starring [[James Cagney]] was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://immortalephemera.com/21887/smart-money-1931-robinson-and-cagney/ |title=Smart Money (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney |last=Aliperti |first=Cliff |date=August 14, 2012 |website=Immortal Ephemera |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Blonde Crazy]]'' starring [[James Cagney]] was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://immortalephemera.com/21887/smart-money-1931-robinson-and-cagney/ |title=Smart Money (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney |last=Aliperti |first=Cliff |date=August 14, 2012 |website=Immortal Ephemera |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Jaye P. Morgan]], singer and actress, in [[Mancos, Colorado]]

*'''Born:''' [[Jaye P. Morgan]] (stage name for Mary Margaret Morgan), American singer and actress; in [[Mancos, Colorado]]



==[[December 4]], 1931 (Friday)==

==December 4, 1931 (Friday)==

*[[Adolf Hitler]] gave an interview to British and American press at the [[Hotel Kaiserhof (Berlin)|Hotel Kaiserhof]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bonhoeffer |first=Dietrich |date=2012 |title=Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work, 1931–1932 |url= |location= |publisher=Augsburg Fortress Press |page=132 |isbn=978-0-8006-9838-6 |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?datum=4.12.1931&year=1931&month=12&day=4 |title=Tageseinträge für 4. Dezember 1931 |last= |first= |date= |website=chroniknet |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref> "It will not be necessary for me to seize power through a coup d'état", Hitler said. "It will be mine within a short time, anyway, since every election brings my party closer to an absolute majority."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |authorlink=Sigrid Schultz |date=December 5, 1931 |title=Hitler Pledges to Pay Berlin's Debts to World |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Adolf Hitler]] gave an interview to British and American press at the [[Hotel Kaiserhof (Berlin)|Hotel Kaiserhof]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bonhoeffer |first=Dietrich |date=2012 |title=Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work, 1931–1932 |publisher=Augsburg Fortress Press |page=132 |isbn=978-0-8006-9838-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?datum=4.12.1931&year=1931&month=12&day=4 |title=Tageseinträge für 4. Dezember 1931 |website=chroniknet |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref> "It will not be necessary for me to seize power through a coup d'état", Hitler said. "It will be mine within a short time, anyway, since every election brings my party closer to an absolute majority."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |author-link=Sigrid Schultz |date=December 5, 1931 |title=Hitler Pledges to Pay Berlin's Debts to World | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 }}</ref>



==[[December 5]], 1931 (Saturday)==

==December 5, 1931 (Saturday)==

*[[Mahatma Gandhi]] left England to head back to India. "I return with a clear conscience", Gandhi said. "I have explored and exhausted every approach to peace."<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 5, 1931 |title=His Conscience Clear, Gandhi Sails for Home |url= | work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |publisher= |page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref> That evening in Paris, Gandhi gave a speech at the [[Magic-City]] dance hall and took questions from the audience of 2,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reporting-and-essays/when-paris-met-mahatma |title=When Paris Met The Mahatma |last=Kamdar |first=Mira |date=December 1, 2011 |website=[[The Caravan]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[Mahatma Gandhi]] left England to head back to India. "I return with a clear conscience", Gandhi said. "I have explored and exhausted every approach to peace."<ref>{{cite news |date=December 5, 1931 |title=His Conscience Clear, Gandhi Sails for Home | work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |page=1 }}</ref> That evening in Paris, Gandhi gave a speech at the [[Magic-City]] dance hall and took questions from the audience of 2,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reporting-and-essays/when-paris-met-mahatma |title=When Paris Met The Mahatma |last=Kamdar |first=Mira |date=December 1, 2011 |website=[[The Caravan]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers]] defeated the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders|Regina Roughriders]] 22-0 to win the [[19th Grey Cup|Grey Cup]] of Canadian football.

*The [[Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers]] defeated the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders|Regina Roughriders]] 22–0 to win the [[19th Grey Cup|Grey Cup]] of Canadian football.

*The [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in Moscow was demolished. The [[Palace of the Soviets]] was intended to be built in its place but never completed, and the cathedral was rebuilt in the same spot and opened in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?datum=5.12.1931&year=1931&month=12&day=5 |title=Tageseinträge für 5. Dezember 1931 |last= |first= |date= |website=chroniknet |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5981106/the-strange-history-of-the-moscow-cathedral-that-couldnt-be-destroyed |title=The Strange History of the Moscow Cathedral That Couldn't Be Destroyed |last=Miklós |first=Vincze |date=February 4, 2013 |website=[[io9]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in Moscow was demolished. The [[Palace of the Soviets]] was intended to be built in its place but never completed. At the end of the 20th century, after the fall of Communism, the cathedral would be rebuilt in the same spot and with the same architectural plans, and opened in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?datum=5.12.1931&year=1931&month=12&day=5 |title=Tageseinträge für 5. Dezember 1931 |website=chroniknet |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5981106/the-strange-history-of-the-moscow-cathedral-that-couldnt-be-destroyed |title=The Strange History of the Moscow Cathedral That Couldn't Be Destroyed |last=Miklós |first=Vincze |date=February 4, 2013 |website=[[io9]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*'''Died:''' [[Vachel Lindsay]], 52, American poet (suicide)

*'''Died:''' [[Vachel Lindsay]], 52, well-known American poet, killed himself by drinking a bottle of [[potassium hydroxide]] or [[lye]].



