May 1931

may 1: empire state building completed.



may 1 – construction of empire state building completed in new york city.
may 4 – kemal atatürk re-elected president of turkey.
may 5 – İsmet İnönü forms new government in turkey (7th government).
may 11 – creditanstalt, austria s largest bank, goes bankrupt, beginning banking collapse in central europe causes worldwide financial meltdown.
may 13 – paul doumer elected president of france.
may 14 – Ådalen shootings: 5 people killed in Ådalen, sweden, when soldiers open fire on unarmed trade union demonstration.
may 15

the chinese communists inflict sharp defeat on kuomintang forces.
pope pius xi issues encyclical quadragesimo anno on reconstruction of social order .


may 31 – second encirclement campaign against jiangxi soviet ends in defeat of kuomintang.