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1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
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Events
January_21 - Vladimir_Lenin dies and Joseph_Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
January_22 - Ramsay_MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
January_24 - St._Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad
January_25 - The 1924_Winter_Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter_Olympic_Games.
are broadcasted for the first time.
in the United_States takes place in Nevada.
February_14 - IBM corporation founded.
February_22 - Calvin_Coolidge becomes the first President_of_the_United_States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White_House.
March_3 - Caliph Abdul_Mejid_II of the Ottoman_Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal_Atatürk.
March_9 - Italy annexes Fiume
March_25 - Greece proclaims it is a republic.
April_1 - Adolf_Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer_Hall_Putsch." However he was only in jail for nine months.
youth fraternity, founded.
May_4 - The 1924_Summer_Olympics opening ceremonies held in Paris,_France.
May_10 - J._Edgar_Hoover is appointed head the Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation.
May_21 - University_of_Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill_killing."
June_16 - Whampoa_Military_Academy is founded
October_2 - The Geneva_Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League_of_Nations.
November_4 - Nellie_Tayloe_Ross of Wyoming elected as the first woman governor in the United_States.
November - Calvin_Coolidge defeats John_W._Davis in the U.S. presidential election
November_19 - In Los_Angeles,_California, famous silent_film director Thomas_Ince ("The Father of the Western") dies, reportedly of a heart_attack, in his bed (rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon William_Randolph_Hearst).
November_27 - In the New_York_City the first Macy's_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade is held.
December_24 - Albania becomes a republic
December_30 - Edwin_Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
Andre_Breton founds surrealism, defining it as "pure psychic automatism"
Year in topic
1924_in_aviation
1924_in_film
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of ''The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz''. MGM and Frank_J._Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick_Pictures.
1924_in_literature
1924_in_music
"Rhapsody_in_Blue" by George_Gershwin
1924_in_sports
February_17 - In Miami,_Florida, Johnny_Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
February_24 - Johnny_Weissmuller finishes the 100-meter swimming_event in 57 2/5 seconds breaking the world record.
Births
January_3 - Hank_Stram, American_football coach, broadcaster
January_6 - Earl_Scruggs, bluegrass performer
January_11 - Slim_Harpo, musician
January_12 - Olivier_Gendebien, race car driver (d. 1998)
January_16 - Katy_Jurado, actress (d. 2002)
January_21 - Telly_Savalas, actor (d. 1994)
January_26 - Annette_Strauss, philanthropist, former mayor of Dallas,_Texas (d. 1998)
January_27 - Sabu, actor (d. 1963)
January_29 - Luigi_Nono, composer (d. 1990)
January_30 - Lloyd_Alexander, writer
February_3 - Andrzej_Szczypiorski, writer (d. 2000)
February_11 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
February_17 - Margaret_Truman, novelist, daughter of President Harry_S._Truman
February_19 - Lee_Marvin, actor (d. 1987)
February_20 - Gloria_Vanderbilt, cosmetics entrepreneur
February_21 - Robert_Mugabe, first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
February_29 - Al_Rosen, baseball player
March_27 - Sarah_Vaughan, singer (d. 1990)
March_28 - Freddie_Bartholomew, actor (d. 1992)
March_30 - Alan_Davidson, author (d. 2003)
April_3 - Doris_Day, actress
April 3 - Marlon_Brando, actor
April_7 - Johannes_Mario_Simmel, Austrian writer
April_24 - Clement_Freud, British writer, radio personality and politician
May_12 - Tony_Hancock, comedian (d. 1968)
May_17 - Hannes_Messemer, actor (d. 1991)
May_19 - Sandy_Wilson, British composer
May_22 - Charles_Aznavour, singer, actor, composer
June_1 - Dr. William_Sloane_Coffin, radical clergyman
June_20 - Audie_Murphy, WW II hero, actor, (d. 1971)
July_4 - Eva_Marie_Saint, actress: ''North by Northwest'', ''On the Waterfront''
August_12 - Muhammad_Zia_ul-Haq, Leader of Pakistan, (d. 1988)
September_22 - Rosamunde_Pilcher, Novelist
November_13 - Motoo_Kimura, population geneticist
November_20 - Benoit_Mandelbrot, mathematician
December_2 - Alexander_M._Haig,_Jr., US politician
December_25 - Atal_Behari_Vajpayee, tenth prime minister of India
December_25 - Moktar_Ould_Daddah, first president of Mauritania
Tuanku_Al-Mutassimu_Billahi_Muhibbudin_Sultan_Abdul_Halim_Al-Muadzam_Shah_ibni_Almarhum_Sultan_Badlishah, later Sultan of Kedah and 5th Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia.
Deaths
January_21 - Vladimir_Lenin, first leader of the USSR
February_3 - Woodrow_Wilson, US President
May_15 - Paul_d'Estournelles_de_Constant, French diplomat
June_11 - Théodore_Dubois, composer and teacher
July_27 - Ferruccio_Busoni, pianist and composer
August_17 - Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
November_29 - Giacomo_Puccini - Italian grand opera composer
Physics - Karl_Manne_Georg_Siegbahn
Chemistry - not awarded
Medicine - Willem_Einthoven
Literature - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Peace - Not awarded.
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