==[[December 6]], 1931 (Sunday)==

==December 6, 1931 (Sunday)==

*[[Marģers Skujenieks]] became [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] for the second time.

*[[Marģers Skujenieks]] became [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] for the second time.

*5 miners were killed in an explosion in Transylvania, [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 7, 1931 |title=Coal Mine Blast Kills 5, Injures 14 in Transylvania |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=15 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Five coal miners were killed in an explosion, and 14 injured in Transylvaniain [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 1931 |title=Coal Mine Blast Kills 5, Injures 14 in Transylvania | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=15 }}</ref>



==[[December 7]], 1931 (Monday)==

==December 7, 1931 (Monday)==

*The resignation of [[Giovanni Giuriati]] as Secretary of the National Fascist Party was announced in Italy; [[Achille Starace]] was appointed to replace him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=David |date=December 8, 1931 |title=Duce Makes War Hero Chief Aid in Fascist Party |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=8 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*The resignation of [[Giovanni Giuriati]] as Secretary of the National Fascist Party was announced in Italy; [[Achille Starace]] was appointed to replace him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=David |date=December 8, 1931 |title=Duce Makes War Hero Chief Aid in Fascist Party | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=8 }}</ref>

*The [[John Ford]]-directed drama film ''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]'' premiered at the [[Gaiety Theatre (New York City)|Gaiety Theatre]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite book |last=Holston |first=Kim R. |date=2013 |title=Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973 |url= |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |page=73 |isbn=978-0-7864-6062-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*The [[John Ford]]-directed drama film ''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]'' premiered at the [[Gaiety Theatre (New York City)|Gaiety Theatre]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite book |last=Holston |first=Kim R. |date=2013 |title=Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |page=73 |isbn=978-0-7864-6062-5 }}</ref>



==[[December 8]], 1931 (Tuesday)==

==December 8, 1931 (Tuesday)==

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0630-504, Heinrich Brüning.jpg|120px|thumb|Chancellor Bruening]]

*German President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] signed Chancellor [[Heinrich Brüning]]'s enormous 46-page emergency decree into law, slashing prices, wages and rents across the board in an effort to reverse inflation.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 9, 1931 |title=Slash All Pay in Germany |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*German President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] signed Chancellor [[Heinrich Brüning]]'s enormous 46-page emergency decree into law, slashing prices, wages and rents across the board in an effort to reverse inflation.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 9, 1931 |title=Slash All Pay in Germany | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref>

*[[Hattie Caraway]] of Arkansas was sworn in as a United States senator, filling the vacancy left by her late husband [[Thaddeus H. Caraway|Thaddeus]]. This made Caraway the second woman in history to serve in the U.S. Senate after [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]] in 1922, though Felton's service consisted of only a single day and was largely symbolic.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 14, 1931 |title=Mrs. Caraway is Appointed to Seat in Senate |url= |journal=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Herrick |first=Genevieve Forbes |date=November 9, 1931 |title=Hattie Caraway Takes Her Oath as U. S. Senator |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=7 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Herbert Hoover delivered the annual [[State of the Union]] message to Congress. The message reviewed the worldwide [[Great Depression|depression]] and laid out the measures the government was taking to alleviate the crisis, but made no mention of [[Prohibitioninthe United States|Prohibition]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Henning |first=Arthur Sears |date=December 9, 1931 |title=Message Held Key to Hoover 1932 Campaign |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Hattie Caraway]] of Arkansas was sworn in as a United States senator, filling the vacancy left by her late husband [[Thaddeus H. Caraway|Thaddeus]]. This made Caraway the second woman in history to serve in the U.S. Senate, after [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]] in 1922, although Felton's service had consisted of only a single day and was largely symbolic.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 1931 |title=Mrs. Caraway is Appointed to SeatinSenate |journal=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Herrick |first=Genevieve Forbes |date=December 9, 1931 |title=Hattie Caraway Takes Her Oath as U. S. Senator | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=7 }}</ref> In 1932, while serving out the remainder of her late husband's term, she became the first woman to be elected as a U.S. Senator.

