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2019) March 6 – Carmen de Lavallade, actress, dancer and choreographer; March 12 – Herb Kelleher, businessman (d. 2019) March 15. D. J. Fontana, drummer (d. 2018) Ted Marchibroda, American football player (d. 2016) March 18 – Shirley Stovroff, American baseball player (d. 1994) March 20. Norman Francis, American lawyer
1931 – Japanese invasion of Manchuria, start of World War II in the Pacific. 1931 – The Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public in New York City. 1931 - “The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes official U.S. national anthem; 1931 - Hoover vetoes Veteran Bonus; 1931 - Pearl Buck publishes The Good Earth making heroes of the Chinese ...
The Empire State Building became the world's tallest building when completed in 1931. The world's tallest building (for the next 35 years) was constructed, opening as the Empire State Building on May 3, 1931, in New York City. The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed, opening on May 27, 1937, in San Francisco, USA.
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.
Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or millennia.
1931 – Rip Torn, American actor (d. 2019) [30] 1931 – Fred Trueman, English cricketer (d. 2006) 1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress and model [31] 1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal (d. 2017) 1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier and anarchist (d. 1959)
1931 – Miller Barber, American golfer (d. 2013) 1931 – Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (d. 1997) 1932 – John Jakes, American author (d. 2023) 1932 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 2013) 1933 – Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999) 1933 – Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
January 28 – Chen Xingbi (died 2019), Chinese electronics engineer. February 10 – Carl Rettenmeyer (died 2009), American biologist specialising in army ants. March 22 – Burton Richter (died 2018), American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. March 25 – John A. Eddy (died 2009), American astronomer.