1924 34675 225415096 2008-07-13T15:48:06Z Kairaiseiken 7446243 /* March-April */ corrected Kōbō link {{for|the rap album|1924 (album)}} {{year nav|1924}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1924''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC}} == Events of 1924 == ==Unknown Date== *Carpenter Avenue Elementary School is built. ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 7]] - Great fire in London harbour.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} * [[January 10]] - British submarine L-34 sinks in the [[English Channel]] - forty-three dead. * [[January 12]] - [[Gopinath Saha]] shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart - he is arrested soon after. * [[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 Party (UK)|Labour]] Prime Minister. * [[January 23]] - [[Soviet Union]] officially declares that [[Lenin]] died [[January 21]]. * [[January 25]] - The [[1924 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Chamonix|Chamonix, France]] (in the [[France|French]] [[Alps]]), inaugurating the [[Winter Olympic Games]]. * [[January 26]] - Petrograd ([[Saint Petersburg]]) is renamed [[Leningrad]]. * [[January 27]] - [[Lenin]] is buried in a [[mausoleum]] ([[:Image:Lenin's Tomb.jpg|Lenin's Tomb]]) in [[Moscow]]'s [[Red Square]]. ===February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[February 1]] **The [[United Kingdom]] recognizes [[Soviet Union]]. **[[Australian Loans Council]] meets for the first time. * [[February 4]] - [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is released prematurely on medical grounds. * [[February 5]] - [[GMT]]: Hourly time signals from [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] are broadcasted for the first time. * [[February 7]] - [[Capital punishment|Death penalty]]: The first state execution using [[gas]] in the [[United States]] takes place in [[Nevada]]. * [[February 12]] - [[Rhapsody in Blue]], by George [[Gershwin]], first performed in [[New York City]] at [[Aeolian Hall]]. * [[February 14]] - [[International Business Machines|IBM]] corporation founded. * [[February 16]]-[[February 26]] - Dock strike in US harbors. * [[February 22]] - [[Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]]. ===March=== * [[Adolf Hitler]] begins dictating his book, ''Mein Kampf'' (or in English, ''My Struggle''), while imprisoned in [[Bavaria]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Diana Vreeland]], fashion editor and columnist, marries Thomas Reed Vreeland at St. Thomas's church in New York. * [[March 3]] - The 1400-year-old Islamic [[caliph]]ate 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 President [[Kemal Atatürk]]. * [[March 8]] - [[Castle Gate mine disaster]] kills 172 coal miners in [[Utah]], [[United States]] * [[March 9]] - [[Italy]] annexes [[Fiume]] * [[March 25]] - [[Greece]] proclaims it is a [[republic]]. * [[March 29]] - Third Ministry of [[Raymond Poincaré]] starts in France. ===April=== * [[April 1]] **[[Adolf Hitler]] is sentenced to five years in [[Prison|jail]] for his participation in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. He will serve only nine months. **First revenue flight for [[Belgium]]'s [[SABENA]] Airlines. * [[April 6]] - [[Fascist]]s win elections in [[Italy]] with ⅔ majority. * [[April 13]] - [[Referendum]] in [[Greece]] favors the formation of [[Hellenic Republic]]. * [[April 13]] - [[Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos|A.E.K]], one of the most successful football clubs in [[Greece]], is founded. * [[April 16]] - [[United States|American]] [[Mass media|Media]] company [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] is founded. * [[April 26]] - [[Harry Grindell Matthews]] demonstrates his "[[death ray]]" in London but fails to convince British [[War Office]] * [[April 27]] - Group of [[Alawites]] kill some Christian nuns in [[Syria]] &ndash; French troops march against them. ===May=== * [[May 3]] - The [[Aleph Zadik Aleph]], the oldest [[Jew]]ish 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|Bureau of Investigation]]. * [[May 11]] - [[Mercedes-Benz]] formed by the merging companies owned by [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Karl Benz]]. * [[May 21]] - [[University of Chicago]] students [[Leopold and Loeb|Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr.]] murder 14-year-old [[Bobby Franks]] in a [[thrill killing]]. ===June=== * [[June 1]] - [[Harry Grindell Matthews]] returns from [[Paris]] to [[London]] - he tries to use a [[Pathe]] film to demonstrate that his [[death ray]] works * [[June 2]] - U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs the [[Indian Citizenship Act of 1924]] into law, granting [[citizenship]] to all [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] born within the [[territorial limits]] of the [[United States]]. * [[June 3]] - [[Franz Kafka]] dies in Vienna, Austria. His death is attributed to starvation, brought on by worsening [[Tuberculosis]] * [[June 5]] - [[Ernst Alexanderson]] sends the first [[Fax|facsimile]] across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (to his father in [[Sweden]]). * [[June 7]] - [[Ed Farhat]], "The Original Sheik", is born. * [[June 8]] - [[George Mallory]] and [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]] are last seen "going strong for the top" of [[Mount Everest]] by teammate [[Noel Odell]] at 12:50 PM. The two [[mountaineer]]s were never seen alive again. * [[June 10]] - [[Fascist]]s kidnap and kill [[Italy|Italian]] socialist leader [[Giacomo Matteotti]] in [[Rome]]. * [[June 12]] - the [[Roundout Heist]] - Six men of [[Egan's Rats]] gang rob a mail train in [[Roundout, Illinois]]. Robbery is later found to have been an [[inside job]] * [[June 16]] - [[Whampoa Military Academy]] is founded. * [[June 23]] - American airman Russell L. Maughan flew from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit ===July=== * [[July 17]] - Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in [[Australia]], after a private member's bill proposed by [[Tasmania]]n [[National Party of Australia|Nationalist]] senator [[Herbert Payne]] results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924. * [[July 20]] - A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] sports newspaper ''[[Sovetskiy Sport]]'' is founded. ===August=== * [[August 18]] - France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany. * [[August 28]] - [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] rose against the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[August Uprising in Georgia|abortive rebellion]] in which several thousands died. ===September=== * [[September 9]] **[[Hanapepe Massacre]] occurs on [[Kauai]], [[Hawaii]] **8-hour work day introduced in [[Belgium]] *[[September 9]] - [[September 11|11]] - [[1924 Kohat riots]] ===October=== * [[October 2]] - The [[Geneva Protocol]] is adopted as a means to strengthen the [[League of Nations]]. * [[October 10]] - [[Alpha Delta Gamma]] National Fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. * [[October 19]] - [[Abdul Azis]] declares himself protector of holy places in [[Mecca]]. * [[October 22]] - [[Toastmasters]] is founded. * [[October 24]] **British Foreign Office publishes [[Zinoviev Letter]]. **[[Dixie Dean]] scores a hat-trick for [[Tranmere Rovers]] to become the youngest ever player to score three goals for The Superwhites * [[October 25]] - British authorities in [[India]] arrest [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and jail him for the next two and half years * [[October 27]] - The [[Uzbek SSR]] joins the Soviet Union. ===November=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 4]] **[[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. **[[Calvin Coolidge]] defeats [[John W. Davis]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924|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 [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], in his bed (rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon [[William Randolph Hearst]]). * [[November 27]] - In [[New York City]] the first [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] is held. ===December=== * [[December 1]] **Failed communist [[Attempted coup of 1924 in Estonia|coup attempt]] in [[Estonia]]. **Premiere of [[George Gershwin]]'s [[Lady Be Good]], with the song [[Fascinating Rhythm]] (book by [[Guy Bolton]] and [[Fred Thompson]], lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]]), New York, NY. * [[December 19]] - [[Fritz Haarmann]] sentenced to death for a series of murders. * [[December 24]] **Air crash in [[Croydon Airport|Croydon air field]] - 8 dead. **[[Albania]] becomes a [[republic]]. ===Undated=== * The powerful opiate, [[hydromorphone]] is developed in [[Germany]]. * [[Earl W. Bascom]], rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging at [[Stirling]], [[Alberta]] [[Canada]] * [[Alice Vanderbilt Morris]], a wealthy heiress, founds the [[International