1924

Events

1. 21 January

   Vladimir Lenin dies at Gorki

   The founder of the Soviet state died aged 53 after a series of strokes. His body was embalmed and displayed in Red Square, and Stalin outmanoeuvred Trotsky and others to succeed him.

2. 25 January

   First Winter Olympics open at Chamonix

   An 'International Winter Sports Week' opened at Chamonix in the French Alps with athletes from 16 nations. The International Olympic Committee later recognised it as the first Winter Olympic Games.

3. 5 February

   BBC broadcasts the Greenwich time signal for the first time

   The six short 'pips', generated by the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, were broadcast to mark the hour. The signal is still heard on BBC radio today.

4. 1 April

   Munich court sentences Hitler to five years for the Beer Hall Putsch

   Adolf Hitler received five years' detention for his failed coup of November 1923. He served barely nine months at Landsberg, where he dictated Mein Kampf.

5. 2 June

   Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act

   The law granted US citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States. Some states still kept Native people from voting for decades afterwards.

   United States
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   Revolution

   June Revolution

   The June Revolution was an uprising in Albania in June 1924 that drove Ahmet Zogu from power and brought the Orthodox bishop and reformer Fan Noli to the head of the government.

7. Treaty

   Klaipėda Convention

   The Klaipėda Convention was an international agreement signed in Paris in May 1924 between Lithuania and Britain, France, Italy and Japan.

In the profiles

• Kingdom of GreeceThe monarchy is abolished; it is restored by plebiscite in 1935
• IslamThe Republic of Turkey abolishes the Ottoman caliphate

Born in 1924 19

• Mutesa II of Buganda1924–1969
• Kenneth Kaunda1924–2021
• Jimmy Carter1924–2024
• Amílcar Cabral1924–1973
• Ahmadou Ahidjo1924–1989
• Aman Andom1924–1974
• Carlos Camacho1924–1979
• Dawda Jawara1924–2019
• Moktar Ould Daddah1924–2003
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq1924–1988
• Robert Mugabe1924–2019
• Sao Kya Seng1924–1962
• Carlos Humberto Romero1924–2017
• Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal1924–1978
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee1924–2018
• Grégoire Kayibanda1924–1976
• Mário Soares1924–2017
• Michael Manley1924–1997
• S. N. Goenka1924–2013

Died in 1924 16

• Vladimir Lenin1870–1924
• Manuel Estrada Cabrera1857–1924
• Cipriano Castro1858–1924
• Emily Ruete1844–1924
• Giacomo Matteotti1885–1924
• Giacomo Puccini1858–1924
• J. B. van Heutsz1851–1924
• Joseph Conrad1857–1924
• Bogd Khan1869–1924
• Lee Stack1868–1924
• Panagiotis Danglis1853–1924
• Teófilo Braga1843–1924
• E. D. Morel1873–1924
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg1894–1924
• Andereya Duhaga IId. 1924
• Juan Araneta1852–1924

Works 1

• Dakar–Niger RailwayWork / monument

States founded 8

• Kirghiz ASSR 1924 CE – 1936 CE
• Mongolian People's Republic 1924 CE – 1992 CE
• Second Hellenic Republic 1924 CE – 1935 CE
• Tajik ASSR 1924 CE – 1929 CE
• Tangier International Zone 1924 CE – 1956 CE
• Third Dominican Republic 1924 CE – 1965 CE
• Turkmen SSR 1924 CE – 1991 CE
• Uzbek SSR 1924 CE – 1991 CE

States that came to an end 11

• Bogd Khanate of Mongolia 1911 CE – 1924 CE
• Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1920 CE – 1924 CE
• Free State of Fiume 1920 CE – 1924 CE
• Khorezm People's Soviet Republic 1920 CE – 1924 CE
• Kingdom of Kurdistan 1922 CE – 1924 CE
• Military Government of Santo Domingo 1916 CE – 1924 CE
• Rhenish Republic 1923 CE – 1924 CE
• State of Aleppo 1920 CE – 1924 CE
• State of Damascus 1920 CE – 1924 CE
• Syrian Federation 1922 CE – 1924 CE
• Turkestan ASSR 1918 CE – 1924 CE