Today in History for January 1924

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP
3rd - British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun
6th - Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
12th - History of Science Society organized at Boston
13th - Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections
14th - Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
15th - 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
22nd - Baldwin government resigns in England
22nd - Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
22nd - KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
23rd - Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain
24th - Benito Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
24th - Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad
25th - 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
26th - Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
27th - Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
27th - Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
29th - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
30th - Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
3rd - Andre Franquin, cartoonist
3rd - Henry M Fazzie, S Afr Union/UDF-leader
3rd - Roy Harding, British teacher
3rd - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
3rd - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
4th - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)
5th - Dr Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist who died in the Bogle-Chandler case (1963)
6th - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012)
7th - Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
7th - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
8th - Antai Ribari, composer
8th - Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
8th - Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
8th - Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
9th - Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director (d. 1990)
10th - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
11th - Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
11th - Slim Harpo [James Moore], Lobdell, Louisiana, American blues musician
11th - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
12th - Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker
13th - Philip Rawson, artist/teacher
13th - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
14th - Guy Williams, NYC, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), (d. 1989)
16th - Katy Jurado, Mexico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
17th - Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton)
18th - Donald Baverstock, TV producer
19th - 7th earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner
19th - Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jesus)
19th - Nicholas Colasanto, Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers)
20th - Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
20th - Slim Whitman, American singer
21st - Benny Hill, Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
21st - Telly Savalas, Garden City NJ, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)
22nd - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
22nd - Margaret Whiting, big band singer
23rd - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- )
24th - 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane
24th - David Craighead, composer
24th - Klaus George Roy, composer
24th - Marvin Kaplan, Brooklyn NY, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice)
24th - Robert W Kastenmeier, (Rep-D-WI, 1959- )
25th - Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns)
26th - Warren Frank Benson, composer
26th - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998)
26th - Alice Babs, Swedish singer
27th - Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev, composer
27th - Kenneth Corfield, CEO (STC)
27th - Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician
27th - Brian Rix [The Lord Rix], Cottingham, Yorkshire, English actor
27th - Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum)
27th - William van Straubenzee, British MP
28th - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ)
29th - Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot
29th - Gregson, Lord
29th - Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
29th - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
29th - Peter Voulkos, American artist (d. 2002)
30th - Margaret Beda Nicholson, author (No Medals for the Major)
30th - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
30th - Margaret Yorke [Margaret Beda Nicholson], Compton, Surrey, author (Patrick Grant novels), (d. 2012)
31st - Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge
31st - Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

2nd - Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
4th - Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
13th - Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
14th - Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72
15th - Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74
16th - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)
21st - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53
24th - Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
24th - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
28th - Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56
29th - Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79