What Happened in 1924

Charlie Chaplin Marries Lita Grey

Chaplin first met Lita Grey during the filming of The Kid. Three years later, at age 35, he became involved with the then 16-year-old Grey during... Read more

Van Doesburg and Mondrian Split

The friendship between Van Doesburg and Mondrian remained strong in these years, although their primary way of communication was by letter. In 1923... Read more

Theo van Doesburg Edits Mécano Magazine

The city of Leiden is where De Stijl was founded and also where van Doesburg established his short-lived art review Mécano in 1924. Here, as... Read more

Ronald Reagan Enters Dixon's Northside High School

From 1945 until he entered the political arena in 1965 Ronald Reagan continued his movie career. He had actually had some political experience... Read more

Rietveld Schröder House Built

The Rietveld Schröder House (Dutch: Rietveld Schröderhuis) (also known as the Schröder House) in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect... Read more

Louis Armstrong joins Fletcher Henderson band in Harlem

Armstrong enjoyed working with Oliver, but Louis's second wife, pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong, urged him to seek more prominent billing and develop... Read more

Vladimir Lenin Dies

Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, who used 160 pseudonyms, the most famous being Lenin, woke up at 10:30 a.m. on the day he was to die. About 18 months... Read more

I Olympic Winter Games Held in Chamonix, France

The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix,... Read more

Gandhi is Released from Prison After Serving Only Two Years of a Six-Year Sentence Following Surgery for Appendicitis

In February, after he had served only two years in jail, Gandhi, after an operation for appendicitis, was released. He did not, as his faithful... Read more

Adolf Hitler goes on trial for treason

The trial of Adolf Hitler for high treason after the Beer Hall Putsch was not the end of Hitler's political career as many had expected. In many... Read more

Castle Gate Mine Disaster

The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah (now dismantled), located approximately... Read more

Charles Lindbergh Reports to Brooks Field

Following a few months of barnstorming through the South, the two pilots parted company in San Antonio, Texas, where Lindbergh had been ordered to... Read more

Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup

The 1924 Stanley Cup Final saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Canadiens defeat the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion... Read more

Adolf Hitler is Sentenced to Five Years' Imprisonment at Landsberg Prison for Treason

Hitler fled to the home of Ernst Hanfstaengl and contemplated suicide. He was soon arrested for high treason. Alfred Rosenberg became temporary... Read more

Marlon Brando is Born

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. As a young sex symbol,... Read more

John Dillinger Marries Beryl Ethel Hovious

Dillinger returned to Mooresville where he met Beryl Ethel Hovious (born August 6, 1906), the daughter of Stephen Hovious and Cara Vandeventer. The... Read more

Games of the VIII Olympiad Held in Paris, France

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924... Read more

Indian Citizenship Act Is Enacted

On June 2, 1924, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote,... Read more

George H.W. Bush is Born

George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. The Bush family moved from Milton to Greenwich,... Read more

The Dominican Republic Achieves Independence From Spain

The Dominican Republic achieved independence from Spain in 1844. American occupation of the island nation began in 1916, following years of... Read more

Agatha Christie releases The Man in the Brown Suit

The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in August 1924 and in... Read more

James Baldwin Is Born

Novelist, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in New York City. The eldest of nine children, Baldwin grew up in... Read more

Gandhi Begins Twenty-One Day Fast in an Attempt to Reconcile Hindus and Muslims

In September 1924, Gandhi went on a twenty-one day fast to "purify" himself and " to recover the power to react on the people." The fast had a... Read more

Truman Capote Is Born

Truman Capote (September 30, 1924 — August 25, 1984) (born Truman Streckfus Persons) was an American writer whose short stories, novels, plays, and... Read more

Jimmy Carter is Born

Jimmy Carter is a native Georgian, born and raised in the tiny southwest Georgia hamlet of Plains near the larger town of Americus. The Carter... Read more