*Herbert Hoover delivered the annual [[State of the Union]] message to Congress. The message reviewed the worldwide [[Great Depression|depression]] and laid out the measures the government was taking to alleviate the crisis, but made no mention of [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Henning |first=Arthur Sears |date=December 9, 1931 |title=Message Held Key to Hoover 1932 Campaign | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref>



==[[December 9]], 1931 (Wednesday)==

==December 9, 1931 (Wednesday)==

*The Spanish [[Constituent Cortes|Constituent Assembly]] approved the new [[Spanish Constitution of 1931|Spanish Constitution]].<ref name="musiciandhistory">{{cite web|url=http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/192-1931.html |title=1931 |last= |first= |date= |website=Music And History |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828144201/http://www.musicandhistory.com:80/music-and-history-by-the-year/192-1931.html |archivedate=August 28, 2012 |df= }}</ref>

*The Spanish [[Constituent Cortes|Constituent Assembly]] approved the new [[Spanish Constitution of 1931|Spanish Constitution]].<ref name="musiciandhistory">{{cite web |url=http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/192-1931.html |title=1931 |website=Music And History |access-date=May 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828144201/http://www.musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/192-1931.html |archive-date=August 28, 2012 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Ladislav Smoljak]], film and theater director, actor and screenwriter, in [[Prague]], [[Czecheslovakia]] (d. 2010)

*'''Born:''' [[Ladislav Smoljak]], film and theatre director, actor and screenwriter, in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (d. 2010)



==[[December 10]], 1931 (Thursday)==

==December 10, 1931 (Thursday)==

*The 1931 [[Nobel Prize]]s were awarded in [[Stockholm]]. The recipients were [[Carl Bosch]] and [[Friedrich Bergius]] of Germany for [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]] of Germany ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]]) and [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]] of Sweden ([[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]]). The [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace Prize]] was awarded in [[Oslo]] to [[Jane Addams]] and [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] of the United States. The Physics Prize was not awarded that year.<ref name="chronicle of the 20th c.">{{cite book |last=Mercer |first=Derrik |date=1989 |editor-last= |editor-first= |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |url= |location=London |publisher=Chronicle Communications Ltd. |page=408 |isbn=978-0-582-03919-3 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*The 1931 [[Nobel Prize]]s were awarded in [[Stockholm]]. The recipients were [[Carl Bosch]] and [[Friedrich Bergius]] of Germany for [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]] of Germany ([[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]]) and [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]] of Sweden ([[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]]). The [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace Prize]] was awarded in [[Oslo]] to [[Jane Addams]] and [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] of the United States. The Physics Prize was not awarded that year.<ref name="chronicle of the 20th c.">{{cite book |last=Mercer |first=Derrik |date=1989 |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |location=London |publisher=Chronicle Communications Ltd. |page=408 |isbn=978-0-582-03919-3 }}</ref>

*In [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]], [[Harry Powers]] was convicted of first degree murder, which automatically carried a sentence of the death penalty.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 11, 1931 |title=Convict Bluebeard; to Hang |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*In [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]], [[Harry Powers]] was convicted of first degree murder, which automatically carried a sentence of the death penalty.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 11, 1931 |title=Convict Bluebeard; to Hang | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref> He would be hanged on March 18.

*The [[Alfred Hitchcock]]-directed film ''[[Rich and Strange]]'' was released in the United Kingdom.

*The [[Alfred Hitchcock]]-directed film ''[[Rich and Strange]]'' was released in the United Kingdom.

*The final [[D. W. Griffith]]-directed film, ''[[The Struggle (film)|The Struggle]]'', was released.<ref>{{cite book |last=Simmon |first=Scott |date=1993 |title=The Films of D. W. Griffith |url= |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=170 |isbn=978-0-521-38820-7 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*The final [[D. W. Griffith]]-directed film, ''[[The Struggle (1931 film)|The Struggle]]'', was released.<ref>{{cite book |last=Simmon |first=Scott |date=1993 |title=The Films of D. W. Griffith |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=170 |isbn=978-0-521-38820-7 }}</ref>



==[[December 11]], 1931 (Friday)==

==December 11, 1931 (Friday)==

*The [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]] was passed, establishing increased independence of the self-governing [[Dominion]]s of the [[British Empire]].

*The [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]] was passed, establishing increased independence of the self-governing [[Dominion]]s of the [[British Empire]].

*[[Niceto Alcalá-Zamora]] was sworn in as the first [[Prime Minister of Spain|President of the Second Republic]] of Spain.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Jay |date=December 12, 1931 |title=First President of Spaim Seated Amid Royal Echo |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=11 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Niceto Alcalá-Zamora]] was sworn in as the first [[Prime Minister of Spain|President of the Second Republic]] of Spain.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Jay |date=December 12, 1931 |title=First President of Spaim Seated Amid Royal Echo | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=11 }}</ref>

*The [[Chicago Cubs]] traded [[Hack Wilson]] and [[Bud Teachout]] to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] for [[Burleigh Grimes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoha01.shtml |title=Hack Wilson |last= |first= |date= |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[Chicago Cubs]] traded [[Hack Wilson]] and [[Bud Teachout]] to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] for [[Burleigh Grimes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoha01.shtml |title=Hack Wilson |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Rita Moreno]], actress and singer, in [[Humacao, Puerto Rico]]

