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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 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.
Year: 2,294 banks went down with nearly $1.7 billion in deposits. 28,285 businesses failed for a daily rate of 133 failures in 1931. Unemployment rises to 16%. Unemployment rises to 16%. US nominal GDP falls to $77 billion, and growth is −8.5%.
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 ...
9 May - Richmond set a record VFL score of 30.19 (199) against North Melbourne.This record stands until 1969. Doug Strang, with fourteen goals, and Jack Titus, with eight, combine for 22 goals - a total equalled by Templeton and Dunstan in 1978 but never beaten
1931 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) * 1931 events in the United States by month (9 C) / ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
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