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1931
March 1 - The Cotton Carnival is first celebrated in Memphis, Tennessee, showing what life was like in the Old South.
March 3 - "The Star Spangled Banner" is officially declared the national anthem of the U.S.
March 18 - The first electric shavers go on sale in the U.S..
April 14 - The first Pan American Day is observed in the U.S.
May 1 - The Empire State Building is completed and dedicated.
May 22 - The first sale of canned rattlesnake meat occurs in Arcadia, Florida.
June 23 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take the first single plane, around-the-world flight.
July 27 - A swarm of grasshoppers descends over Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, destroying thousands of acres of crops.
December 10 - The first U.S. woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize is Jane Addams of Chicago, Illinois.