*'''Born:''' [[Rita Moreno]] (stage name for Rosa Alverio), Puerto Rican film, stage and TV actress and singer, winner of the Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy awards; in [[Humacao, Puerto Rico]]



==[[December 12]], 1931 (Saturday)==

==December 12, 1931 (Saturday)==

*Mahatma Gandhi met with [[Benito Mussolini]] in Rome. The two talked for half an hour through an interpreter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=David |date=December 13, 1931 |title=Pope Declines to See Gandhi in his Loin Cloth |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=13 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Mahatma Gandhi met with [[Benito Mussolini]] in Rome. The two talked for half an hour through an interpreter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=David |date=December 13, 1931 |title=Pope Declines to See Gandhi in his Loin Cloth | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=13 }}</ref>

*[[Army Black Knights football|Army]] defeated [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] 17-7 in the [[Army–Navy Game]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Pegler |first=Westbrook |date=December 13, 1931 |title=Service Teams Raise $400,000 for Jobless |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=Part 2, p. 1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Army Black Knights football|Army]] defeated [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] 17–7 in the [[Army–Navy Game]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Pegler |first=Westbrook |date=December 13, 1931 |title=Service Teams Raise $400,000 for Jobless | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=Part 2, p. 1 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Lionel Blair]], Canadian-born British actor, choreographer and television presenter, in [[Montreal]]



==[[December 13]], 1931 (Sunday)==

==December 13, 1931 (Sunday)==

*[[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] became [[Prime Minister of Japan]].

*[[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] became [[Prime Minister of Japan]].

*[[Winston Churchill]] was hit by a car driven by [[Edward F. Cantasano]] while crossing [[Fifth Avenue]] in New York City. Churchill went to hospital with some bruises and cuts but was discharged the following week. Cantasano was not charged because Churchill took full responsibility for the accident, having crossed against the light and forgotten which side of the road automobiles drive on in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/nyregion/thecity/07fyi.html?_r=0 |title=Not His Finest Hour |last=Pollak |first=Michael |date=May 7, 2006 |website=[[The New York Times]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*[[Winston Churchill]] was hit by a car driven by [[Edward F. Cantasano]] while crossing [[Fifth Avenue]] in New York City. Churchill went to the hospital with some bruises and cuts but was discharged the following week. Cantasano was not charged because Churchill took full responsibility for the accident, having crossed against the light and forgotten which side of the road automobiles drive on in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/nyregion/thecity/07fyi.html?_r=0 |title=Not His Finest Hour |last=Pollak |first=Michael |date=May 7, 2006 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Bubba Morton]], baseball player, in Washington, D.C. (d. 2006)



==[[December 14]], 1931 (Monday)==

==December 14, 1931 (Monday)==

*[[Walter Pfrimer]] and seven other ''[[Heimwehr]]'' leaders went on trial for high treason in [[Graz]], Austria over the September 13 Styrian revolt.<ref name="gulick">{{cite book |last=Gulick |first=Charles Adams |date=1948 |title=Austria from Hapsburg to Hitler, Volume 2 |url= |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |publisher=University of California Press |pages=969–970 |isbn= |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Walter Pfrimer]] and seven other ''[[Heimwehr]]'' leaders went on trial for high treason in [[Graz]], Austria over the September 13 Styrian revolt.<ref name="gulick">{{cite book |last=Gulick |first=Charles Adams |date=1948 |title=Austria from Habsburg to Hitler, Volume 2 |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |publisher=University of California Press |pages=969–970 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Arsenio Laurel]], race car driver, in [[Tanauan, Batangas]], [[Philippines]] (d. 1967)

*'''Born:''' [[Arsenio Laurel]], Philippine race car driver, in [[Tanauan, Batangas]] (killed in racing accident, 1967)



==[[December 15]], 1931 (Tuesday)==

==December 15, 1931 (Tuesday)==

[[File:Chiang1933.jpg|120px|thumb|Chiang Kai-shek]]

*[[Chiang Kai-shek]] resigned as [[President of the Republic of China]] and was succeeded by [[Lin Sen]].<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 16, 1931 |title=Thousands Riot in China Capital; President Quits |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=11 |accessdate= }}</ref>

[[File:Lin Sen.jpg|120px|thumb|President Lin Sen]]

*'''Born:''' [[Evald Schorm]], film and stage director, screenwriter and actor, in [[Prague]], [[Czecheslovakia]] (d. 1988)

*[[Chiang Kai-shek]] resigned as [[President of the Republic of China]] and was succeeded by [[Lin Sen]].<ref>{{cite news |date=December 16, 1931 |title=Thousands Riot in China Capital; President Quits | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=11 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Evald Schorm]], Czechoslovakian film and stage director, screenwriter and actor, in [[Prague]] (d. 1988)



==[[December 16]], 1931 (Wednesday)==

==December 16, 1931 (Wednesday)==

*The [[Iron Front]], an [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] paramilitary organization, formed in Germany.<ref name="musiciandhistory" />

