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June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. June 12 – Rondout Heist: Six men of the Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Rondout, Illinois ; the robbery is later found to have been an inside job .
1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1924th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 924th year of the ...
By 1924 The Hickle Co. was announcing the opening of their new Electrical Department and an ad showing electric coffee makers, waffle irons, heating pads, and vacuum cleaners.
The 1924 Democratic National Convention, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, was the longest continuously running convention in United States political history. It took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate.
1924 – The Dawes Plan March 4, 1925 – President Coolidge begins full term, Dawes becomes the 30th vice president 1925 – Scopes Trial , whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of ...
Nov. 11—HIGH POINT — Whenever a murder happens in High Point, the killing understandably becomes the talk of the town, so you can imagine the buzz when news broke of a double homicide in 1924.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge won election to a full term. Coolidge was the second vice president, after Theodore Roosevelt, to ascend to the presidency and then win a full term.
Johnny Weissmuller, the Michael Phelps of his time, won three gold medals at the 1924 Olympics, along with a bronze for team water polo, and went on to star in a series of Tarzan movies.