WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1931
Find out what all happened March to September 1931

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

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

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

First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. (14. April 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 Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. (25. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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