Today in History for July 1924

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

1st - Light Brigade forms
1st - Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, NYC-SF
5th - Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
6th - 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
7th - Robert LeGendre of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5½"
10th - Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
10th - Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam
11th - Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi
13th - Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
16th - Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
16th - NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
17th - St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
18th - KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi
20th - Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris
20th - Teheran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people.
27th - 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
29th - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

2nd - Rick Besoyan, composer
3rd - Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
3rd - S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
4th - Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest)
5th - Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town)
5th - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
5th - János Starker, Hungarian cellist
6th - Robert Michael White, NYC, test pilot (X-15)
7th - Dieter Nowka, composer
7th - Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space)
8th - Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005)
9th - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)
9th - Pierre Cochereau, composer
10th - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
10th - Johnny Bach, American basketball coach
11th - Claus Bremer, writer
11th - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
11th - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
12th - Jaap Geraedts, composer
13th - George Handy, horse trainer
13th - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
14th - James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate
15th - David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford)
15th - Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86)
16th - Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)
18th - Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
18th - John Cruickshank, French scholar
18th - Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer
19th - Sybren Polet, [Sijbe Minnema], Dutch writer/poet (Mannekino)
19th - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
20th - Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self)
20th - Lola Albright, Akron Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad)
20th - Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
20th - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
21st - Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company)
22nd - Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family)
23rd - Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister
23rd - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (d. 2005)
24th - David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander)
24th - Glenn Loren Glasow, composer
24th - Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer
24th - Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset
Actress Estelle Getty (25th) 25th - Estelle Getty, NYC, actress (Sophia Petrillo-Golden Girls), (d. 2008)
25th - Frank Church, (Sen-D-Id, 1957-81)
26th - Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant
26th - John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office)
26th - Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
27th - Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer
27th - Vincent Canby, critic (NY Times)
28th - Fred Fisher, cricketer (one Test for NZ v SA 1953)
28th - Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London)
29th - Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire (GEC)
29th - Robert Horton, LA California, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)
29th - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
29th - Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
30th - Christopher Shaw, composer
30th - William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher (Omensetter's Luck)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

10th - Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
23rd - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)
27th - Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
27th - Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58

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