Page 14: Historical Events In 1924

Sep 18   Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2)   

Sep 19   Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies   

Sep 19   Ernest Tomlinson, composer   

Sep 20   Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams.   

Sep 20   Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist.   

Sep 21   Gail Russell, Chicago IL, actress (Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen)   

Sep 22   Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician   

Sep 24   Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport   

Sep 24   Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge.   

Sep 25   Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH   

Sep 25   Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad.   

Sep 27   Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer.   

Sep 27   Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1.   

Sep 28   2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 formally ends.   

Sep 28   Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 formally ends.   

Sep 29   Santo Domingo joins League of Nations.   

Sep 30   Allies stop checking on German navy.   

Sep 30   Charles Quinlivan, Jersey City NJ, actor (7 Guns to Mesa)   

Oct 01   Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)   

Oct 01   Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President is born   

Oct 01   Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981).   

Oct 02   League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva.   

Oct 02   Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman (British Post Office)   

Oct 03   Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter   

Oct 03   King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts throne   

Oct 04   Charlton Heston, American actor is born.   

Oct 04   NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series.   

Oct 05   1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News.   

Oct 05   Bill Dana, Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez).   

Oct 05   Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75   

Oct 06   Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75.   

Oct 07   160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins.   

Oct 07   Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71   

Oct 07   Greek govt of Dikalekopoulis, forms   

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Jan 01   Roberts blossom: American actor and poet   

Jan 03   Andre franquin: Cartoonist   

Jan 03   Henry m fazzie: S afr union/udf-leader   

Jan 03   Roy harding: British teacher   

Jan 03   Nell rankin: American singer    

Jan 03   Doug ellis: British entrepreneur   

Jan 04   Sebastian kappen: Indian theologian   

Jan 05   Dr gilbert bogle: Australian scientist who died in the bogle-chandler case (1963)   

Jan 02   Sabine baring-gould: English composer and novelist (b. 1834)   

Jan 04   Alfred grünfeld: Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)   

Jan 13   Georg h quincke: German physicist (test of quincke),    

Jan 14   Arne garborg: Norwegian playwright (mannfolk),   

Jan 15   Geza zichy: Composer,   

Jan 16   Winifred cochrane: Countess of dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)   

Jan 21   Vladimir ilyich ulyanov lenin: Russian leader,    

Jan 24   Thephilo braga: Portuguese poet/politician,