Texas Historical Documents

Texas Timeline - 1931

Texas Timeline Index

1931 January 05 Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey is born in Rogers.
1931 June 05 David Browning Jr., Olympic diving champion from UT, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1931 June 23 Texan Wiley Post starts his flight around the world.
1931 July 27 Oklahoma Gov. Bill Murray sends the national guard to seal off the entrance to Texas via the Red River Bridge.
1931 October 25 The famed Texas prison rodeo is born.
1931 December 11 George Strake's Conroe Oil Field blows in.