WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1931
Find out what all happened January to November 1931

The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem. (3. March 1931)

Gambling is legalized in Nevada. (19. March 1931)

First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. (14. April 1931)

The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. (18. September 1931)

Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government. (24. August 1931)

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. (23. June 1931)

The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. (25. March 1931)

The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. (3. February 1931)

Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini. (29. May 1931)

United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport). (1. July 1931)

TWA Flight 599 crashes near Bazaar, Kansas killing 8 including Knute Rockne, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame (31. March 1931)

An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000. (31. March 1931)

Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. (14. May 1931)

Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast. (7. January 1931)

Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Lucky Luciano's hitmen. (11. September 1931)

Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for murder during the Indian struggle for independence. (23. March 1931)

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. (1. May 1931)

The Sakurakai, a secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army, launches an abortive coup d'état attempt. (21. October 1931)

The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic. (14. April 1931)

Emperor Haile Selassie I signs the first constitution of Ethiopia. (16. July 1931)