WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1931
Find out what all happened March to October 1931

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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