WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1931
Find out what all happened June to December 1931

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

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

Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion. (17. October 1931)

The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens. (1. October 1931)

The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic. (9. December 1931)

The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution. (7. November 1931)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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