In history, year 1924 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1924.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1924:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 22 january | Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first British Prime Minister from the Labour Party. |
| 14 february | The Computing Tabulating Recording Company renamed itself toInternational Business Machines, one of the world's largest companies bymarket capitalization. |
| 03 march | The Free State of Fiume, a short-lived independent free state located in the modern city of Rijeka, Croatia, was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. |
| 08 march | Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, US, killed all 171 miners working there. |
| 08 may | Lithuania signed the Klaipeda Convention with the nations ofthe Conference of Ambassadors, taking the Klaipeda Region from EastPrussia and making it into an autonomous region under unconditionalsovereignty of Lithuania. |
| 10 may | J. Edgar Hoover became the director of the Bureau ofInvestigation, which would later become the U.S. Federal Bureau ofInvestigation. |
| 21 may | University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,Jr. murdered a 14-year-old boy in a thrill killing out of a desire tocommit a perfect crime. |
| 31 may | The Soviet Union signed an agreement with the Beijing government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect. |
| 28 august | An unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in theGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic, known as the August Uprising, began. |
| 25 september | A major landslide in Someo crushed 20 homes. It partially buried the rest of them leaving most of the villagers buried or swept away. The current count has reached 20 people dead. |
| 27 september | Bandits have again attacked the Odessa to Moscow train, called the Odessa Express. Most of the passengers have been either killed or injured by the bandits. This is the 2nd time that they have attacked in two weeks leaving over 100 dead. The motive is a combination of robbery and fighting against the ruling Czars. |
| 28 september | A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle,Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. |
| 20 october | An earthquake creates commotion in most of the state of South Carolina and the surrounding area. |
| 25 october | The Zinoviev letter, later found to be a forgery, was publishedin the Daily Mail, helping to ensure the British Labour Party's defeatin the UK general election four days later. |
| 01 november | New York is the first state that has put an end to the restrictions that isolated Turkeys from Texas, after the foot and mouth outbreak in the beginning of the year. |
| 03 november | The number of deaths caused by the pneumonic plague that has hit Los Angeles reaches 25. Precautionary measures have been taken by health officials in which they have sealed and isolated the areas where the deaths have occurred. This plague is believed to be caused by rats and actions will be taken to kill them. |
| 23 november | Edwin Hubble's discovery that Andromeda, previously believed tobe a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is onlyone of many such galaxies in the universe, was first published in anewspaper. |
| 23 november | Edwin Hubble published evidence in a newspaper that theAndromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, isactually another galaxy, one of many in the universe. |
| 02 May | The Netherlands refused to recognize the Soviet Union. Only Taiwan (Nationalist China) was recognized. |
| 04 May | The fifty-eight Olympic Games began in Paris, the capital of France. |
| 05 July | A military coup took place in São Paulo, Brazil. |
| 10 July | Denmark captured Greenland. |
| 01 October | 39th US President Jimmy Carter was born. |
| 15 October | US President Calvin Coolidge declared the Statue of Liberty a national monument. |
| 25 October | The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years. |
| 04 November | Italian musician Giacomo Pocchini died. He presented his first work at the age of 36 called Edgar. |
| 01 August | King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was born. |
| 14 December | Renowned filmmaker, director and actor Raj Kapoor was born. |
| 25 December | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the 10th Prime Minister of the country, was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 21 January | In the former Soviet Union, the leader of the communist revolution known as Lenin, Viladmir Elich Aulianov, died. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1924:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 October | William Rehnquist / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 01 April | Brendan Byrne / Judge / United States of America |
| 02 August | James Baldwin / Poet / United States of America |
| 03 June | Bernard Glasser / Producer / United States of America |
| 05 October | Bob Thaves / Cartoonist / United States of America |
| 06 May | Denny Wright / Composer / United Kingdom |
| 12 September | Amílcar Cabral / Politician / Papua New Guinea |
| 12 August | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq / Politician / Pakistan |
| 13 April | John T. Biggers / Painter / United States of America |
| 15 April | M. Canagaratnam / Politician / Sri Lanka |
| 18 June | George Mikan / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 19 December | Gary Morton / Producer / United States of America |
| 19 September | Don Harron / Actor / Canada |
| 21 April | Ira Louvin / Writer / United States of America |
| 22 March | Bill Roost / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 22 September | J. William Middendorf / Politician / United States of America |
| 25 June | William J. Castagna / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 26 October | Shaw Taylor / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 27 May | Jaime Lusinchi / Politician / Venezuela |
| 30 April | Uno Laht / Author / Estonia |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1924:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 19 September | Suchitra Mitra / Singer / India |
| 21 January | Madhu Dandavate / Politician / India |
| 22 August | Hari Shankar Parsai / Writer / India |
| 09 October | Immanuvel Devendrar / Soldier / India |
| 30 January | S. N. Goenka / Author / India |
| 25 November | Raghunandan Swarup Pathak / Lawyer / India |
| 11 November | Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel / Civil Servant / India |
| 25 December | Atal Bihari Vajpayee / Politician / India |
| 26 November | Jasu Patel / Cricketer / India |
| 03 June | Karunanidhi / Politician / India |
| 01 June | Bekal Utsahi / Poet / India |
| 14 December | Raj Kapoor / Actor / India |
| 03 July | Arjun Naidu / Cricketer / India |
| 25 September | Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan / Politician / India |
| 16 April | Madanjeet Singh / Author / India |
| 05 February | Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy / Cardinal / India |
| 24 January | C. B. Muthamma / Soldier / India |
| 24 February | Talat Mahmood / Singer / India |
| 24 January | Chonira Belliappa Muthamma / Civil Servent / India |
| 21 April | P. Bhaskaran / Poet / India |
