Historical Events In 1924
Sep 16 The birth of Lauren Bacall, American film actress
Sep 16 Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
Sep 28 Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
Jun 07 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
Jun 23 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1022 Olympiada
Jun 02 The U.S. Congress grants citizenship to all American Indians.
Jun 06 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
Jun 15 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile
Jun 28 Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio &Lorain Ohio, killing 93
Jun 12 The birth of George Bush, Former (41st) US President
Jun 26 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave the Domincan Republic
Jun 03 Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
Jun 25 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana
Dec 01 Calles becomes president of Mexico
Dec 13 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
Dec 19 The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost manufactured in England was sold in London
Dec 17 First US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx NY
Dec 24 Albania becomes a republic
Dec 31 Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies.
Dec 30 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
Aug 02 Carroll O'Connor born (Archie Bunker in All in the Family)
Aug 05 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," first shown
Aug 14 Australia's Cobb & Co stagecoach service makes its last run, from Surat to Yeulba in Queensland.
Aug 23 Mars' closest approach to Earth since the 10th century
Aug 02 The birth of James Baldwin, American writer
Oct 15 Lee Iacocca, Chrysler magnate born
Oct 07 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins
Oct 12 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
Oct 25 Airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), completes round trip transcontinental cruise that began on 7 October.
Oct 25 The first appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
Oct 01 The birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President
Oct 29 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
Oct 29 The ends of the Holland Tunnel meet under the Hudson River in New York City.
Oct 10 James Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)
Oct 27 The Uzbek SSR forms
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