Mount Wilson Hubble Discussion
Visits Mount Wilson and discusses observational cosmology, confronting evidence that distant galaxies exhibit the redshift-distance relation associated with cosmic expansion.
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1931 in United States of America
Explore 22 historical events and records for United States of America in 1931.
Historical records for United States of America in 1931
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Oxford Honorary Doctorate
Receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Oxford.
September
Birth of Anne Bancroft
Birth of Anne Bancroft, Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
Birth of Angie Dickinson
Birth of Angie Dickinson
November
Birth of Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
Birth of Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky)
Other events (month unknown)
Academy Award
Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, "A Free Soul" as Stephen Ashe
Animal Drive and the Learning Process
Publication of "Animal Drive & the Learning Process"
Birth of John Wayne
Birth of John Wayne, Marion Michael Morrison
Distribution of Nebulae
Hubble publishes a concise report on the distribution of nebulae in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, continuing his statistical mapping of extragalactic systems.
Doctrine of Strimpson
A response to Japans invasion of Manchuria, opposes Japanese entry into Manchuria
Expanding Universe Paper
Adopts an expanding cosmological model and abandons the need for his earlier static-universe construction.
Expanding-Universe Cosmology Paper
Publishes a non-static cosmological model within general relativity, accepting cosmic expansion and dispensing with the static balance that motivated his cosmological constant.
Hoover Moratorium
Works in London during diplomacy over war debts and reparations amid the Depression.
McCraw Hill
Designs the McCraw Hill Building
Oxford Rhodes Lectures
Gives three Rhodes Memorial Lectures on relativity, cosmology and his latest work in theoretical physics.
Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardys
Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardys first feature length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931
Prix Jules Janssen
Receives the Prix Jules Janssen for distinguished work in astronomy and astrophysics.
Publication of The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck published The Good Earth, a novel depicting the struggles of a Chinese farming family. The work became a major international success before her 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Shadows on the Rock
Cather published Shadows on the Rock, set in colonial Quebec.
Static Universe Abandoned
Einstein abandons the need for a static cosmological model after cosmic expansion becomes established, leaving the cosmological constant without its original motivation.
Static Universe Model Abandoned
Abandons his earlier static cosmological model as expanding-universe observations and relativistic cosmology make a dynamical universe the more credible interpretation.
Velocity-Distance Relation
Edwin Hubble and Milton L. Humason extend the observed velocity-distance relation to substantially more distant galaxies using new radial-velocity measurements.
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