April 1931

April 1, 1931 (Wednesday)

April 2, 1931 (Thursday)

April 3, 1931 (Friday)

April 4, 1931 (Saturday)

April 5, 1931 (Sunday)

April 6, 1931 (Monday)

April 7, 1931 (Tuesday)

April 8, 1931 (Wednesday)

April 9, 1931 (Thursday)

April 10, 1931 (Friday)

  • Prussian Police President Albert Grzesinski ordered the weekly newspaper of Der Stahlhelm banned for three months due to its attacks on the Prussian government.[14]
  • Died: Kahlil Gibran, 48, Lebanese artist, poet and writer (cirrhosis of the liver and tuberculosis)

April 11, 1931 (Saturday)

April 12, 1931 (Sunday)

  • Municipal elections were held in Spain. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the rule of King Alfonso XIII by electing republican candidates in 49 out of 50 provincial capitals.[16]

April 13, 1931 (Monday)

  • The trial of Peter Kürten, charged with nine murders, began in Düsseldorf. Kürten took the stand and admitted to the crimes, but explained that he had been driven to take revenge on society for the harsh treatment he received in prison while serving time for burglaries and assaults.[17]

April 14, 1931 (Tuesday)

April 15, 1931 (Wednesday)

April 16, 1931 (Thursday)

April 17, 1931 (Friday)

  • Alfonso released a statement saying he was still the king of Spain and expressing confidence that upcoming elections would return him to power.[24]
  • The Catalan Republic was called off after talks with the provisional Spanish government.[25]

April 18, 1931 (Saturday)

April 19, 1931 (Sunday)

April 20, 1931 (Monday)

  • The British House of Commons passed a bill allowing movie theatres and other places of amusement to open on Sundays.[27]
  • The German Supreme Court shortened the ban duration of the weekly newspaper of the Stahlhelm to May 1.[14]
  • James P. Henigan won the Boston Marathon.[28]
  • Died: Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, 68, British baronet and Titanic survivor

April 21, 1931 (Tuesday)

  • Great Britain and its Dominions extended diplomatic recognition to the Second Spanish Republic as Alfonso arrived in London.[29]

April 22, 1931 (Wednesday)

April 23, 1931 (Thursday)

  • The provisional Spanish government called for general elections on June 21.[31]
  • The crime film The Public Enemy, featuring James Cagney in the role that made him a star, was released.[32]

April 24, 1931 (Friday)

  • New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed a state bill which would have allowed physicians to prescribe medicinal liquor, explaining he was not unsympathetic to its purpose but that the bill was unworkable in its present form due its many "complicated and extravagant provisions".[33]
  • Born: Bridget Riley, op artist, in West Norwood, London, England

April 25, 1931 (Saturday)

April 26, 1931 (Sunday)

April 27, 1931 (Monday)

April 28, 1931 (Tuesday)

April 29, 1931 (Wednesday)

April 30, 1931 (Thursday)

  • About 50 workmen were killed when 1,000 tons of airplane bombs exploded in a naval laboratory near Niterói, Brazil.[42]
  • Died: Sammy Woods, 64, Australian-born English sportsman

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  39. "Oil Well Blows Up; 14 Dead". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1931. p. 1.
  40. "41 Die as Fire Traps Crowd on Fast Train". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 30, 1931. p. 1.
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