April 1931

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April 15, 1931: King Alfonso XIII of Spain quietly goes into exile
April 14, 1931: Prime Minister Alcalá Zamora proclaims the Second Spanish Republic
Kingdom of Spain
Republic of Spain

The following events occurred in April 1931:

Wednesday, April 1, 1931

Thursday, April 2, 1931

Friday, April 3, 1931

  • Adolf Hitler accused Walter Stennes of plotting to violate the government's emergency dictatorship decree and issued an ultimatum to all SA members demanding they submit a written oath of allegiance by April 12 or face expulsion.[6]
  • Born:

Saturday, April 4, 1931

Sunday, April 5, 1931

Monday, April 6, 1931

Tuesday, April 7, 1931

Wednesday, April 8, 1931

Thursday, April 9, 1931

Speaker Longworth

Friday, April 10, 1931

  • Prussian Police President Albert Grzesinski ordered the weekly newspaper of Der Stahlhelm banned for three months due to its attacks on the Prussian government.[16]
  • Died: Kahlil Gibran, 48, Lebanese artist, poet and writer, died from tuberculosis

Saturday, April 11, 1931

Sunday, April 12, 1931

  • Municipal elections were held in Spain. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the rule of King Alfonso XIII by electing republican candidates in 49 out of 50 provincial capitals.[18]

Monday, April 13, 1931

  • The trial of German serial killer Peter Kürten for nine murders, began in Düsseldorf. Kürten took the stand and admitted to the crimes, but explained that he had been driven to take revenge on society for the harsh treatment he received in prison while serving time for burglaries and assaults.[19] Kürten was found guilty on April 22 and would be executed on the guillotine on July 2.

Tuesday, April 14, 1931

Wednesday, April 15, 1931

  • Queen Victoria Eugenie and her family boarded a train and departed Spain to join Alfonso in exile. Even when passing through staunchly republican areas, large crowds of people cheered and applauded the procession.[23]
  • Ernie Lombardi made his major league baseball debut with the Brooklyn Robins, going 2-for-2.[24]
  • Born: Helen Maksagak, Canadian politician and Inuit rights activist who had served as the first Commissioner of Nunavut upon the territory's formation in 1999, and had previously served as the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1995 to 1999); in Bernard Harbour, Northwest Territories (now Nulahugiuq, Nunavut) (d. 2009)
  • Died: Joe Masseria, 45, Sicilian-born American Mafia boss of New York's Morello Family Gang, was shot to death by two gunmen after being betrayed by his top lieutenant, Lucky Luciano
  • Dr. Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) performs his two thousandth verified brain tumor operation at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. The operation is filmed with two cameras and it is the only recording of Cushing's surgery skills.

Thursday, April 16, 1931

  • Exiled Spanish king Alfonso was mobbed by thousands of admirers upon his arrival in Paris to reunite with his family.[25]
  • Serenade for Chamber Orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů was first performed in Paris.[18]
  • Born: John Littlejohn (stage name for John Wesley Funchess), African-American blues guitarist, in Lake, Mississippi (d. 1994)

Friday, April 17, 1931

  • Alfonso released a statement saying he was still the king of Spain and expressing confidence that upcoming elections would return him to power.[26]
  • The Catalan Republic was called off after talks with the provisional Spanish government.[27]
  • Harlan County War: Special Deputy Sheriff Jessie J. Pace of the Harlan County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office was shot and killed at the Black Mine Coal Company, where a strike had been ongoing for two months.[28]

Saturday, April 18, 1931

The Earl of Willingdon

Sunday, April 19, 1931

Monday, April 20, 1931

  • The British House of Commons passed a bill allowing movie theatres and other places of amusement to open on Sundays.[30]
  • The German Supreme Court shortened the ban duration of the weekly newspaper of the Stahlhelm to May 1.[16]
  • James P. Henigan won the Boston Marathon.[31]
  • Died: Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 68, British baronet and controversial Titanic survivor who departed the sinking ship in a lifeboat that was two-thirds empty

Tuesday, April 21, 1931

  • Great Britain and its Dominions extended diplomatic recognition to the Second Spanish Republic as Alfonso arrived in London.[32]

Wednesday, April 22, 1931

  • Germany recognized the Second Spanish Republic.[33]
  • German serial killer Peter Kürten was sentenced to death.[33]
  • Died: Isabella, Princess of Asturias, 79, member of Spanish royalty and the aunt of the recently-deposed King Alfonso XIII, died days after electing to leave Spain to go into exile in France.

Thursday, April 23, 1931

  • The provisional Spanish government called for general elections on June 21.[34]
  • The crime film The Public Enemy, featuring James Cagney in the role that made him a star, was released.[35]

Friday, April 24, 1931

  • New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed a state bill which would have allowed physicians to prescribe medicinal liquor, explaining he was not unsympathetic to its purpose but that the bill was unworkable in its present form due its many "complicated and extravagant provisions".[36]
  • Born: Bridget Riley, English op art painter; in West Norwood, London

Saturday, April 25, 1931

Sunday, April 26, 1931

Monday, April 27, 1931

Tuesday, April 28, 1931

Wednesday, April 29, 1931

Thursday, April 30, 1931

  • More than 50 workmen were killed in Brazil when 1,000 tons of airplane bombs exploded at a factory near Niterói.[44]
  • Died: Sammy Woods, 64, Australian-born English sportsman who represented the English national team in Test cricket and in rugby union

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