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1924 Historical Event(s)
January 26, 1924
– Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
February 5, 1924
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
February 17, 1924
– In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100 meters freestyle swimming competition with a time of 57.4 seconds.
March 3, 1924
– The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
April 18, 1924
– Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
May 10, 1924
– J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
May 29, 1924
– AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
September 9, 1924
– Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
September 17, 1924
– The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
October 7, 1924
– Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
Who Were Born On 1924?
January 4, 1924
– Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)
May 6, 1924
– Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
June 29, 1924
– Flo Sandon’s, Italian singer (d. 2006)
August 14, 1924
– Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor
August 27, 1924
– David Rowbotham, Australian poet
September 4, 1924
– Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
October 10, 1924
– Edward D. Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (d. 1978)
October 12, 1924
– Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician (d. 2011)
October 25, 1924
– Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino businessman
December 2, 1924
– Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (d. 2006)