Historical Events In 1924

Feb 27 Belgium's Theunis government falls

Feb 12 President Calvin Coolidge makes first presidential radio speech

Feb 28 US begins intervention in Honduras

Feb 14 Thomas Watson opens IBM

Feb 07 Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with USSR

Feb 13 King Tut's tomb opened

Feb 14 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson

Feb 01 New British MacDonald government recognizes USSR

Feb 08 The first coast-to-coast radio hookup General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago

Apr 01 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

Apr 28 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1029 La Plata

Apr 18 Simon and Schuster, Inc. published the first " Crossword Puzzle Book".

Apr 06 4 planes leave Seattle on first successful around-the-world flight

Apr 03 The birth of Marlon Brando, American actor

Apr 16 Navy commences relief operations in Mississippi Valley floods, lasting until 16 June

Apr 05 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore

Apr 08 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

Apr 01 Imperial Airways formed in Britain

Apr 08 Imperial Airways formed in Britain

Apr 01 Founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.

Apr 28 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster

Nov 30 First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio

Nov 26 Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed

Nov 06 Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England

Nov 11 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (San Francisco)

Nov 22 Geraldine Page (Academy Award-winning actress: The Trip to Bountiful [1985])

Nov 27 57,000 watch a High School football game in LA

Nov 22 Geraldine Page (Academy Award-winning actress The Trip to Bountiful [1985])

Nov 29 NHL's Montreal Forum opens

Nov 22 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan

Nov 04 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected first US female gov (Wyoming)

Sep 02 Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC

Sep 08 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador

Sep 15 Canadian National opens the 30.66 mile Long Lake Cut off from Long Lake to Nakina, Ontario.

Sep 10 Leopold &Loeb found guilty of murder

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