WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1931
Find out what all happened February to August 1931

Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union. (11. March 1931)

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

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

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

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

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

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

SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board. (15. March 1931)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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