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1931
Events
January
January – The
National Committee for Modification of the Volstead Act
is formed to work for the
repeal of Prohibition in the United States
.
January 2
–
South Dakota
native
Ernest Lawrence
invents the
cyclotron
, used to accelerate particles to study
nuclear physics
.
January 3
–
Albert Einstein
begins doing research at the
California Institute of Technology
, along with astronomer
Edwin Hubble
.
January 4
– German pilot
Elly Beinhorn
begins her flight to Africa.
January 6
–
Thomas Edison
submits his last
patent
application.
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.
January 30
– Release of the movie
City Lights
starring
Charlie Chaplin
.
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