1924

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century–20th century–21st century
Decades:	1890s1900s1910s–1920s–1930s1940s1950s
Years:	192119221923–1924–192519261927

1924 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1924 MCMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2677
Armenian calendar	1373 ԹՎ ՌՅՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6674
Bahá'í calendar	80–81
Balinese saka calendar	1845–1846
Bengali calendar	1331
Berber calendar	2874
British Regnal year	14Geo. 5– 15Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar	2468
Burmese calendar	1286
Byzantine calendar	7432–7433
Chinese calendar	Quý hợiNiên(WaterPig) 4620 or 4560 — to — Giáp tử niên(WoodRat) 4621 or 4561
Coptic calendar	1640–1641
Discordian calendar	3090
Ethiopian calendar	1916–1917
Hebrew calendar	5684–5685
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1980–1981
-Shaka Samvat	1845–1846
-Kali Yuga	5024–5025
Holocene calendar	11924
Igbo calendar	924–925
Iranian calendar	1302–1303
Islamic calendar	1342–1343
Japanese calendar	Taishō13 ( đại chính １３ niên )
Javanese calendar	1854–1855
Juche calendar	13
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4257
Minguo calendar	ROC13 Dân quốc 13 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	456
Thai solar calendar	2466–2467
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy trư niên (female Water-Pig) 2050 or 1669 or 897 — to — Dương mộc thử niên (male Wood-Rat) 2051 or 1670 or 898

1924(MCMXXIV) was aleap year starting on Tuesdayin theGregorian calendar,the 1924th year in theAnno Domini(AD) andcommon era(CE) designations, the 924th year of the2nd millennium,the 24th year of the20th century,and the 5th year of the1920sdecade.

Events

• January 22–Ramsay MacDonaldbecomes the firstLabourPrime Minister.
• February 8– The first execution withgaswas inCarson City, Nevada.
• February 14–IBMfounded.
• March 25–Greeceproclaims it is arepublic.
• May 4– The1924 Summer Olympicsbegins.
• May 10–J. Edgar Hooverappointed head ofFBI
• December 24–Albaniabecomes arepublic.

Births

January

Kim Dae-jung

Ron Moody

Max Roach

Eduardo Chillida

Katy Jurado

Rauf Denktaş

Dorothy Malone

Luigi Nono

• January 6–Kim Dae-jung,8thPresident of South Korea(d.2009)
• January 8–Ron Moody,British actor (d.2015)
• January 10–Max Roach,American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (d.2007)
• January 10–Eduardo Chillida,Spanish Basque sculptor (d.2002)
• January 14–Katy Jurado,Mexican actress (d.2002)
• January 27–Rauf Denktaş,1stPresident of Northern Cyprus(d.2012)
• January 29–Dorothy Malone,American actress (d.2018)
• January 29-Luigi Nono,Italian composer (d.1990)
• January 30–Lloyd Alexander,American writer (d.2007)

February

Billy Wright

Lee Marvin

Gloria Vanderbilt

Robert Mugabe

Noboru Takeshita

• February 6–Billy Wright,English footballer (d.1994)
• February 19–Lee Marvin,American actor (d.1987)
• February 20–Gloria Vanderbilt,American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (d.2019)
• February 21–Robert Mugabe,2ndPresident of Zimbabwe(d.2019)
• February 26–Noboru Takeshita,74thPrime Minister of Japan(d.2000)

March

Lys Assia

Tomiichi Murayama

• March 3–Lys Assia,Swiss singer (d.2018)
• March 3–Tomiichi Murayama,81stPrime Minister of Japan

April

Marlon Brando

Raymond Barre

Stanley Donen

Kenneth Kaunda

• April 3–Marlon Brando,American actor (d.2004)
• April 12–Raymond Barre,formerPrime Minister of France(d.2007)
• April 13–Stanley Donen,American film director and choreographer (d.2019)
• April 23–Rossana Rossanda,Italian journalist and politician (d.2020)
• April 28–Kenneth Kaunda,1stPresident of Zambia(d.2021)
• April 29–Zizi Jeanmaire,French ballet dancer and singer (d.2020)

May

Dawda Jawara

Charles Aznavour

• May 1–Terry Southern,American writer (d.1995)
• May 16–Dawda Jawara,1stPresident of the Gambia(d.2019)
• May 22–Charles Aznavour,French singer, actor and composer (d.2018)

