December 1931

December 1, 1931 (Tuesday)

December 2, 1931 (Wednesday)

December 3, 1931 (Thursday)

December 4, 1931 (Friday)

  • Adolf Hitler gave an interview to British and American press at the Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin.[5][6] "It will not be necessary for me to seize power through a coup d'état", Hitler said. "It will be mine within a short time, anyway, since every election brings my party closer to an absolute majority."[7]

December 5, 1931 (Saturday)

December 6, 1931 (Sunday)

December 7, 1931 (Monday)

December 8, 1931 (Tuesday)

  • German President Paul von Hindenburg signed Chancellor Heinrich Brüning's enormous 46-page emergency decree into law, slashing prices, wages and rents across the board in an effort to reverse inflation.[15]
  • Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was sworn in as a United States senator, filling the vacancy left by her late husband Thaddeus. This made Caraway the second woman in history to serve in the U.S. Senate after Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922, though Felton's service consisted of only a single day and was largely symbolic.[16][17]
  • Herbert Hoover delivered the annual State of the Union message to Congress. The message reviewed the worldwide depression and laid out the measures the government was taking to alleviate the crisis, but made no mention of Prohibition.[18]

December 9, 1931 (Wednesday)

December 10, 1931 (Thursday)

December 11, 1931 (Friday)

December 12, 1931 (Saturday)

December 13, 1931 (Sunday)

  • Inukai Tsuyoshi became Prime Minister of Japan.
  • Winston Churchill was hit by a car driven by Edward F. Cantasano while crossing Fifth Avenue in New York City. Churchill went to hospital with some bruises and cuts but was discharged the following week. Cantasano was not charged because Churchill took full responsibility for the accident, having crossed against the light and forgotten which side of the road automobiles drive on in the United States.[27]
  • Born: Bubba Morton, baseball player, in Washington, D.C. (d. 2006)

December 14, 1931 (Monday)

December 15, 1931 (Tuesday)

December 16, 1931 (Wednesday)

December 17, 1931 (Thursday)

December 18, 1931 (Friday)

  • A jury acquitted Walter Pfrimer and his associates of treason charges.[28]
  • Died: Legs Diamond, 34, American gangster (assassinated)

December 19, 1931 (Saturday)

December 20, 1931 (Sunday)

December 21, 1931 (Monday)

December 22, 1931 (Tuesday)

  • The roof of the Vatican Library partially collapsed, killing five and destroying 800 books.[19]

December 23, 1931 (Wednesday)

December 24, 1931 (Thursday)

December 25, 1931 (Friday)

December 26, 1931 (Saturday)

December 27, 1931 (Sunday)

December 28, 1931 (Monday)

  • Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, docking at Bombay. A huge crowd was there to greet him despite the very early morning hour.[39]
  • Sections of Los Angeles flooded after five days of rain.[40]
  • Born: Martin Milner, actor, in Detroit, Michigan

December 29, 1931 (Tuesday)

December 30, 1931 (Wednesday)

December 31, 1931 (Thursday)

  • German President Paul von Hindenburg gave a New Year's address over the radio. "Germans deserve thanks and praise for the sacrifices they have made and the patience with which they have borne their sufferings and burdens", Hindenburg said. "The greatness of their sacrifice justifies Germany's demand that foreign countries should not seek to oppose Germany's restoration through imposition of impossible conditions." At one point during Hindenburg's address the broadcast was hijacked and an unknown voice called out, "Attention Germany! The Red fighters are here."[43]
  • In the Northwest Territories of Canada near Aklavik, four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police trekked to the cabin of a mysterious man by the name of Albert Johnson with a search warrant after Aboriginal trappers suspected him of interfering with their traps. When they knocked on Johnson's cabin door he responded with gunfire, seriously wounding one of the Mounties in the ensuing shootout. Johnson now faced the more serious charge of attempted murder of an RCMP officer.[44]
  • The film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Fredric March was released.
  • Born: Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1996)

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  40. "Los Angeles is Waist Deep in Flood Waters". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 29, 1931. p. 1.
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