Editing 1931 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1931}}
* [[October 5]] – American aviators [[Clyde Edward Pangborn]] and Hugh Herndon Jr., complete the first [[non-stop flight]] across the Pacific Ocean, flying their plane, ''[[Miss Veedol]]'', from [[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa, Japan]], to [[East Wenatchee, Washington]], in 41½ hours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Site|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/aviation/pan.htm|work=Aviation: From Sand Dunes To Sonic Booms|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – A rally in Bad Harzburg, Germany leads to the [[Harzburg Front]] being founded, uniting the NSDAP, the DNVP, the ''Stahlhelm'' and various other right-wing factions. 
* [[October 24]] – The [[George Washington Bridge]] across the [[Hudson River]] in the United States is dedicated; it opens to traffic the following day. At {{convert|3500|ft|m}}, it nearly doubles the previous record for the [[List of longest suspension bridge spans|longest main span in the world]].
* [[October 27]] – The [[1931 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general election]] results in the victory of the [[National Government (United Kingdom)|National Government]], and the defeat of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], in the country's greatest ever electoral landslide.