OCTOBER 16, 1931

FRIDAY
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
Top Movies From 1931
1 The Smiling Lieutenant
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The Smiling Lieutenant
2 Tonight or Never
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Tonight or Never
3 The Public Enemy
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The Public Enemy
4 City Lights
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City Lights
5 Cimarron
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Cimarron
6 Little Caesar
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Little Caesar
7 Dracula
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Dracula
8 The Front Page
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The Front Page
9 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
10 Mata Hari
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Mata Hari
Monkey Business
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Monkey Business
A Free Soul
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A Free Soul
Tabu
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Tabu
The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Possessed
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Possessed
The Criminal Code
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The Criminal Code
The Millionaire
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The Millionaire
Five Star Final
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Five Star Final
Waterloo Bridge
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Waterloo Bridge
Night Nurse
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Night Nurse
The Miracle Woman
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The Miracle Woman
An American Tragedy
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An American Tragedy
Dishonored
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Dishonored
City Streets
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City Streets
Private Lives
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Private Lives
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Street Scene
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Street Scene
Platinum Blonde
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Platinum Blonde
Skippy
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Skippy
Bad Girl
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Bad Girl
Iron Man
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Iron Man
The Champ
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The Champ
Girls About Town
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Girls About Town
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Quick Millions
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Quick Millions
The Guardsman
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The Guardsman
Kiki
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Kiki
The Road to Singapore
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The Road to Singapore
24 Hours
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24 Hours
Arrowsmith
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Arrowsmith
The Public Defender
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The Public Defender
Other Men's Women
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Other Men's Women
The Cheat
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The Cheat
Safe in Hell
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Safe in Hell
Inspiration
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Inspiration
The Squaw Man
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The Squaw Man
The Unholy Garden
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The Unholy Garden
The Easiest Way
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The Easiest Way
The Spider
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The Spider
Transatlantic
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Transatlantic
East Lynne
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East Lynne
Paid
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Paid
Morocco
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Morocco
Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer
Danger Lights
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Danger Lights

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October 16, 1931

The story of October 16, 1931 has no verified headline set in this file, so no expanded narrative has been added.

Inventions & Breakthroughs of October 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

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)

Research History
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)

Research History
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)

Research History
🧸 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)