1931

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Years: 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 - 1931 - 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936

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Events:

• March 3 - "The Star-Spangled Banner" is adopted as the United States National anthem.
• Deuterium discovered by Harold Clayton Urey.

Births:

• February 11 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator.
• March 22 - William Shatner, (actor)
• August 12 - William Goldman, author

Deaths:

• February 11 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor of the steam turbine.

Sport

Nobel Prizes:

• Physics - not awarded
• Chemistry - Carl Bosch, Friedrich Bergius
• Medicine - Otto Heinrich Warburg
• Literature - Erik Axel Karlfeldt
• Peace - Jane Addams Nicholas Murray Butler