Movies set in 1931
7th Amelia Earhart marries George Puttnam
31st Knute Rockne dies in a plane crash
15th Joe Masseria is killed
16th Al Capone pleads guilty to tax evasion
1st Molly, Daisy and Grace are taken from their family
21st the Taiwanese baseball team reach the Japanese finals
10th crime boss Salvatore Maranzano is killed
13th Lili Elbe dies of complications arising from surgery
26th Henri Charrière, known as Papillon, is convicted of murder