*The [[Iron Front]], an [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] paramilitary organization, formed in Germany.<ref name="musiciandhistory" />



==[[December 17]], 1931 (Thursday)==

==December 17, 1931 (Thursday)==

*Japan suspended the [[gold standard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kindleburger |first=Charles P. |date=1986 |title=The World in Depression, 1929–1939 |url= |location= |publisher=University of California Press |page=163 |isbn=978-0-520-05591-9 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Japan suspended the [[gold standard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kindleburger |first=Charles P. |date=1986 |title=The World in Depression, 1929–1939 |publisher=University of California Press |page=163 |isbn=978-0-520-05591-9 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Dave Madden]], Canadian-born American actor, in [[Sarnia, Ontario]] (d. 2014)

*'''Born:''' [[Dave Madden]], Canadian-born AmericanTV actor known for ''The Partridge Family''; in [[Sarnia, Ontario]] (d. 2014)



==[[December 18]], 1931 (Friday)==

==December 18, 1931 (Friday)==

*A jury acquitted Walter Pfrimer and his associates of treason charges.<ref name="gulick" />

*A jury acquitted Walter Pfrimer and his associates of treason charges.<ref name="gulick" />

*'''Died:''' [[Legs Diamond]], 34, American gangster (assassinated)

*'''Died:''' [[Legs Diamond]], 34, American gangster, was shot and killed in his girlfriend's apartment by a rival gang.



==[[December 19]], 1931 (Saturday)==

==December 19, 1931 (Saturday)==

[[File:James Scullin at his desk-02.jpg|150px|thumb|Defeated Prime Minister Scullin]]

*[[Australian federal election, 1931|Federal elections]] were held in Australia. The incumbent [[Australian Labor Party]] led by Prime Minister [[James Scullin]] was defeated by the newly formed [[United Australia Party]] led by [[Joseph Lyons]].

*[[1931 Australian federal election|Elections were held in Australia]] for all 75 seats in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] and half (18 of 26) of the seats of the [[Australian Senate]]. The [[Australian Labor Party]], which had had a majority (46 of the 75 seats) and was led by Prime Minister [[James Scullin]], lost all but 14 of the races, while the newly formed [[United Australia Party]], led by [[Joseph Lyons]], won 39 seats and control of the House.

*[[Joseph Goebbels]] married [[Magda Goebbels|Magda Quandt]] on the estate of Magda's first husband, [[Günther Quandt]], in [[Severin, Germany|Severin]]. Adolf Hitler served as [[Groomsman#Best man|best man]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ginsborg |first=Paul |date=2014 |title=Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900–1950 |url= |location= |publisher=Yale University Press |page=322 |isbn=978-0-300-11211-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*[[Joseph Goebbels]] married [[Magda Goebbels|Magda Quandt]] on the estate of Magda's first husband, [[Günther Quandt]], in [[Severin, Germany|Severin]]. Adolf Hitler served as [[Groomsman#Best man|best man]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ginsborg |first=Paul |date=2014 |title=Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900–1950 |publisher=Yale University Press |page=322 |isbn=978-0-300-11211-5 }}</ref>



==[[December 20]], 1931 (Sunday)==

==December 20, 1931 (Sunday)==

*The [[Kragujevac Football Subassociation]] was formed.

*The [[Kragujevac Football Subassociation]] was formed.

*'''Born:''' [[Mala Powers]], film actress, in San Francisco, [[California]] (d. 2007)

*'''Born:''' [[Mala Powers]], American film actress, in [[San Francisco]] (d. 2007)

*'''Died:'''

*'''Died:''' [[Gustav Kossinna]], 73, German linguist and archaeology professor; [[Rosa C. Petherick]], 60, British book illustrator

**[[Gustav Kossinna]], 73, German linguist and archaeology professor

**[[Rosa C. Petherick]], 60, British book illustrator



==[[December 21]], 1931 (Monday)==

==December 21, 1931 (Monday)==

[[File:Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg|150px|thumb|New Australian Prime Minister Joe Lyons]]

*[[Joseph Lyons]] became the new [[Prime Minister of Australia]] as [[James Scullin]] resigned in the wake of the election results.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 22, 1931 |title=Man Who Ousted Australia Labor is Made Premier | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=7 }}</ref>

*Japanese forces in Manchuria launched a new offensive, the [[Jinzhou Operation]].

*Japanese forces in Manchuria launched a new offensive, the [[Jinzhou Operation]].

