June 1931

june 3 – salvador dalí s persistence of memory put on display first time in paris @ galerie pierre colle.
june 5 – german chancellor dr. heinrich brüning visits london, warns british prime minister ramsay macdonald collapse of austrian banking system, caused bankruptcy of creditanstalt, has left entire german banking system on verge of collapse.
june 12 – english cricketer charlie parker equals j. t. hearne s record earliest date reach 100 wickets.
june 14 – saint-philibert disaster: overloaded pleasure craft saint-philibert, carrying trippers home nantes Île de noirmoutier, sinks @ mouth of river loire in france; on 450 drown.
june 19

in attempt stop banking crisis in central europe causing worldwide financial meltdown, u.s. president herbert hoover issues hoover moratorium.
the geneva convention (1929) relative treatment of prisoners of war enters force.


june 23–july 1 – wiley post , harold gatty accomplish first round-the-world flight in single-engine plane, flying eastabout roosevelt field, new york, in 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes.




^ wiley post . centennialofflight.gov. archived original on october 8, 2012.