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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