The year was

1931

Here's everything we logged from 1931 — 1 worldwide and 1 from India.

Someone born this year is around 39 today.

Famous people born in 1931 A.P.J., Mikhail, Boris…

Notable figures who share this birth year.

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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Missile man, 11th President of India.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022).
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Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007).
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Toni Morrison
African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019).
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Alice Munro
Canadian writer (1931–2024).
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Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021).
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Raúl Castro
Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
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James Dean
American actor (1931–1955).
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Empire State Building completed
The tallest building in the world for nearly 40 years. NYC's iconic skyline anchor.
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Bhagat Singh executed
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were hanged by the British in Lahore. They became eternal martyrs.