*[[James Scullin]] resigned as Australian Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 22, 1931 |title=Man Who Ousted Australia Labor is Made Premier |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=7 |accessdate= }}</ref>



==[[December 22]], 1931 (Tuesday)==

==December 22, 1931 (Tuesday)==

*The roof of the [[Vatican Library]] partially collapsed, killing five and destroying 800 books.<ref name="musiciandhistory" />

*The roof of the [[Vatican Library]] partially collapsed, killing five and destroying 800 books.<ref name="musiciandhistory" />



==[[December 23]], 1931 (Wednesday)==

==December 23, 1931 (Wednesday)==

*In [[Basel]], the [[Young Plan]] advisory committee issued a report stating that Germany would be unable to meet its reparations payments when the [[Hoover Moratorium]] expired in July, and that the only solution was another revision to the plan.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 24, 1931 |title=World Bankers Urge Reparations, Debt Cuts |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*In [[Basel]], the [[Young Plan]] advisory committee issued a report stating that Germany would be unable to meet its reparations payments when the [[Hoover Moratorium]] expired in July, and that the only solution was another revision to the plan.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 24, 1931 |title=World Bankers Urge Reparations, Debt Cuts | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Ronnie Schell]], actor and comedian, in [[Richmond, California]]

*'''Born:''' [[Ronnie Schell]], American actor and comedian, in [[Richmond, California]]

*'''Died:'''

*'''Died:''' [[Knowlton Ames]], 63, American football player, coach and financier (suicide); [[Tyrone Power, Sr.]], 62, English actor

**[[Knowlton Ames]], 63, American football player and college football coach, later a financier, shot himself after financial reverses during the Great Depression.

**[[Tyrone Power, Sr.]], 62, English stage and film actor, died of a heart attack.



==[[December 24]], 1931 (Thursday)==

==December 24, 1931 (Thursday)==

*20 were injured in Paris when several hundred unemployed rioters invaded a [[Montmartre]] café and smashed tables and chairs, shouting for "work and bread".<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 25, 1931 |title=Pope Lists Joys and Sorrows to Catholic World |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Twenty people were injured in Paris when several hundred unemployed rioters invaded a [[Montmartre]] café and smashed tables and chairs, shouting for "work and bread".<ref>{{cite news |date=December 25, 1931 |title=Pope Lists Joys and Sorrows to Catholic World | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=5 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Mauricio Kagel]], composer, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] (d. 2008)

*'''Born:''' [[Mauricio Kagel]], Argentine composer; in [[Buenos Aires]] (d. 2008)

*'''Died:''' [[Carlo Fornasini]], Italian micropalaeontologist; in [[Bologna]] (b. 1854)



==[[December 25]], 1931 (Friday)==

==December 25, 1931 (Friday)==

*The first [[Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts|Metropolitan Opera network radio broadcast]] took place when the [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] opera ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'' aired on NBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldradio.org/2014/12/december-25-1931-hansel-and-gretel.html |title=December 25, 1931: Hansel and Gretel Opera Broadcast on NBC |last= |first= |date=December 25, 2014 |website=OldRadio.org |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The first [[Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts|Metropolitan Opera network radio broadcast]] took place when the [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] opera ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'' aired on NBC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldradio.org/2014/12/december-25-1931-hansel-and-gretel.html |title=December 25, 1931: Hansel and Gretel Opera Broadcast on NBC |date=December 25, 2014 |website=OldRadio.org |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Hell Divers]]'', starring [[Wallace Beery]] and [[Clark Gable]], premiered at [[TCL Chinese Theatre|Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.graumanschinese.org/1931.html |title=1931 |last= |first= |date= |website=Grauman's Chinese |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Hell Divers]]'', starring [[Wallace Beery]] and [[Clark Gable]], premiered at [[TCL Chinese Theatre|Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.graumanschinese.org/1931.html |title=1931 |website=Grauman's Chinese |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>



==[[December 26]], 1931 (Saturday)==

==December 26, 1931 (Saturday)==

*The [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]] musical ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'' premiered at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/2686/Of-Thee-I-Sing |title=Of Thee I Sing |last= |first= |date= |website=[[Playbill|Playbill Vault]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]] musical ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'' premiered at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/2686/Of-Thee-I-Sing |title=Of Thee I Sing |website=[[Playbill|Playbill Vault]] |access-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Mata Hari (1931 film)|Mata Hari]]'', starring [[Greta Garbo]] in the title role, was released.

*The film ''[[Mata Hari (1931 film)|Mata Hari]]'', starring [[Greta Garbo]] in the title role, was released.

*'''Died:''' [[Melvil Dewey]], 80, American librarian and inventor of the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal System]]

*'''Died:''' [[Melvil Dewey]], 80, American librarian who invented the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal System]] for classifying library books by number



==[[December 27]], 1931 (Sunday)==

==December 27, 1931 (Sunday)==

*Indian independence leader [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was arrested again.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ghose |first=Sankar |date=1993 |title=Jawaharlal Nehru, a Biography |url= |location=Bombay |publisher=Allied Publishers, Ltd. |page=71 |isbn=978-81-7023-369-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Indian independence leader [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was arrested.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ghose |first=Sankar |date=1993 |title=Jawaharlal Nehru, a Biography |location=Bombay |publisher=Allied Publishers, Ltd. |page=71 |isbn=978-81-7023-369-5 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Scotty Moore]], guitarist and recording engineer, in [[Gadsden, Tennessee]]

