What Happened In April 1931 In History

Historical Events for April, 1931

• 14th » The Cortes Generales known as Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII of Spain called Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• 14th » First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1931

• 1st » George Baker (actor) named George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor (d. 2011)
• 1st » Ita Ever, Estonian actress
• 1st » Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright
• 3rd » David Swift (actor) known as David Swift, English actor
• 4th » James Dickens, English politician (d. 2013)
• 4th » Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral
• 4th » Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, 16th List of Governors-General of New Zealand known as Governor-General of New Zealand
• 5th » Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 6th » Ram Dass, American author and educator
• 6th » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
• 6th » Suchitra Sen, Indian actress (d. 2014)
• 7th » Donald Barthelme, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
• 7th » Daniel Ellsberg, American theorist and author
• 8th » John Gavin, American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico
• 9th » Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1991)
• 11th » Lewis Jones (rugby) e.g Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 11th » Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)
• 11th » Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and conductor
• 12th » Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)
• 13th » Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 13th » Dan Gurney, American race car driver
• 13th » Arturo Rodenak, Argentinian-Chilean footballer (d. 2012)
• 13th » Jon Stone, American screenwriter and producer, co-created 'Sesame Street' (d. 1997)
• 14th » Geoffrey Dalton, English admiral
• 14th » Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Kenneth Bloomfield, Irish civil servant
• 15th » Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet and psychologist, Nobel Prize for Literature called Nobel Prize laureate
• 16th » Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (d. 2012)
• 17th » John Barrett (tennis) or John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 17th » Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (d. 2012)
• 17th » Howard Honig, American actor
• 18th » Bill Miles, American director and producer (d. 2013)
• 19th » Garfield Morgan, English actor (d. 2009)
• 19th » Walter Stewart (journalist) known as Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 20th » Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, English politician
• 20th » John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician
• 22nd » John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 22nd » Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer
• 24th » Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 24th » Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
• 25th » Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)
• 25th » James Fenton (Ulster Scots poet) known as James Fenton, Irish linguist and poet
• 25th » David Shepherd (artist) e.g David Shepherd, English painter
• 26th » Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)
• 27th » Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist
• 29th » Frank Auerbach, German-English painter
• 29th » Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 29th » Chris Pearson (politician) e.g Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for April 1931

• 4th » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin known as Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 8th » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 10th » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet and painter (b. 1883)
• 14th » Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (b. 1851)
• 15th » Joe Masseria, Mafia Boss, (b. 1886)
• 20th » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 24th » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)

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