Today in History for October 1924

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 31 of 31

1st - Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)
1st - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) & 5 mile (24:06.2)
1st - Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell & Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand
2nd - League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva
3rd - King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts throne
4th - NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series
5th - 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
7th - Greek government of Dikalekopoulis, forms
8th - British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Conservatives
10th - Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca
10th - Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7
12th - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
13th - Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca
14th - Arnold Schoebergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna
15th - Pres Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument
18th - Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
18th - Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, NY Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen)
19th - General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium
20th - 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
30th US President Calvin Coolidge 21st - KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies
22nd - Toastmasters International is founded.
24th - Christian Gen Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing
24th - Nobel prize for fysiologie/medicine awarded to W Einthoven
25th - "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
27th - Uzbek SSR forms
27th - The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
28th - French-Russian trade agreement signed
28th - White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
29th - "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
29th - Labour loses British parliamentary election
31st - World Savings Day was announced in Milano/Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 42 of 42

1st - Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)
1st - William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice (1987- )
2nd - Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman (British Post Office)
3rd - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter, (d. 2012)
3rd - Harvey Kurtzman, U.S. cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine (d. 1993)
5th - Bill Dana, Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
5th - Jose Donoso, writer
5th - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
8th - Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
8th - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
9th - Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot (X-15)
10th - Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
10th - Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu)
10th - James Clavell, England, author (Tai Pan, Shogun) [or 1920, 22, 26)
10th - Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome)
10th - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. 1978)
11th - Mal Whitfield, American athlete
12th - Doris Grau, American actress (d. 1995)
13th - Terry Gibbs, Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
14th - Robert Webber, Santa Ana California, actor (79 Park Avenue)
15th - Colin Romoff, NYC, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show)
15th - Lee A Iacocca, CEO (Chrysler Corp)
15th - Nigel Green, South Africa, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File)
15th - Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
15th - Marguerite Andersen, German writer
18th - Allyn Ferguson, San Jose California, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show)
18th - Egil Hovland, composer
18th - Frank Liedel, [Leo van Assche], Flemish writer (Kaperbrief)
18th - Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician
20th - Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist
20th - Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn, bishop (Manchester)
21st - Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (d. 2003)
24th - Jose Casanovas, composer
24th - Piet Roozenburg, World champ checker player (1948 . . 55)
25th - Billy Barty, Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
26th - Tom F Lewis, (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- )
27th - Michel Galabru, Safi Morocco, actor (Judge & the Assassin)
28th - Alfonso Montalva Montecino, composer
28th - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
29th - Zbigniew Herbert, writer
30th - Hannelore Weygrand, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
30th - Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer (Death of Narcissus)

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

16th - American writer ("Gone with the Wind") Margaret Mitchell divorces 1st husband Berrien (Red) Upshaw

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

5th - Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
5th - Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
6th - Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75
7th - Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71
9th - Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
12th - Anatole France, writer, dies at 80
12th - Monroe A Althouse, composer, dies at 71
13th - Anatole France, [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies
21st - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76