Auxiliary Language Association]] in [[New York]] * [[André Breton]] defines [[surrealism]] as "pure psychic [[surrealist automatism|automatism]]" in the first [[Surrealist Manifesto]]. * US bootleggers begin to use [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson SMG]]s. * [[Earth Inductor Compass]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Taishō]] 13}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Roberts Blossom]], American actor and poet * [[January 3]] - [[Hank Stram]], American football coach and broadcaster (d. [[2005]]) * [[January 4]] - [[Walter Ris]], American freestyle swimmer * [[January 6]] - [[Earl Scruggs]], American musician * [[January 10]] - [[Max Roach]], American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. [[2007]]) * [[January 11]] **[[Roger Guillemin]], French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] **[[Sam B. Hall]], American politician (d. [[1994]]) **[[Slim Harpo]], American musician (d. [[1970]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Olivier Gendebien]], Belgian race car driver (d. [[1998]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (d. [[2002]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Jean-Francois Revel]], French author (d. [[2006]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Annette Strauss]], American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. [[1998]]) * [[January 27]] - [[Sabu Dastagir|Sabu]], Indian actor (d. [[1963]]) * [[January 29]] - [[Luigi Nono]], Italian composer (d. [[1990]]) * [[January 30]] - [[Lloyd Alexander]], American writer (d. [[2007]]) * [[February 2]] - [[Elfi von Dassanowsky]], Austrian-born producer and musician * [[February 7]] - [[Hattie Jacques]], English star of the Carry On films (d. [[1980]]) * [[February 9]] - [[George Guest]], Welsh choral conductor (d. [[2002]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Margaret Truman]], American novelist and only child of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[Bess Truman]] * [[February 19]] - [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (d. [[1987]]) * [[February 20]] **[[Gerson Goldhaber]], particle physicist and Astrophysicist **[[Gloria Vanderbilt]], American cosmetics entrepreneur * [[February 21]] - [[Robert Mugabe]], first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe * [[February 23]] - [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South African physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1998]]) * [[February 29]] - [[Al Rosen]], baseball player ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[March 1]] - [[Deke Slayton]], astronaut (d. [[1993]]) * [[March 2]] - [[Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr.]] He received the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal in 1986. The Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers, in his honor. * [[March 3]] - [[John Woodnutt]], British actor (d. [[2006]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Lilian Velez]], Filipino actress (d. [[1948]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Kenneth O'Donnell]], aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. [[1977]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Kōbō Abe]], Japanese novelist (d. [[1993]]) * [[March 15]] - [[Walter Gotell]], German actor (d. [[1997]]) * [[March 27]] - [[Sarah Vaughan]], American jazz singer (d. [[1990]]) * [[March 28]] - [[Freddie Bartholomew]], British actor (d. [[1992]]) * [[March 30]] - [[Alan Davidson (food writer)|Alan Davidson]], British author (d. [[2003]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Brendan Byrne]], Governor of New Jersey * [[April 3]] **[[Marlon Brando]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) **[[Errol Brathwaite]], New Zealand author (d. [[2005]]) **[[Doris Day]], American actress * [[April 4]] - [[Gil Hodges]], American baseball player (d. [[1972]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Jimmy Roberts (singer)|Jimmy Roberts]], American singer, ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Johannes Mario Simmel]], Austrian writer * [[April 12]] - [[Raymond Barre]], French politician and Prime Minister (d. [[2007]]) * [[April 15]] - Sir [[Neville Marriner]], English conductor and violinist * [[April 16]] - [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and arranger (d. [[1994]]) * [[April 18]] **[[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], American blues musician (d. [[2005]]) **[[Henry Hyde]], Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (d. [[2007]]) * [[April 19]] - [[Al Balding]], Canadian golfer (d. [[2006]]) * [[April 23]] - [[Bobby Rosengarden]], American jazz drummer (d. [[2007]]) * [[April 24]] - [[Clement Freud]], British writer, radio personality, and politician ===May-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] - [[Art Fleming]], American actor, game show host, original host of [[Jeopardy!]]