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1931 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1931 in Iceland. Incumbents *Monarchy of Iceland, Monarch - Christian X of Denmark, Kristján X *Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister – Tryggvi Þórhallsson Events Births *1 March – Sveinn Teitsson, footballer (d. 2017) *13 April – Halldór Halldórsson (footballer, born 1931), Halldór Halldórsson, footballer (d. 2003) *5 June – Pétur Georgsson, footballer *2 July – Oddur Pétursson, cross country skier. (d. 2018) *6 August – Matthías Árni Mathiesen, politician (d. 2011). *27 August – Ebenezer Thorarinsson, cross country skier (d. 2003). *10 September – Magnús Jónsson (footballer), Magnús Jónsson, footballer *4 October – Jón Helgason (minister), Jón Helgason, politician. (d. 2019) *25 October – Hörður Felixson, footballer *3 November – Erlendur Haraldsson, psychologist (d. 2020) *14 December – Hannes Pétursson, poet Full date missing *Jón Gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – Official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