*'''Born:''' [[Scotty Moore]], American guitarist and recording engineer; in [[Gadsden, Tennessee]] (d. 2016)

*'''Died:''' [[José Figueroa Alcorta]], 71, 16th [[President of Argentina]]

*'''Died:''' [[José Figueroa Alcorta]], 71, [[President of Argentina]] from 1906 to 1910, later the Chief Justice of Argentina's Supreme Court of Justice from 1929 until his death



==[[December 28]], 1931 (Monday)==

==December 28, 1931 (Monday)==

*Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, docking at [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. A huge crowd was there to greet him despite the very early morning hour.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 28, 1931 |title=Indians Storm Pier as Gandhi Returns Home |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*The Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, docking at [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. A huge crowd was there to greet him despite the very early morning hour.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 28, 1931 |title=Indians Storm Pier as Gandhi Returns Home | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=3 }}</ref>

*Sections of Los Angeles flooded after five days of rain.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 29, 1931 |title=Los Angeles is Waist Deep in Flood Waters |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*Sections of Los Angeles flooded after five days of rain.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 29, 1931 |title=Los Angeles is Waist Deep in Flood Waters | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=1 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Martin Milner]], actor, in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]

*'''Born:''' [[Martin Milner]], American film and TV actor known as the star of two series, ''Route 66'' and later for ''Adam-12''; in [[Detroit]] (d. 2015)



==[[December 29]], 1931 (Tuesday)==

==December 29, 1931 (Tuesday)==

*The [[Deseret News Publishing Company]] was founded.

*The [[Deseret News Publishing Company]] was founded.

*'''Born:''' [[Albert Probst]], politician, in [[Garching bei München]], Germany (d. 2015); [[Stasys Stonkus]], basketball player, in [[Telšiai]], [[Lithuania]] (d. 2012)



==[[December 30]], 1931 (Wednesday)==

==December 30, 1931 (Wednesday)==

*A two-day [[Finnish prohibition referendum, 1931|referendum on prohibition]] concluded in Finland. 70.5% voted to abolish prohibition completely.<ref>{{cite book |last=Suski |first=Markku |date=1993 |title=Bringing in the People: A Comparison of Constitutional Forms and Practices of the Referendum |url= |location=Dordrecht |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |pages=222–223 |isbn=978-0-7923-2208-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*A two-day [[1931 Finnish prohibition referendum|referendum on prohibition]] concluded in Finland. 70.5% voted to abolish prohibition completely.<ref>{{cite book |last=Suski |first=Markku |date=1993 |title=Bringing in the People: A Comparison of Constitutional Forms and Practices of the Referendum |location=Dordrecht |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |pages=222–223 |isbn=978-0-7923-2208-5 }}</ref>

*The [[Sippenbuch]], the genealogical clan book carried by every member of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]], was created.<ref name="krononations">{{cite web |url=http://krononations.weebly.com/allemagne-1931.html |title=L'Allemagne en 1931 |last= |first= |date= |website=Krononations |publisher= |accessdate=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*The [[Sippenbuch]], the genealogical clan book carried by every member of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]], was created.<ref name="krononations">{{cite web |url=http://krononations.weebly.com/allemagne-1931.html |title=L'Allemagne en 1931 |website=Krononations |access-date=May 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522161143/http://krononations.weebly.com/allemagne-1931.html |archive-date=May 22, 2015 }}</ref>

*'''Born:''' [[Skeeter Davis]], country music singer, in [[Dry Ridge, Kentucky]] (d. 2004)

*'''Born:''' [[Skeeter Davis]] (stage name for Mary Frances Penick), American country music singer; in [[Dry Ridge, Kentucky]] (d. 2004)



==[[December 31]], 1931 (Thursday)==

==December 31, 1931 (Thursday)==

*German President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] gave a New Year's address over the radio. "Germans deserve thanks and praise for the sacrifices they have made and the patience with which they have borne their sufferings and burdens", Hindenburg said. "The greatness of their sacrifice justifies Germany's demand that foreign countries should not seek to oppose Germany's restoration through imposition of impossible conditions." At one point during Hindenburg's address the broadcast was [[Broadcast signal intrusion|hijacked]] and an unknown voice called out, "Attention Germany! The Red fighters are here."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |authorlink=Sigrid Schultz |date=January 1, 1932 |title=Don't Stand in Germany's Way! Hindenburg Asks |url= | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=20 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*German President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] gave a New Year's address over the radio. "Germans deserve thanks and praise for the sacrifices they have made and the patience with which they have borne their sufferings and burdens", Hindenburg said. "The greatness of their sacrifice justifies Germany's demand that foreign countries should not seek to oppose Germany's restoration through imposition of impossible conditions." At one point during Hindenburg's address the broadcast was [[Broadcast signal intrusion|hijacked]] and an unknown voice called out, "Attention Germany! The Red fighters are here."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Sigrid |author-link=Sigrid Schultz |date=January 1, 1932 |title=Don't Stand in Germany's Way! Hindenburg Asks | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=20 }}</ref>

