- 1931 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1931 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Ramsay MacDonald , Labour and national coalitionEvents
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6 January -Sadler's Wells Theatre opens inLondon .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*14 April - TheHighway Code issued.
*23 May -Whipsnade Zoo opens inBedfordshire .
*7 June - The Dogger Bank earthquake is felt across Britain. [cite web|url=http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Resources/EarthSci/Earth/records.html|title=Earth Science resources - earthquake records|accessdate=2008-05-23]
*12 June - Charlie Parker equals J.T. Hearne's record for the earliest date to reach 100 wickets.
*24 August - Labour Government ofRamsay MacDonald resigns in Britain and is replaced by National Government of people drawn from all parties also under MacDonald.
*6 September - Chancellor of the ExchequerPhilip Snowden announces salary cuts for all government employees, and reductions tounemployment benefit .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 373-374|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*15 September - TheInvergordon Mutiny : Strikes inRoyal Navy due to decreased salaries.
*20 September -Pound sterling comes off thegold standard .
*17 October - General election results in victory for the National Government. Ramsay Macdonald remains Prime Minister.
*12 November - TheAbbey Road Studios in London are opened by SirEdward Elgar .
*11 December - Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of theCommonwealth of Australia , theDominion of Canada , theIrish Free State , Newfoundland, theDominion of New Zealand , and theUnion of South Africa .Undated
* The Vic-Wells Ballet, later to become the Royal Ballet, debuts in
London . [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]Publications
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Agatha Christie 's novel "The Sittaford Mystery ".
*Anthony Powell 's novel "Afternoon Men ".
*Vita Sackville-West 's novel "All Passion Spent ".
*Virginia Woolf 's novel "The Waves ".Births
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10 January -Peter Barnes , playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)
*2 February -Les Dawson , comedian (died 1993)
*24 February -Brian Close , cricket player
*26 February -Ally McLeod , football manager
*6 March - Jimmy Stewart, racing driver (died 2008)
*14 March -Frank Sando , long-distance runner
*19 March -Alan Newton , track cyclist
*7 April -Jeff Elliott , decathlete and pole vaulter
*29 April -Lonnie Donegan , musician (died 2002)
*7 June
**Virginia McKenna , actress
**Malcolm Morley , painter
*28 August -John Shirley-Quirk , bass-baritone
*8 September -Jack Rosenthal , playwright (died 2004)
*22 September -Fay Weldon , author
*22 September -George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie , politician (died 2003)
*4 October -Terence Conran , designer and businessman
*19 October -John le Carré , novelist
*23 October -Diana Dors , actress (died 1984)
*9 November -Eric Sandstrom , track and field sprinterDeaths
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22 January -Alfred Maudslay , colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist (born 1850)
*11 February -Charles Algernon Parsons , inventor (born 1854)
*5 March -Arthur Tooth ,Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the1870s (born 1839)
*17 March - James Stewart, Scottish Labour Party politician, MP for Glasgow St. Rollox 1922–1931 (born 1863)
*27 March -Arnold Bennett , novelist (born 1867)
*30 April -Sammy Woods , cricketer (born 1867)
*13 June -Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent , businessman (born 1850)
*5 September - John Thomson, footballer (born 1909)
*2 October -Thomas Lipton , merchant and yachtsman (born 1850)Unknown dates
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Lancelot Speed , illustrator (born 1860)
*Joseph Tabrar , songwriter (born 1857)References
ee also
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