. (d. 1995) * [[May 11]] - [[Antony Hewish]], English radio astronomer, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] * [[May 12]] - [[Tony Hancock]], English comedian (d. [[1968]]) * [[May 13]] - [[Beatrice Arthur]], Actress, Golden Girls star * [[May 18]] - [[Priscilla Pointer]], American actress * [[May 19]] - [[Sandy Wilson]], British composer * [[May 22]] - [[Charles Aznavour]], French singer, actor, and songwriter * [[May 24]] **[[Vincent Cronin]], British historical writer and biographer **[[Maria Koepcke]], ornithologist * [[June 1]] - Dr. [[William Sloane Coffin]], American clergyman (d. [[2006]]) * [[June 2]] - [[June Callwood]], Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. [[2007]]) * [[June 3]] **[[Ted Mallie]], American radio and television announcer (d. [[1999]]) **[[Torsten Wiesel]], Swedish scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] **[[Herk Harvey]], American film director (d. [[1996]]) * [[June 4]] - [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) * [[June 12]] - [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], 41st President of the [[United States]] * [[June 15]] - [[Ezer Weizman]], 7th President of [[Israel]] (d. [[2005]]) * [[June 18]] - [[George Mikan]], basketball player (d. [[2005]]) * [[June 20]] **[[Chet Atkins]], American country guitar player and producer (d. [[2001]]) **[[Audie Murphy]], American World War II hero and actor (d. [[1971]]) * [[June 24]] - [[Kurt Furgler]], member of the Swiss Federal Council * [[June 27]] - [[Bob Appleyard]], English cricketer * [[June 29]] **[[Flo Sandon's]], Italian singer **[[Ezra Laderman]], American composer ===July-August=== * [[July 3]] - [[Sellapan Ramanathan|S. R. Nathan]], 6th [[president of Singapore]] * [[July 4]] - [[Eva Marie Saint]], American actress * [[July 5]] **[[Niels Jannasch]], Canadian historian and museum curator (d. [[2001]]) **[[Osman Lins]], Brazilian novelist (d. [[1978]]) **[[János Starker]], Hungarian cellist * [[July 11]] **[[Brett Somers]], Canadian-born actress (d. [[2007]]) **[[Charlie Tully]], Northern Irish footballer (d. [[1971]]) * [[July 13]] **[[Carlo Bergonzi]], Italian tenor **[[Johnny Gilbert]], American game show announcer * [[July 14]] - [[James W. Black]], Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[July 15]] - [[Makhmud Esambayev]], Chechen dancer (d. [[2000]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Stanley K. Hathaway]], American politician * [[July 21]] - [[Don Knotts]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Anne Braden]], American civil rights activist (d. [[2006]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Elizabeth Short]], American actress, also known as 'The Black Dahlia' (d. [[1947]]) * [[August 1]] **[[Georges Charpak]], Ukrainian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate **King [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]] * [[August 2]] - [[Carroll O'Connor]], American actor (d. [[2001]]) * [[August 3]] - [[Leon Uris]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Kenneth Kendall]], British newsreader and presenter * [[August 12]] **[[Derek Shackleton]], English cricketer (d. [[2007]]) **[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], leader of Pakistan (d. [[1988]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Robert Bolt]], English writer (d. [[1995]]) * [[August 23]] - [[Robert Solow]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[August 28]] - [[Peggy Ryan]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Consuelo Velázquez]], Mexican songwriter (d. [[2005]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Geoffrey Beene]], American fashion designer (d. [[2004]]) * [[August 31]] - [[Buddy Hackett]], American comedian and actor (d. [[2003]]) ===September-October=== * [[September 2]] - [[Daniel arap Moi]], [[President of Kenya]] * [[September 4]] ** [[Joan Aiken]], English writer (d. [[2004]]) ** [[Anita Snellman]], Finnish painter (d. [[2006]]) * [[September 5]] - [[Paul Dietzel]], College football coach * [[September 8]] - [[Mimi Parent]], Canadian painter (d. [[2005]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Rik Van Steenbergen]], Belgian cyclist (d. [[2003]]) * [[September 11]] **[[Tom Landry]], American football player and coach (d. [[2000]]) **[[Rudolf Vrba]], escapee from Auscwitz (d. [[2006]]) * [[September 14]] - [[Abioseh Nicol]], Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. [[1994]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Bobby Short]], American entertainer (d. [[2005]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Don Harron]], Canadian entertainer * [[September 20]] - [[Hermann Buhl]], Austrian mountaineer (d. [[1957]]) * [[September 22]] **[[Charles Keeping]], English illustrator (d. [[1988]]) **[[Rosamunde Pilcher]], English novelist * [[September 26]] - [[Nina Bocharova]], Soviet gymnast * [[September 27]] - [[Bernard Waber]], American children's author * [[September 30]] - [[Truman Capote]], American author (d. [[1984]]) * [[October 1]] **[[Jimmy Carter]], [[President of the United States]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] **[[William Rehnquist]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. [[2005]]) * [[October 8]] - [[Alphons Egli]], member of the Swiss Federal Council * [[October 10]] **[[Margaret Fulton]], Australian Food Writer **[[Edward D. Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood]], American filmmaker (d. [[1978]]) * [[October 11]] - [[Mal Whitfield]], American athlete * [[October 14]] - [[Robert Webber]], American actor (d. [[1989]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Mark Lenard]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Celia Cruz]], Cuban singer (d. [[2003]]) * [[October 24]] - [[Christine Glanville]] English puppeteer ( d. [[1999]] ===November-December=== * [[November 6]] - [[Jeanette Schmid]], famous whistler (d. [[2005]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Russell Johnson]], American actor * [[November 13]] - [[Motoo Kimura]], Japanese population geneticist (d. [[1994]]) * [[November 19]] - [[William Russell (actor)|William Russell]], British actor * [[November 20]] - [[Benoît Mandelbrot]], Polish-born mathematician * [[November 23]] - [[Anita Linda]], Filipino actress * [[November 24]] - [[Mel Patton]], American athlete * [[November 25]] - [[Takaaki Yoshimoto]], Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher. * [[November 28]] - [[Dennis Brutus]], South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist * [[December 2]] - [[Alexander M. Haig, Jr.]], American politician *[[December 3]] - [[Francisco Sionil José]], Filipino novelist, [[National Artist of the Philippines|Philippine National Artist for Literature]] * [[December 6]] - [[Wally Cox]], [[television]] and [[motion picture]] actor. (d.[[1973]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Ed Koch]], Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 * [[December 25]] **[[Rod Serling]], American television screenwriter (d. [[1975]]) **[[Atal Behari Vajpayee]], tenth [[Prime Minister of India]] **[[Moktar Ould Daddah]], first [[President of Mauritania]] (d. [[2003]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Milton Obote]], [[President of Uganda]] (d. [[2005]]) * [[December 31]] **[[Taylor Mead]], American actor **[[Frank J. Kelley]], 50<sup>th</sup> [[Michigan Attorney General]] ==Deaths== === January - June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], English composer and novelist (b. [[1834]]) * [[January 4]] - [[John Peters (19th century MLB player)|John Peters]], American 19th century baseball player (b. [[1850]]) * [[January 13]] - [[Georg Hermann Quincke]], German physicist (b. [[1834]]) *[[January 16]] - [[Licerio Gerónimo]], Filipino military leader (b. [[1855]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian revolutionary and first [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (b. [[1870]]) *[[January 24]] - [[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (b. [[1894]]) *[[February 3]] - [[Woodrow Wilson]], 28th [[President of the United States]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1856]]) *[[March 9]] - [[Panagiotis Danglis]], Greek military leader and politician (b. [[1853]]) *[[March 24]] - [[Prince Kwacho Hirotada]] of Japan (b. [[1902]]) *[[April 21]] - [[Eleonora Duse]], Italian actress (b. [[1858]]) *[[May 4]] - [[E. Nesbit]], English author (b. [[1858]]) *[[May 15]] - [[Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant]], French diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1852]]) *[[May 