What Happened In February 1931 In History

Historical Events for February, 1931

• 13th » New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
• 20th » The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1931

• 1st » Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (d. 2012)
• 1st » Bob Smith (pitcher born 1931) or Bob Smith, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1st » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
• 2nd » Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor
• 2nd » John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
• 2nd » Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 2nd » Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
• 4th » Isabel Martínez de Perón, Argentinian politician, 41st President of Argentina
• 6th » James Bonk, American chemist and educator (d. 2013)
• 6th » Rip Torn, American actor
• 6th » Mamie Van Doren, American actress and singer
• 6th » Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal
• 8th » James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
• 9th » Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (d. 1989)
• 9th » Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach
• 11th » Larry Merchant, American journalist
• 12th » Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author (d. 2008)
• 14th » Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2006)
• 14th » Brian Kelly (actor) e.g Brian Kelly, American actor (d. 2005)
• 15th » Claire Bloom, English actress
• 15th » Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (d. 2014)
• 15th » Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author
• 16th » Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
• 16th » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (d. 1964)
• 16th » George E. Sangmeister, American politician (d. 2007)
• 16th » Ken Takakura, Japanese actor
• 17th » Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (d. 2013)
• 18th » Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
• 18th » Toni Morrison, American author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate
• 18th » Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, Indian-English businessman, philanthropist, and politician
• 18th » Bob St. Clair, American football player
• 23rd » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)
• 24th » Dominic Chianese, American actor
• 24th » Brian Close, English cricketer
• 26th » Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
• 26th » Robert Novak, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 28th » Peter Alliss, German-English golfer and sportscaster
• 28th » Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (d. 2012)
• 28th » Gavin MacLeod, American actor
• 28th » Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach

Famous Deaths for February 1931

• 5th » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 6th » Motilal Nehru, Indian layer and politician (b. 1861)
• 11th » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 12th » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general (b. 1855)
• 18th » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 23rd » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano (b. 1861)
• 26th » Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
• 27th » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (b. 1906)

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