*In the [[Northwest Territories]] of Canada near [[Aklavik]], four members of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] trekked to the cabin of a mysterious man by the name of [[Albert Johnson (criminal)|Albert Johnson]] with a search warrant after Aboriginal trappers suspected him of interfering with their traps. When they knocked on Johnson's cabin door he responded with gunfire, seriously wounding one of the Mounties in the ensuing shootout. Johnson now faced the more serious charge of attempted murder of an RCMP officer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Barbara |date=2009 |title=The Mad Trapper: Unearthing a Mystery |url= |location= |publisher=Heritage House |page= |isbn=978-1-927051-08-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>

*In the [[Northwest Territories]] of Canada near [[Aklavik]], four members of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] trekked to the cabin of a mysterious man by the name of [[Albert Johnson (criminal)|Albert Johnson]] with a search warrant after Aboriginal trappers suspected him of interfering with their traps. When they knocked on Johnson's cabin door he responded with gunfire, seriously wounding one of the Mounties in the ensuing shootout. Johnson now faced the more serious charge of attempted murder of an RCMP officer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Barbara |date=2009 |title=The Mad Trapper: Unearthing a Mystery |publisher=Heritage House |isbn=978-1-927051-08-5 }}</ref>

*The film ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' starring [[Fredric March]] was released.

*The film ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' starring [[Fredric March]] was released.

*'''Born:''' [[Bob Shaw]], science fiction writer, in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] (d. 1996)

*'''Born:''' [[Bob Shaw]], Northern Irish science fiction writer; in [[Belfast]] (d. 1996)



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The following events occurred in December 1931:

December 1, 1931: Soviet Union institutes new six-day week policy, allowing workers and children one day off (marked in blue) for every five days worked
Hattie Caraway sworn into office as United States Senator for Arkansas, only the second woman to hold office in the U.S. Senate
December 5, 1931: Soviet government tears down Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to make way for planned Palace of the Soviets, never constructed

December 1, 1931 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 2, 1931 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 3, 1931 (Thursday)[edit]

December 4, 1931 (Friday)[edit]

December 5, 1931 (Saturday)[edit]

December 6, 1931 (Sunday)[edit]

December 7, 1931 (Monday)[edit]

December 8, 1931 (Tuesday)[edit]

Chancellor Bruening

December 9, 1931 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 10, 1931 (Thursday)[edit]

December 11, 1931 (Friday)[edit]

December 12, 1931 (Saturday)[edit]

December 13, 1931 (Sunday)[edit]

December 14, 1931 (Monday)[edit]

December 15, 1931 (Tuesday)[edit]

Chiang Kai-shek
President Lin Sen

December 16, 1931 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 17, 1931 (Thursday)[edit]

December 18, 1931 (Friday)[edit]

December 19, 1931 (Saturday)[edit]

Defeated Prime Minister Scullin

December 20, 1931 (Sunday)[edit]

December 21, 1931 (Monday)[edit]

New Australian Prime Minister Joe Lyons

December 22, 1931 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 23, 1931 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 24, 1931 (Thursday)[edit]

December 25, 1931 (Friday)[edit]

December 26, 1931 (Saturday)[edit]

December 27, 1931 (Sunday)[edit]

December 28, 1931 (Monday)[edit]

December 29, 1931 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 30, 1931 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 31, 1931 (Thursday)[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Russia Abandons 5 Day Week for One of Six Days". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 24, 1931. p. 1.
  • ^ "Gandhi is Ready to Renew Strife as Parley Fails". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 1, 1931. p. 1.
  • ^ "Alka-Seltzer 82 years old". The Mountain Eagle. December 3, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ Aliperti, Cliff (August 14, 2012). "Smart Money (1931) Starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney". Immortal Ephemera. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (2012). Ecumenical, Academic, and Pastoral Work, 1931–1932. Augsburg Fortress Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8006-9838-6.
  • ^ "Tageseinträge für 4. Dezember 1931". chroniknet. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ Schultz, Sigrid (December 5, 1931). "Hitler Pledges to Pay Berlin's Debts to World". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
  • ^ "His Conscience Clear, Gandhi Sails for Home". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 5, 1931. p. 1.
  • ^ Kamdar, Mira (December 1, 2011). "When Paris Met The Mahatma". The Caravan. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ "Tageseinträge für 5. Dezember 1931". chroniknet. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ Miklós, Vincze (February 4, 2013). "The Strange History of the Moscow Cathedral That Couldn't Be Destroyed". io9. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  • ^ "Coal Mine Blast Kills 5, Injures 14 in Transylvania". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 7, 1931. p. 15.
  • ^ Darrah, David (December 8, 1931). "Duce Makes War Hero Chief Aid in Fascist Party". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 8.
  • ^ Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7864-6062-5.
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