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The following events occurred in November 1931:

November 21, 1931: Universal Pictures releases Frankenstein and creates the signature image of Frankenstein's Monster

November 1, 1931 (Sunday)

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  • Thirty people were injured during rioting between fascists and anti-fascists at the French towns of Nice, Chambéry and Dijon when Italians came to the towns to pay their respects to Italian war dead.[1]

November 2, 1931 (Monday)

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November 3, 1931 (Tuesday)

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November 4, 1931 (Wednesday)

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November 5, 1931 (Thursday)

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November 6, 1931 (Friday)

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  • The Italian government awarded prizes to the families with the most children.[13]
  • The Sergei Yutkevich-directed film Golden Mountains, with music by composer Dmitri Shostakovich, premiered in Leningrad.[14]
  • The Mahatma Gandhi met George Bernard Shaw and his wife in London.[15]
  • Born: Mike Nichols, German born-American director, producer, actor and comedian; as Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky, in Berlin (d. 2014)
  • Died:
    • Thaddeus H. Caraway, 60, U.S. Senator for Arkansas since March 4 and previously U.S. Representative from 1913 to 1921, died of a heart attack caused by a blood clot in his coronary artery
    • Jack Chesbro, 57, American baseball pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, from a heart attack

November 7, 1931 (Saturday)

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Chinese Soviet Republic flag

November 8, 1931 (Sunday)

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Zivkovic

November 9, 1931 (Monday)

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November 10, 1931 (Tuesday)

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Pu Yi
  • Puyi, the last Chinese emperor, left his exile in Tianjin and went over to Japanese authorities, who were offering to restore him to the throne in Manchuria.[22]
  • Cimarron won the award for Best Picture at the 4th Academy Awards.

November 11, 1931 (Wednesday)

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The Memorial

November 12, 1931 (Thursday)

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November 13, 1931 (Friday)

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  • U.S. President Hoover announced that he would recommend to congress the creation of a federal system of home loan banks to assist the credit facilities of building and loan associations, banks, and other institutions making loans on home property.[26]
  • Died: General Ivan Fichev, 71, Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army and later Minister of War

November 14, 1931 (Saturday)

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  • The Japanese army handed Chinese General Ma Zhanshan an ultimatum, demanding that he withdraw his troops from Qiqihar and Anganchi by November 25, or else Japan would "take effective measures."[27]

November 15, 1931 (Sunday)

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November 16, 1931 (Monday)

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  • The British government introduced the Abnormal Importations Bill which gave the government power to impose a duty of up to 100% duty on imports.[13]
  • Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Dino Grandi arrived in Washington for talks with President Hoover. Anti-fascist protests were feared, but the crowd that stood at the train station to witness Grandi's arrival was friendly.[31]
  • The sale of the British airship R100, to a London scrap metal firm, was announced.[32]
  • Born: Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist and singer, in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2011)

November 17, 1931 (Tuesday)

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  • The Svirlag forced labour camp was established in the Soviet Union near Leningrad.[33]

November 18, 1931 (Wednesday)

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November 19, 1931 (Thursday)

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November 20, 1931 (Friday)

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November 21, 1931 (Saturday)

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Boris Karloff in his monster makeup

November 22, 1931 (Sunday)

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November 23, 1931 (Monday)

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November 24, 1931 (Tuesday)

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November 25, 1931 (Wednesday)

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  • The so-called "Boxheim Documents" were revealed in Germany by Prussian Interior Minister Carl Severing, who said they had been passed on to police by a former Nazi. The papers, prepared by Werner Best over the summer, detailed the Nazi Party's contingency plans in the event of a communist coup in Germany. After crushing the communists, the documents read, the SA would take over the country and execute anyone who resisted without trial. A national labour service would also be enacted which would be mandatory in order to be guaranteed food stamps, but "non-Aryans" would be excluded and left to starve.[42][43][44]
  • Died: Alf Taylor, 83, Governor of Tennessee from 1921 to 1923 and former U.S. Congressman

November 26, 1931 (Thursday)

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November 27, 1931 (Friday)

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  • American theater chain operator and promoter Alexander Pantages was acquitted of rape charges in his second trial.[46] The negative publicity from the trial, however, ended his involvement in business and he would lose most of his wealth by the time of his death in 1936.
  • Died: Robert Ames, 42, American stage and film actor, was found dead in his room at New York's Hotel Delmonico, from delirium tremens associated with withdrawal from alcohol

November 28, 1931 (Saturday)

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November 29, 1931 (Sunday)

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  • The Internal Revenue Bureau issued its income statistics for 1930, showing that the United States had 19,688 millionaires – half the number from before the Wall Street Crash.[48]
  • A group of 30 people attacked the Japanese embassy in London by smashing windows and trying to force an entry, but they fled as police arrived.[49]
  • Died: Kenneth G. Matheson, 67, American professor and university chancellor

November 30, 1931 (Monday)

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  • The Chinese government accepted a League of Nations proposal to establish a neutral zone in Manchuria between Chinese and Japanese forces.[50]
  • The British pound fell in value to a worth of $3.41 American dollars or 5 s. 10 d. to one dollar (five shillings and a ten pence per dollar), its lowest level since 1918.[51]

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  5. ^ "Lloyd George, Once All Powerful, Quits as Liberals' Leader". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 5, 1931. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Lloyd George Refuses Any Liberal Post". Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 2. November 4, 1931.
  7. ^ "Gandhi Sips Boiled Goat's Milk at Tea Given by King". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 6, 1931. p. 22.
  8. ^ "How Mr. Gandhi Met the King". The Straits Times. Singapore: 6. November 20, 1931.
  9. ^ "Blast on Warship; 4 Dead". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 6, 1931. p. 1.
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  17. ^ "Ralph Capone Goes to Prison for Tax Term". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 7, 1931. p. 1.
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  24. ^ "Exiled Alfonso Accused of High Treason to Spain". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 13, 1931. p. 6.
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  26. ^ "U. S. Home Loan Banks System, Plan of Hoover". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 14, 1931. p. 2.
  27. ^ "Get Out in 11 Days! Japanese Order to China". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 14, 1931. p. 1.
  28. ^ "Bayonne Bridge 80th Anniversary". The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  29. ^ "Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Project". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
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  31. ^ Herrick, Genevieve Forbes (November 17, 1931). "Hoover Welcomes Grandi in Capital". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  32. ^ "The R100 Sold". The Straits Times: Singapore. November 17, 1931: 12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  42. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (November 26, 1931). "Prussian Chief Exposes 'Terror Plan' of Hitler". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 25.
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  46. ^ "Pantages Freed of Rape Charge at Second Trial". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 28, 1931. p. 6.
  47. ^ "General Seized in Dictatorship Plot Ends Life". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 29, 1931. p. 10.
  48. ^ "U. S. in 2 Years Loses Half its Millionaires". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 30, 1931. p. 1.
  49. ^ "Japan Revokes Its Criticism of Stimson". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 30, 1931. p. 1.
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