WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1931
Find out what all happened February to September 1931

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

First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. (14. April 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 Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. (18. September 1931)

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

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

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

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

The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California. (20. February 1931)

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

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

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

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

Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. (14. March 1931)

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

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

New Delhi becomes the capital of India. (13. February 1931)

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

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