Discover what happened on 31 October 1941 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Wolfgang Sorge (German journalist (1891-1941))
- Eduard Karsen (Dutch painter (1860-1941))
- James Speyer (American banker (1861-1941))
- Leonid Goncharov
- Ernest W. Stairs (Canadian politician (1873-1941))
- Heywood L. Edwards (United States Navy officer (1905–1941))
- Adam Moraczewski (Polish historian and archivist)
- Vilém Julius Josef Hauner (Czech mathematician and translator)
- Pere Vives i Clavé (Spanish teacher (1910-1941))
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- Elizabeth Strong (American painter)
- Napoleon Riley (American football player, army officer (1881-1941))
- Josef Fohringer
- Ivan Ivantsov (Soviet archaeologist (1904-1941))
- Veikko Merenmies (Finnish military personnel)
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- Daniel Foley (Roman Catholic bishop)
- Francis Constantine Phipps ((1914-1941))
- Frances Mary Johnstone ((died 1941))
- Richard Metzl (Austrian actor, director)
- L.H.J. Lamberts Hurrelbrinck
- Lipmann Bramer (Holocaust victim (born 1886))
- Ludwig Burian (Holocaust victim (born 1892))
- Viktor Engel (holocaust victim, b. 1887-05-14)
- Siegfried Duschak (Holocaust victim (born 1892))
- Rudolf Eisler (holocaust victim, b. 1898-12-18)
- Oskar Haas (holocaust victim, b. 1895-08-24)
- Leo Hausner (Holocaust victim (born 1879))
- Abraham Horn-Sternhell (Holocaust victim (born 1901))
- Oskar Placzek (Holocaust victim (born 1897))
- Hieronim Sabala (Polish resistance fighter and Nazi victim (d. 1941))
- Friedrich Buchsbaum (Holocaust victim (born 1898))
- Filip Roth (Holocaust victim (born 1903))
- Adolf Schmiedl (Holocaust victim (born 1895))
- Richard Schwarz (Holocaust victim, b. 1884-03-10)
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- José García Pérez (Spanish, dead in Nazi concentration camp)
- William Henry Hill Jr (Irish architect)
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- Rudolf Anton Umlauft
- Filip Goldberger
- Emil Stern
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- Paul Ferrand
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- Auguste Couturier (Person shot in the Mont-Valérien during WW2)
- Pierre Viallet (shot in the Mont-Valérien during WW2)
- Herwarth Walden (German artist and art collector (1878-1941))