24]] - [[Victor Herbert]], Irish dramatist (b. [[1859]]) *[[June 3]] - [[Franz Kafka]], Austrian author (b. [[1883]]) *[[June 9]] - [[George Mallory]], English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. [[1886]]) *[[June 9]] - [[Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)|Andrew Irvine]], English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. [[1902]]) *[[June 11]] - [[Théodore Dubois]], French composer and teacher (b. [[1837]]) ===July - December=== *[[July 14]] - [[Isabella Stewart Gardner]], art collector and philanthropist *[[July 23]] - [[Frank Frost Abbott]], American classical scholar (b. [[1860]]) *[[July 27]] - [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist and composer (b. [[1866]]) *[[August 3]] - [[Joseph Conrad]], Polish-born author (b. [[1857]]) *[[August 7]] - [[John Edward Bruce|Bruce Grit]], ex-slave and Negro historian *[[August 17]] - [[Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn|Pavel Urysohn]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1898]]) *[[August 25]] - [[Mariano Álvarez]], Filipino general (b. [[1818]]) *[[August 31]] - [[Todor Aleksandrov]], Bulgarian revolutionary (b. [[1881]]) *[[September 6]] - [[Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria]] (b. [[1868]]) *[[September 15]] - [[Frank Chance]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1877]]) *[[October 12]] - [[Anatole France]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1844]]) *[[October 29]] - [[John Marden]], Australian Headmaster and pioneer of women's education (b. [[1855]]) *[[November 4]] - [[Gabriel Fauré]], French composer (b. [[1845]]) *[[November 10]] - Sir [[Archibald Geikie]], Scottish geologist (b. [[1835]]) *[[November 29]] - [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer (b. [[1858]]) *[[December 2]] - [[Kazimieras Būga]], Lithuanian linguist (b. [[1879]]) *[[December 6]] - [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. [[1863]]) * [[December 29]] - [[Carl Spitteler]], Swiss writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1845]]) * [[December 31]] - [[Samuel William Knaggs|Sir Samuel William Knaggs]], British civil servant (b. [[1856]]) <!-- End List of Deaths --> ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Manne Siegbahn]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - Not awarded * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Willem Einthoven]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Władysław Reymont|Władysław Stanisław Reymont]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - Not awarded ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== ==Table of Contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1924| ]]<!--years 19xx are blank-category--> [[af:1924]] [[am:1924 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1924]] [[an:1924]] [[frp:1924]] [[ast:1924]] [[gn:1924]] [[av:1924]] [[az:1924]] [[bn:১৯২৪]] [[map-bms:1924]] [[be:1924]] [[be-x-old:1924]] [[bh:१९२४]] [[bs:1924]] [[br:1924]] [[bg:1924]] [[ca:1924]] [[cv:1924]] [[cs:1924]] [[co:1924]] [[cy:1924]] [[da:1924]] [[de:1924]] [[et:1924]] [[el:1924]] [[es:1924]] [[eo:1924]] [[eu:1924]] [[fa:۱۹۲۴ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1924]] [[hif:1924]] [[fr:1924]] [[fy:1924]] [[ga:1924]] [[gan:1924年]] [[gv:1924]] [[gd:1924]] [[gl:1924]] [[ko:1924년]] [[hy:1924]] [[hi:1924]] [[hr:1924.]] [[io:1924]] [[ilo:1924]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯২৪]] [[id:1924]] [[ia:1924]] [[os:1924]] [[is:1924]] [[it:1924]] [[he:1924]] [[jv:1924]] [[pam:1924]] [[kn:೧೯೨೪]] [[ka:1924]] [[csb:1924]] [[kk:1924]] [[kw:1924]] [[sw:1924]] [[ht:1924 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1924]] [[la:1924]] [[lv:1924]] [[lb:1924]] [[lt:1924 m.]] [[lij:1924]] [[lmo:1924]] [[hu:1924]] [[mk:1924]] [[mi:1924]] [[mr:इ.स. १९२४]] [[ms:1924]] [[nah:1924]] [[nl:1924]] [[new:ई सं १९२४]] [[ja:1924年]] [[nap:1924]] [[no:1924]] [[nn:1924]] [[nrm:1924]] [[nov:1924]] [[oc:1924]] [[uz:1924]] [[pi:१९२४]] [[nds:1924]] [[pl:1924]] [[pt:1924]] [[ty:1924]] [[ksh:Joohr 1924]] [[ro:1924]] [[ru:1924 год]] [[se:1924]] [[sq:1924]] [[scn:1924]] [[simple:1924]] [[sk:1924]] [[sl:1924]] [[sr:1924]] [[sh:1924]] [[su:1924]] [[fi:1924]] [[sv:1924]] [[tl:1924]] [[ta:1924]] [[tt:1924]] [[te:1924]] [[tet:1924]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2467]] [[vi:1924]] [[tg:1924]] [[tr:1924]] [[uk:1924]] [[vec:1924]] [[wa:1924]] [[yo:1924]] [[zh-yue:1924年]] [[cbk-zam:1924]] [[bat-smg:1924]] [[zh:1924年]]