June

Torsten Wiesel

George H. W. Bush

Ezer Weizman

Chet Atkins

Sidney Lumet

• June 3–Torsten Wiesel,Swedish neuroscientist
• June 12–George H. W. Bush,American politician, 41stPresident of the United States(d.2018)
• June 15–Ezer Weizman,President of Israel(d.2005)
• June 20–Audie Murphy,American soldier, actor, songwriter (d.1971)
• June 20–Chet Atkins,American guitarist and record producer (d.2001)
• June 24–Thelma Rogers,English actress (d.2000)
• June 25–Sidney Lumet,American director, producer and screenwriter (d.2011)

July

S. R. Nathan

Eva Marie Saint

Lola Albright

• July 3–S. R. Nathan,6thPresident of Singapore(d.2016)
• July 4–Eva Marie Saint,American actress
• July 19–Pat Hingle,American actor (d.2009)
• July 20–Lola Albright,American actress and singer (d.2017)

August

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Georges Charpak

James Baldwin

Ahmadou Ahidjo

• August 1–Abdullah of Saudi Arabia,King of Saudi Arabia(d.2015)
• August 1–Georges Charpak,Ukrainian-born French physicist (d.2010)
• August 2–James Baldwin,American writer (d.1987)
• August 2–Carroll O'Connor,American actor (d.2001)
• August 8–Gene Deitch,American illustrator, animator and film director (d.2020)
• August 13–Yuri Orlov,Soviet physicist (d.2020)
• August 24–Ahmadou Ahidjo,1stPresident of Cameroon(d.1989)

September

Daniel arap Moi

Lauren Bacall

Marcello Mastroianni

Truman Capote

• September 2–Daniel arap Moi,2ndPresident of Kenya(d.2020)
• September 9–Jane Greer,American film and television actress (d.2001)
• September 16–Lauren Bacall,American actress (d.2014)
• September 28–Marcello Mastroianni,Italian actor (d.1996)
• September 30–Truman Capote,American writer (d.1984)

October

Jimmy Carter

• October 1–Jimmy Carter,American politician, 39thPresident of the United States
• October 19–Lubomír Štrougal,Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

November

Süleyman Demirel

Benoît Mandelbrot

Shirley Chisholm

• November 1–Süleyman Demirel,9thPresident of Turkey(d.2015)
• November 20–Benoit Mandelbrot,French-American mathematician (d.2010)
• November 30–Shirley Chisholm,American politician (d.2005)

December

Alexander Haig

Mário Soares

Cicely Tyson

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• December 2–Alexander Haig,59thUnited States Secretary of State(d.2010)
• December 7–Mário Soares,17thPresident of Portugal(d.2017)
• December 10–Michael Manley,4thPrime Minister of Jamaica(d.1997)
• December 13–Krishna Prasad Bhattarai,Prime Minister of Nepal(d.2011)
• December 19–Cicely Tyson,American actress (d.2021)
• December 25
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee,10thPrime Minister of India(d.2018)
  • Moktar Ould Daddah,1stPresident of Mauritania(d.2003)
  • Rod Serling,American television scriptwriter (d.1975)

Deaths

• January 21–Vladimir Lenin,first communist leader of theUSSR
• February 3–Woodrow Wilson,28th President of the United States (b. 1856)
• April 21–Eleonora Duse,Italian actress
• June 3–Franz Kafka,writer
• June 10–Giacomo Matteotti,Italian politician
• 3 August–Joseph Conrad,novelist
• November 29–Giacomo Puccini,Italian grand opera composer

Nobel Prize

• Physics–Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
• Medicine–Willem Einthoven,(Dutch) invented theECK
• Literature–Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont,polish writer

