1931

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1930 1931 1932

Events

• George Orwell publishes his essay "A Hanging."
• Marx Brothers release Monkey Business
• Great Depression: 2,998 banks fail in the United States.
• Leonid Brezhnev joins the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).
• Henri Charriere is convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guyana.
• U.S. Marines continue the nineteen year long occupation of Haiti, from 1915-1934.

Timeline

• February 6: Army and Navy Union forced to call off a bonus protest in Washington, DC.
• March 7: "Ford Gace Bullets for Bread." Four workers killed by police in protest at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
• November: Arthur Wauchope appointed British High Commissioner for Palestine. Replace John Chancellor.