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What Happened In December 1931 In History

Historical Events for December, 1931

  • 9th » The Constituent Cortes approves a Spanish Constitution of 1931 e.g constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
  • 11th » Statute of Westminster 1931: The Parliament of the United Kingdom British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the United Kingdom UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Dominion of Newfound

Famous Birthdays on December in 1931

  • 1st » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
  • 1st » Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
  • 2nd » Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
  • 2nd » Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial artist, founded Bujinkan
  • 2nd » Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
  • 2nd » Edwin Meese, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 75th United States Attorney General
  • 3rd » Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011)
  • 3rd » Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
  • 4th » Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  • 4th » Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
  • 5th » Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
  • 6th » Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
  • 7th » Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created 'Diplomacy (game) e.g Diplomacy' (d. 2013)
  • 8th » Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank
  • 9th » William Reynolds (actor) known as William Reynolds, American actor
  • 9th » Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 9th » Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999)
  • 10th » Peter Baker (footballer born 1931) called Peter Baker, English-South African footballer
  • 11th » Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (d. 1990)
  • 11th » Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (d. 2013)
  • 11th » Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 11th » Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Jerome Rothenberg, American anthropologist and poet
  • 12th » Lionel Blair, English actor, dancer, and choreographer
  • 14th » Jon Elia, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and scholar (d. 2002)
  • 14th » Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgussaar, Estonian director and politician
  • 16th » Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (d. 1998)
  • 17th » Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (d. 2011)
  • 17th » Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
  • 17th » James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist
  • 17th » Marilyn Eastman, American actress
  • 18th » Allen Klein, American talent agent and businessman (d. 2009)
  • 18th » Alison Plowden, English historian and author (d. 2007)
  • 18th » Bill Thompson (television host) named Bill Thompson, American television host (d. 2014)
  • 20th » Ike Skelton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 20th » Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)
  • 20th » Terry Sanders, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 21st » David Baker (composer) named David Baker, American composer and educator
  • 22nd » Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)
  • 23rd » Ronnie Schell, American actor
  • 24th » Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (d. 2011)
  • 24th » Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008)
  • 27th » Scotty Moore, American guitarist (The Blue Moon Boys)
  • 28th » Guy Debord, French theorist and author (d. 1994)
  • 28th » Martin Milner, American actor
  • 29th » Yi Gu, Japanese-American son of Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (d. 2005)
  • 29th » Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 30th » Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters (country band) e.g The Davis Sisters) (d. 2004)
  • 30th » John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
  • 30th » Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
  • 31st » Bob Shaw, Irish journalist and author (d. 1996)

Famous Deaths for December 1931

  • 5th » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
  • 13th » Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)
  • 23rd » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
  • 26th » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)

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