Hit songs

• "Alabamy Bound" w.B. G. De Sylva& Bud Green m.Ray Henderson
• "All Alone" w.m.Irving Berlin
• "Amapola"w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle
• "At The End of The Road" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
• "Bagdad" w.Jack Yellenm.Milton Ager
• "Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now" Ager, Yellen
• "Big Boy" m. Milton Ager
• "The Blues Have Got Me" Silver, Turk
• "California, Here I Come" w.m.Al Jolson,Buddy de Sylvaand Joseph Meyer
• "Call Of The South" Berlin
• "Charley, My Boy" w.m.Gus Kahn&Ted Fio Rito
• "Copenhagen" w. Walter Melrose m. Charlie Davis
• "Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
• "Deep In My Heart, Dear" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night" w. Billy Rose & Marty Bloom m. Ernest Breuer
• "Doo Wacka Doo" w. Clarence Gaskill & Will Donaldson m. George Horther
• "Doodle Doo Doo" w.m.Art Kassel&Mel Stitzel
• "Drinking Song (Drink! Drink! Drink!)" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "The End Of The Road" w.m.Harry Lauder& William Dillon
• "Everybody Loves My Baby" w.m.Jack Palmer&Spencer Williams
• "Fascinating Rhythm" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Follow The Swallow" w.Billy Rose& Mort Dixon m.Ray Henderson
• "Golden Days" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "The Half Of It Dearie Blues" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)" w.m.Milton Ager,Charles Bates,Bob Bigelow&Jack Yellen
• "He's The Hottest Man In Town" Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney
• "Honest And Truly" w. Leo Wood m. Fred Rose
• "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" w.m.Gene Austin& Roy Bergere
• "I Want To Be Happy" w. Irving Caesar m.Vincent Youmans
• "I Wonder What's Become Of Sally" w.Jack Yellenm.Milton Ager
• "I'll See You In My Dreams" w.Gus Kahnm.Isham Jones
• "I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyers & Arthur Johnson
• "I'm Coming At Your Call" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "In Shadowland" w. Sam W. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ruth Brooks & Fred E. Ahlert
• "Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call" ) w.Otto Harbach&Oscar Hammerstein IIm.Rudolf Friml
• "It Had To Be You" w.Gus Kahnm.Isham Jones
• "Jealous" w.Tommy Malie& Dick Finch m.Jack Little
• "Jimtown Blues" w.m. Fred Rose
• "June Brought The Roses" w. Ralph Stanley m. John Openshaw
• "June Night" w.Cliff Friendm.Abel Baer
• "Just We Two" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "Keep Smiling At Trouble" w.Al Jolson&B. G. De Sylvam. Lewis E. Gensler
• "Lazy" w.m.Irving Berlin
• "Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
• "Little Jazz Bird" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" w.m. A. J. Piron & Peter Bocage
• "The Man I Love" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Mandalay" w.m. Earl Burtnett, Abe Lyman & Gus Arnheim
• "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyer
• "Memory Lane" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Larry Spier & Con Conrad
• "The Mounties" w.Otto Harbach&Oscar Hammerstein IIm.Rudolf Friml
• "My Best Girl" w.m.Walter Donaldson
• "My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" w.Rida Johnson Youngm.Victor Herbert
• "My Time Is Your Time" w. Eric Little m. Leo Dance
• "A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me" w.m. Sidney Clare & Flatow
• "Nobody's Sweetheart Now" w.m. Elmer Schoebel,Ernie Erdman,Gus Kahn& Billy Meyers
• "O, Katharina" w.L. Wolfe Gilbertm. Richard Fall
• "Oh Lady Be Good" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Oh! Mabel"Gus Kahn,Ted Fio Rito
• "Oh! Miss Hannah" w. Thekla Hollingsworth m. Jessie L. Deppen
• "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" w.Gus Kahnm.Isham Jones
• "Parisian Pierrot" w.m.Noël Coward
• "Prince Of Wails" m. Elmer Schoebel
• "The Prisoner's Song"w.m.Guy Massey
• "Red Hot Mama" w.m. Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper & Fred Rose
• "Rhapsody In Blue"m.George Gershwin
• "Riverboat Shuffle" m.Hoagy Carmichael& Irving Mills
• "Rose Marie" w.Otto Harbach&Oscar Hammerstein IIm.Rudolf Friml
• "See See Rider" w.m.Ma Rainey
• "Serenade from The Student Prince In Heidelberg" w.Dorothy Donnellym.Sigmund Romberg
• "Shanghai Shuffle" w.m. Larry Conley &Gene Rodemich
• "Shine" w.Cecil Mack&Lew Brownm. Ford T. Dabney
• "So Am I" w.Ira Gershwinm.George Gershwin
• "Somebody Loves Me" w. Ballard MacDonald &B. G. De Sylvam.George Gershwin
• "South" m.Bennie Moten&Thamon Hayes
• "Spain" w.Gus Kahnm.Isham Jones
• "Stack O'LeeBlues "w.m. byRay Lopez&Lew Colwell
• "Sweet Little You" w.m. Irving Bibo
• "Tea For Two" w. Irving Caesar m.Vincent Youmans
• "Tell Her In The Springtime" w.m.Irving Berlin
• "There's Life In The Old Girl Yet" w.m.Noël Coward
• "Totem Tom-Tom" w.Oscar Hammerstein II&Otto Harbachm.Rudolf Friml
• "Two Little Babes In The Wood" w.m.Cole Porter
• "Wait'll You See My Gal" Sullivan, Wilber
• "What'll I Do?" w.m.Irving Berlin