JANUARY 5, 1931

MONDAY
1931 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1931
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $54,629,248 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$0.26
Median Home Price$5,350.00
Gas Price Avg$0.20
Bread Price Avg$0.08
Movie Ticket Avg$0.26
First Class Stamp$0.02
Milk Price Avg$0.50
Top Movies From 1931
1 City Lights
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City Lights
2 Trader Horn
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Trader Horn
3 Palmy Days
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Palmy Days
4 The Man Who Came Back
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The Man Who Came Back
5 Merely Mary Ann
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Merely Mary Ann
6 Arrowsmith
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Arrowsmith
7 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
8 A Connecticut Yankee
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A Connecticut Yankee
9 Cimarron
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Cimarron
10 Bad Girl
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Bad Girl
11 Possessed
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Possessed
Paid
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Paid
Morocco
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Morocco
Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer

January 5, 1931 Trivia

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January 5, 1931

The story of January 5, 1931 is best read through its archived headlines. On January 5, 1931, one archived headline reported: "DEPLORES HOPELESS SPIRIT; Dr. MacLeod Urges Abandonment of Dreary View in Happy Quest." The archive not...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1931

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Electron Diffraction Camera
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Electron Diffraction Camera
2 Air Traffic Control System
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Air Traffic Control System
3 Pressure Cooker Modern Design
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Pressure Cooker Modern Design
4 Concrete Vibrator
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Concrete Vibrator
5 Electric Razor
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Electric Razor
6 Automatic Elevator Controls
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Automatic Elevator Controls
7 Optical Sound-on-Film System
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Optical Sound-on-Film System
8 Polyvinyl Chloride Commercialization
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Polyvinyl Chloride Commercialization
9 Aircraft De-Icing System
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Aircraft De-Icing System
10 Early Radar Experiments
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Early Radar Experiments

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON January 5, 1931

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  • Headline: Deplores Hopeless Spirit. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Spring-Like Day Lures Crowds to the Open. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Brodsky Will Fight Move to Oust Him. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Prohibition and Pilpul. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Find Boxes Rifled in Chicago Bank. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Rate Factor Slight in Prices of Wheat. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..
  • Headline: Cuban Lawyer a Suicide. Impact: This headline is a small primary-source snapshot of January 5, 1931, showing what editors and readers were tracking that day.. Fact: This card is grounded in the archived headline and index note shown on the page; no extra unsourced anecdote has been added..

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1931, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #1

PG

Procter & Gamble

Price in 1931
$0.25
2025 dataset value
$586,657

Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1931, it would be worth $586,657 today (586.7x return)

Rank #2

CVX

Chevron

Price in 1931
$0.31
2025 dataset value
$474,914

Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1931, it would be worth $474,914 today (474.9x return)

Rank #3

GE

General Electric

Price in 1931
$0.62
2025 dataset value
$487,500

General Electric - If you invested $1,000 in 1931, it would be worth $487,500 today (487.5x return)

🧸 Top 5 Toys
Tinker Toys
Tinker Toys
$150.00
Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo
$40.00
Model Train Sets
Model Train Sets
$1,500.00
Ernst Plank Tin Toys
Ernst Plank Tin Toys
$2,895.00
Wooden Building Blocks
Wooden Building Blocks
$150.00
⚾ Notable Trading Cards
1931 W517 Babe Ruth
1931 W517 Babe Ruth
$5,000+ (condition dependent)