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October 29, 1924 (Wednesday) [ edit ] Voting took place in the UK for all 615 seats of the House of Commons and was marked by a gain of 154 seats by the Conservative Party of former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin , as well as a loss of 158 seats for the coalition of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald 's Labour Party and former Prime Minister H. H ...
October 1924 sports events (4 P) C. October 1924 events by continent (2 C) Pages in category "October 1924 events" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
October 29 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's novelist (born 1849 in the United Kingdom) November 3 – Cornelius Cole , U.S. Senator from California from 1867 to 1873 (born 1822 ) November 9 – Henry Cabot Lodge , U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1893 to 1924 (born 1850)
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.
29 July – The 1924 NSWRFL season culminates in Balmain's victory over South Sydney in the final. 10 October – The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is enacted making voting in federal elections compulsory (the next federal election would be held on 14 November 1925).
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.
Briton Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 alongside climbing partner George Mallory as the pair attempted to be the first to reach Everest's summit, 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level.
25 October – Authorities of the British Raj in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next two and half years. 29 October – 1924 general election is won by the Conservative Party under Stanley Baldwin [6] with a large majority of 209 seats.