WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1931
Find out what all happened January to December 1931

Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. (21. January 1931)

The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution. (7. November 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)

France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty. (24. August 1931)

Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland. (11. December 1931)

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

France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression. (28. August 1931)

The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population. (5. March 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)

New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS) begins broadcasts. (31. July 1931)

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

SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland. (26. March 1931)

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

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

Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (30. September 1931)

A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people. (24. July 1931)

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

The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic. (24. October 1931)

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

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