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The following events occurred in September 1931:

September 14, 1931: British Prime Minister MacDonald and the Indian independence activist Mohandas Gandhi convene the second round of Round Table Discussions in London
September 18, 1931: Japanese troops begin invasion of Chinese region of Manchuria
September 6, 1931: Rebel Chilean Navy ships bombed by Chile's warplanes

September 1, 1931 (Tuesday)

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September 2, 1931 (Wednesday)

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  • The Italian government announced a surprise agreement with the Vatican allowing Azione Cattolica to operate as long as it abstained from politics and did not compete with the interests of the state in any way.[3]
  • The Chilean cabinet resigned over the naval mutiny crisis.[4]
  • 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby debuted on the CBS radio network.

September 3, 1931 (Thursday)

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  • King Alexander I of Yugoslavia proclaimed the Yugoslav Constitution by decree.[5] The new Constitution provided powers to the King as both head of state and commander-in-chief of the Yugoslavian armed forces, with power to dissolve Parliament with approval of the cabinet.
  • The German stock exchange reopened for the first time since being shut on July 13.[6]
  • The P. G. Wodehouse novel If I Were You was first published.

September 4, 1931 (Friday)

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September 5, 1931 (Saturday)

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Goalkeeper Thomson
  • Died: John Thomson, the 22-year-old goalkeeper for the Scottish soccer football team Celtic, was fatally injured during a match against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. Thomson, the goalkeeper, was diving for the ball while Rangers striker Sam English was moving forward; Thomson fractured his skull and ruptured an artery on the right side of his brain when he collided with English's knee. Thomson died hours later after being taken to Victoria Infirmary.

September 6, 1931 (Sunday)

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September 7, 1931 (Monday)

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  • The Chilean mutineers surrendered.[10]
  • King George V opted to take a pay cut of £50,000 a year for as long as the depression lasted.[12]

September 8, 1931 (Tuesday)

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September 9, 1931 (Wednesday)

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  • Ramsay MacDonald's government won a vote of cloture 306–212 to cut off debate about its emergency economic bill.[14]

September 10, 1931 (Thursday)

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Damage in Belize City

September 11, 1931 (Friday)

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  • Britain put the R100 airship up for sale due to lack of funds.[15]

September 12, 1931 (Saturday)

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September 13, 1931 (Sunday)

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September 14, 1931 (Monday)

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September 15, 1931 (Tuesday)

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September 16, 1931 (Wednesday)

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Mukhtar, shortly before his trial and execution
  • Died: Omar Mukhtar, 73, Libyan revolutionary who led the Libyan resistance movement against Italian colonial authorities in Cyrenaica, was hanged five days after being wounded and captured in battle

September 17, 1931 (Thursday)

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  • RCA Victor introduced the LP record in a demonstration at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel in New York. However, the long playing discs were too expensive at the time to be commercially successful.[5]
  • Karlag, one of the largest forced labour camps in the Soviet Union, was established in the Kazakh SSR.[26]
  • Born: Anne Bancroft (stage name for Anna Maria Italiano), American stage, film and TV actress best known for The Miracle Worker, winner of two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, and two Emmy Awards; in the Bronx, New York City (d. 2005)
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September 18, 1931 (Friday)

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  • The Mukden Incident, staged by Japanese military personnel in the Chinese region of Manchuria, took place when an officer of the 29th Japanese Infantry exploded a small bomb on the tracks of the Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway near the city of Mukden (now Shenyang). Japan's Imperial Army then accused Chinese dissidents of attempting to sabotage the railway and invaded the city the next day with the goal of eventually annexing Manchuria.
  • Died: Geli Raubal, 23, half-niece of Adolf Hitler and his girlfriend, committed suicide at Hitler's Munich apartment, shooting herself in the chest with a pistol owned by him.

September 19, 1931 (Saturday)

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  • The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began as a Japanese Army unit fired artillery shells at a Chinese Army garrison at Beidaying on the pretext of retaliation for the bomb explosion at the South Manchuria Railway the night before. By the end of the day, 500 Japanese troops had taken control of the city. The Japanese also occupiued the city of Mukden.
  • In Clarksburg, West Virginia, an angry mob of 10,000 people tried to storm the county jail to get at accused murderer Harry Powers. Police fired tear gas to bring the crowd under control.[27] Powers would be convicted of killing an Illinois woman and her three children, and hanged at the West Virginia State Penitentiary on March 18.
  • Died: David Starr Jordan, 80, American ichthyologist and university administrator who served as the first president of Stanford University and later as the president of Indiana University

September 20, 1931 (Sunday)

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September 21, 1931 (Monday)

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  • The British emergency measure to suspend the gold standard was rushed through the House of Commons and House of Lords and granted royal assent all in the same day.[29]
  • The German stock exchange was closed again.[30] It would not reopen until April 1932.[6]
  • Born:

September 22, 1931 (Tuesday)

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September 23, 1931 (Wednesday)

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  • The Soviet Union notified Japan of its disapproval of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Foreign Affairs Comissar Maxim Litvinov told the Japanese minister that the Soviet government was displeased at not being informed ahead of time and that the conflict could have been settled through compromise.[32]
  • Died: Asger Ostenfeld, 64, Danish civil engineer and expert on steel structural construction

September 24, 1931 (Thursday)

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  • Japan told the League of Nations that it would it begin to withdraw troops from Manchuria if the safety of Japanese residents in the area and their property was guaranteed.[33]
  • Born: Anthony Newley, English pop singer and later a film lyricist (d. 1999)

September 25, 1931 (Friday)

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September 26, 1931 (Saturday)

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September 27, 1931 (Sunday)

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September 28, 1931 (Monday)

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September 29, 1931 (Tuesday)

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  • George Stainforth broke his own speed record by flying an airplane at 408.8 mph.[12]
  • The British Ministry of Labour reported record unemployment, with 2.8 million people out of work.[40] On the same day, huge crowds of unemployed workers poured into Westminster to protest. Many arrests were made as the demonstrators clashed with mounted police.[41]
  • The Estevan Riot occurred in Estevan, Saskatchewan between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and striking coal miners.
  • Born:

September 30, 1931 (Wednesday)

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References

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  2. ^ "Bomb in Havana Wrecks Canada Branch Bank". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 2, 1931. p. 1.
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  4. ^ "Chilean Cabinet Resigns; Plans State of Siege". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 3, 1931. p. 2.
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  8. ^ "Planes Sink Chile Warships". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 6, 1931. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Customs Union Held Illegal by World Court". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 6, 1931. p. 7.
  10. ^ a b "Air War Ends Chilean Revolt". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 7, 1931. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Hack Wilson Suspended for Rest of Season". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 7, 1931. p. 19.
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  13. ^ Steele, John (September 9, 1931). "British House Backs Cabinet and M'Donald". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  14. ^ "M'Donald Wins New Commons Vote, 306-212". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1931. p. 1.
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  20. ^ "Austrian Troops Quell Dawn to Dusk Rebellion". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 14, 1931. p. 2.
  21. ^ "Flies 386 Miles Per Hour; Sets World Record". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 14, 1931. p. 1.
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  23. ^ "Macks Clinch Pennant with 14-3 Victory". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 16, 1931. p. 22.
  24. ^ "Texas Senate Tags 'Liar' on Huey P. Long". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 17, 1931. p. 1.
  25. ^ "St. Louis is Jubilant Over Cards' Title". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 17, 1931. p. 19.
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  40. ^ "2,811,615 British Out of Work; New High Record". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 30, 1931. p. 4.
  41. ^ "Jobless Mobs Riot in London; Battle Police". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 30, 1931. p. 4.
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