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September 28, 1924 (Sunday) [ edit ] The four remaining American aviators in the round-the-world flight expedition completed their journey by landing at Sand Point in Seattle in the airplanes Chicago (with pilot Lowell H. Smith and co-pilot Leslie P. Arnold) and New Orleans (with pilot Erik H. Nelson and co-pilot John Harding Jr), all four of ...
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
September 1 – Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Army (born 1840) September 15 – Frank Chance, baseball player (born 1877) September 17 – John Martin Schaeberle, German-born astronomer (born 1853 in Germany) September 25 – Lotta Crabtree, stage actress (born 1847)
The Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. As it was only a demonstration sport, no medals were awarded. The Grads would dominate women's basketball tournaments from 1924 to 1936. [3]
1924 – Immigration Act Basic Law; 1924 – Indian Citizenship Act; 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation – the predecessor to the FBI., 1924 – 1924 U.S. presidential election: Calvin Coolidge elected president for a full term, Charles G. Dawes elected vice president; 1924 – The Dawes Plan
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.