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May 21, 1924: Thrill-killers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap and murder 14-year old Bobby Franks [1] May 26, 1924: U.S. President Coolidge signs discriminatory Immigration Act of 1924 into law The following events occurred in May 1924 :
May 3 – The Aleph Zadik Aleph, the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in Omaha, Nebraska. May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks, in a thrill killing.
A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday.
Industry: Film studio: Founded: November 19, 1916; 108 years ago (): Founders: Samuel Goldwyn Edgar Selwyn Archibald Selwyn: Defunct: April 17, 1924; 100 years ago (): Fate: Merged with Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. Marines invaded Washington County for a public training event that brought modern — for 1924 — battle tactics to Antietam battlefield. 100 years ago, Sharpsburg was invaded again — by ...
That’s 50 years ago now. Apparently, I did not go back far enough. While looking up the 1924 Armistice Day information, I came across another event from that year that was pivotal in the history ...
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 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade.
Women led the way 100 years ago In 1924, Texans elected Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson as the state's first female governor. Her husband, James Edward "Pa" Ferguson, had served as governor from 1915 to 1917.