Today in History for May 1924

Months in 1924: January February March April June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece
2nd - Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
3rd - Aleph Zadik Aleph is formed in Omaha, Nebraska by Sam Beber.
4th - 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
4th - German Republic election fascists & communists win
5th - Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
7th - Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
8th - Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
8th - Memel territories given to Lithuania
8th - Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
10th - J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
11th - Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
11th - Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
11th - Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.
12th - 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
12th - 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
16th - 108°F (42°C) in Blitzen Oregon
17th - 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2
21st - Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
First Director of the FBI J Edgar Hoover 22nd - In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
26th - German government of Marx resigns
26th - Pres Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration
29th - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
30th - Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Earl George, composer
1st - Enrico Josif, composer
1st - Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st US black woman cabinet member
1st - Terry Southern, writer
2nd - Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer
2nd - Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
2nd - Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
3rd - Mary Carver, LA California, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
3rd - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
3rd - Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
4th - Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey
4th - Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer
5th - Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
5th - Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
6th - Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport Ct, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto)
6th - Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
7th - Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
8th - Tristan Jones, sailor
9th - Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
9th - Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
9th - Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
9th - Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
11th - Antony Hewish, radio astronomer
11th - Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
11th - Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
12th - Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
13th - Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
13th - Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
14th - Joly Braga Santos, composer
15th - Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
15th - Don Kenyon, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55)
15th - Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist
15th - Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
15th - Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
16th - Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president (Gambia, 1970-94)
16th - Frank F Mankiewicz, NYC, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
17th - Frantisek Kovaricek, composer
17th - Lord Tombs, CEO (Rolls Royce)
17th - Thomas Baird, vice-admiral
18th - Jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
18th - Priscilla Pointer, American actress
19th - Sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer
20th - Betty Driver, actress (Coronation St, Pardon the Expression)
20th - Peter Shore, MP (Labour)
21st - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)
21st - Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
21st - Jack Twyman, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, basketball player (Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), (d. 2012)
22nd - Charles Aznavour, Armenia, French singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum)
22nd - Claude Andre Francois Ballif, composer
22nd - Helen Wedemeyer, Hilo Hawaii, actress (Hawaii Five-O)
23rd - Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
23rd - Michael McCrum, master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
23rd - V N Swamy, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1955, DNB, 0-45)
25th - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
26th - Cooper Evans, (Rep-R-IA, 1981-87)
28th - Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
28th - Lord Rippon, British MP
28th - Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
30th - Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
31st - Russell Endean, cricketer (28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 13 of 13

1st - August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62
6th - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
8th - Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
10th - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
12th - Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
15th - Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
19th - Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
21st - Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
25th - Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
25th - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
26th - Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
26th - Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
29th - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies