September 1931
september 18: mukden incident: incident museum in shenyang september 5 – john thomson, scottish football player, dies result of accident during celtic–rangers match. september 7 – second round table conference on constitutional future of india opens in london. mahatma gandhi represents indian national congress. september 10 – worst hurricane in british honduras history kills estimated 1,500. september 15 – invergordon mutiny: strikes called in british royal navy due decreased pay. september 16 – hanging of resistance leader omar mukhtar in italian libya. september 18 japanese military stage mukden incident pretext japanese invasion of manchuria. geli raubal commits suicide in uncle adolf hitler s apartment. september 20 – gun literally pointed head chinese commander of kirin province announces annexation of territory japan. september 22 – united kingdom abandons gold standard.