October 1931

october – caltech department of physics faculty , graduate students meet albert einstein guest.
october 4 – dick tracy, comic strip detective character created cartoonist chester gould, makes debut appearance in detroit mirror newspaper.
october 5 – american aviators clyde edward pangborn , hugh herndon, jr., complete first non-stop flight across pacific ocean, misawa, japan, east wenatchee, washington, in 41½ hours.
october 11 – rally in bad harzburg, germany leads harzburg front being founded, uniting nsdap, dnvp, stahlhelm , various other right-wing fractions.
october 17

american gangster al capone sentenced 11 years in prison tax evasion in chicago.
leeds bradford international airport opened leeds , bradford municipal aerodrome in england.


october 24 – george washington bridge across hudson river in united states dedicated; opens traffic following day. @ 3,500 feet (1,100 m), doubles previous record longest main span in world.
october 27 – united kingdom general election results in victory of national government , defeat of labour party in country s greatest ever electoral landslide.




^ pangborn-herndon memorial site . aviation: sand dunes sonic booms. national park service. retrieved 2012-05-31.