Page 18: Historical Events In 1924

Dec 10   Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years   

Dec 11   Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)   

Dec 12   Edward I Koch, NYC, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court).   

Dec 13   KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions   

Dec 13   Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)   

Dec 13   Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74.   

Dec 14   Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou   

Dec 14   Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)   

Dec 15   Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin).   

Dec 16   Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London.   

Dec 17   1st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY   

Dec 17   inaugural US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx NY.   

Dec 19   Edmund Purdom, England, actor (Asissi Underground, Pieces)   

Dec 19   Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings   

Dec 19   The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost manufactured in England was sold in London   

Dec 20   Adolf Hitler freed from jail early.   

Dec 20   Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen).   

Dec 21   Joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986).   

Dec 22   Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2.   

Dec 24   1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands   

Dec 24   Albania is recorded as becoming a republic.   

Dec 24   Roy Miller, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 and 0-28)   

Dec 26   Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.   

Dec 26   Judy Garland, 2½, billed as Baby Frances, makes her show business debut.   

Dec 27   James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)   

Dec 27   William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68.   

Dec 28   Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer (Every Beat of My Heart)   

Dec 30   Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems   

Dec 31   Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies   

Dec 31   Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948).   

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Jan 01   In the year 1924 birth of roberts Blossom, American actor and poet   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of andre Franquin, cartoonist   

Jan 03   In the year 1924 birth of henry M Fazzie, S Afr Union/UDF-leader   

Jan 03   Roy Harding, British teacher was born in the year 1924.   

Jan 03   In the year 1924 birth of nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of doug Ellis, British entrepreneur   

Jan 04   Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993) was born in the year 1924.   

Jan 05   Dr Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist who died in the Bogle-Chandler case (1963) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)   

Jan 13   On this day in history georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89   

Jan 14   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74   

Jan 16   In the year 1924 death of winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)   

Jan 21   Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 in the year 1924.   

Jan 24   In the year 1924 thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80