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Popular Culture 1924

U.S.
  • Ira Gershwin , George Gershwin and Irvine Berlin continue to dominate the music industry and Rhapsody in Blue is played for the very first time


Technology

U.S.
  • The IBM corporation was founded

Inventions Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Frozen Food USA by Clarence Birdseye



What News Events Happened in 1924

U.S.
  • New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held on November 27th 1924
U.S.
  • The first regular airmail services start in the USA
U.S.
    Two U.S. Army planes complete the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.
U.S.
  • Ellis Island closes as an immigration entry point to the US
U.S.
  • Hoof and Mouth epidemic in California
U.S.
  • J. Edgar Hoover is appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), later changed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) .
U.S.
  • 25 people die in Los Angeles from Pneumonic plague
Egypt
  • Pharaoh Tutankhamen of Egypt sarcophagus found
U.S.
  • The Indian Citizenship Act passed on June 2nd which confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within the United States
France
  • The First ever Winter Olympic games are held in Chamonix, France
Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Civil Rights demonstrators gunned down by British Army Paratroopers
Russia
  • Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins his bid for leadership.
France
  • The Summer Olympics are held in Paris, France
France
  • Johnny Weissmuller wins three gold medals at the Paris Summer Olympics




Major World Political Leaders 1924

Australia Prime Minister Stanley Bruce

Brazil President Artur Bernardes

Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

Japan Prime Minister Gonbee Yamamoto Till 7 January
Japan Prime Minister Keigo Kiyoura From 7 January
Japan Prime Minister Keigo Kiyoura Till 11 June
Japan Prime Minister Takaaki Katō From 11 June

Mexico PresidentPlutarco Elías Calles From 1 December
Mexico President Álvaro Obregón Till 30 November

Russia / Soviet Union
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vladimir Lenin

South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts Till 30 June
South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog From 30 June

United States President Calvin Coolidge

United Kingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Till 16 January
United Kingdom Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald From 22 January
United Kingdom Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Till 4 November
United Kingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin From 4 November


Political Elections 1924


British General Election 1924 Stanley Baldwin ( Conservative ) defeats Ramsay MacDonald ( Labour ) and H. H. Asquith ( Liberal )


United States Presidential Election 1924 Calvin Coolidge (Republican) Defeats John W. Davis (Democratic) and Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Progressive)


The Information above is taken from our new page that gives world leaders from 1920 to current.

Political World Leaders From 1920 To Current