1924
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| Categories: Births – Deaths – Works – Introductions – Establishments – Disestablishments – Awards |
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Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1924
January-February
March-April
May-June
July-August
- July 17 – Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in Australia, after a private member's bill proposed by Tasmanian Nationalist senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.
- July 20 – The Soviet sports newspaper Sovetskiy Sport is founded.
- August – Dawes Plan is accepted.
- August 18 – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.
- August 28 – Georgia rises against the Soviet Union in an abortive rebellion, in which several thousands die.
September-October
November-December
Undated
Births
January–February
- January 1 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
- January 3 – Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster (d. 2005)
- January 4 – Walter Ris, American freestyle swimmer
- January 6 – Earl Scruggs, American musician (The Beverly Hillbillies)
- January 7 – Geoffrey Bayldon, British actor
- January 8 – Ron Moody, British actor
- January 10 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. 2007)
- January 11
- January 12 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
- January 13 – Roland Petit, French choreographer/dancer
- January 16 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- January 19 – Jean-Francois Revel, French author (d. 2006)
- January 21 – Benny Hill, English comedian and singer (d. 1992)
- January 25 – Speedy West, American Musician (d. 2003)
- January 26 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
- January 27 – Sabu, Indian actor (d. 1963)
- January 28 – Betty Tucker, American female baseball player
- January 29 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- January 30 – Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
- February 2 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born producer and musician (d. 2007)
- February 4 – Dorothy Harrell, American female professional baseball player
- February 7 – Hattie Jacques, English star of the Carry On films (d. 1980)
- February 9 – George Guest, Welsh choral conductor (d. 2002)
- February 14 – Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino Politician
- February 17 – Margaret Truman, American novelist and only child of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman (d. 2008)
- February 19 – Lee Marvin, American actor (The Dirty Dozen) (d. 1987)
- February 20
- Gerson Goldhaber, American particle physicist and astrophysicist
- Gloria Vanderbilt, American cosmetics entrepreneur
- February 21 – Robert Mugabe, first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- February 23 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)
- February 26 – Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician (d. 2000)
- February 29 – Al Rosen, American baseball player
March–April
- March 1 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
- March 2 – Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr., first recipient of the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal in 1986 (named by The Diabetes Association in his honor, the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers)
- March 3 – John Woodnutt, British actor (d. 2006)
- March 3 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. 1948)
- March 4 – Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977)
- March 7 – Kōbō Abe, Japanese novelist (d. 1993)
- March 15 – Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997)
- March 27 – Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer (d. 1990)
- March 27 Herbert Zangs, german artist
- March 28 – Freddie Bartholomew, British actor (d. 1992)
- March 30 – Alan Davidson, British author (d. 2003)
- April 1 – Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
- April 3
- Marlon Brando, American actor (The Godfather) (d. 2004)
- Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (d. 2005)
- Josephine Pullein-Thompson, British author
- April 4 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. 1972)
- April 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) (d. 1999)
- April 7 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009)
- April 12 – Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
- April 14 – Philip Stone, English actor (d. 2003)
- April 15 – Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist
- April 16 – Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. 1994)
- April 18
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005)
- Henry Hyde, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 2007)
- April 19 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
- April 20 – Leslie Phillips, English actor
- April 23 – Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- April 24 – Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009)
- April 28 – Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia
May–June
- May 1 – Art Fleming, (d. 1995)
- May 2 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
- May 10 – Zahrad, Western Armenian poet (d. 2007)
- May 11 – Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- May 12 – Tony Hancock, English comedian (d. 1968)
- May 18 – Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- May 19 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
- May 22 – Charles Aznavour, French singer, actor, and songwriter
- May 24
- Vincent Cronin, British historical writer and biographer
- Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
- May 29
- Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
- Lavonne [Pepper] Paire Davis, American female baseball player
- June 1 – Dr. William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
- June 2 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. 2007)
- June 3
- June 4 – Dennis Weaver, American actor (McCloud) (d. 2006)
- June 12 – George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States
- June 14 – James W. Black, British doctor (d. 2010)
- June 15 – Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
- June 17 – Charlotte Armstrong, American female baseball player (d. 2008)
- June 18 – George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
- June 20
- June 24 - Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
- June 27 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
- June 29
- Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
- Ezra Laderman, American composer
July–August
- July 3 – S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
- July 4 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- July 5
- Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001)
- Osman Lins, Brazilian novelist (d. 1978)
- János Starker, Hungarian cellist
- July 10 – Svein Hajum, Norwegian Philosopher (d. 2000)
- July 11
- Brett Somers, (d. 2007)
- Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
- July 13
- Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
- Johnny Gilbert, American game show announcer
- July 15 – Makhmud Esambayev,(d. 2000)
- July 19 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
- July 20 – Lola Albright, American actress (Peter Gunn)
- July 21 – Don Knotts, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show) 2006)
- July 28 – Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (d. 2006)
- July 29
- Robert Horton, American actor (Wagon Train)
- Lillian Faralla, American female professional baseball player
- Elizabeth Short, American actress (The Black Dahlia) (d. 1947)
- August 1
- August 2
- August 3 – Leon Uris, American writer (Exodus) (d. 2003)
- August 6 – Gregory Adams, American political scientist (d. 1998)
- August 7 – Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader and presenter
- August 10 – Nancy Buckingham Sawyer (Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John, Hilary London), British romance novelist.
- August 12
- August 14 – Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor
- August 15
- Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997)
- Robert Bolt, English writer (d. 1995)
- August 16 – Inez Voyce, American female baseball player
- August 17 – Evan S. Connell, Jr., American novelist, poet, and short story-writer
- August 23 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 24
- Jimmy Gardner (British actor), British actor (d. 2010)
- Homi Nusserwanji Sethna (Indian Nuclear Scientist), Indian Nuclear Scientist
- August 28 – Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)
- August 29 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
- August 30 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
- August 31 – Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (The Love Bug) (d. 2003)
September–October
- September 2 – Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
- September 4
- Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
- Anita Snellman, Finnish painter (d. 2006)
- September 5 – Paul Dietzel, College football coach
- September 8 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
- September 9
- Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
- Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
- September 11
- Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
- Rudolf Vrba, escapee from Auschwitz (d. 2006)
- September 13 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (d. 2009)
- September 14 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
- September 15 – Bobby Short, American entertainer (d. 2005)
- September 16 – Lauren Bacall, American actress
- September 19 – Don Harron, Canadian entertainer
- September 20 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
- September 22
- Charles Keeping, English illustrator (d. 1988)
- Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
- September 23 – Heinrich Schultz, Estonian cultural functionary
- September 26 – Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
- September 27 – Bernard Waber, American children's author
- September 30 – Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
- October 1
- October 2 - Ruby Stephens, American female baseball player (d. 1996)
- October 8 – Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- October 10
- Margaret Fulton, Australian food writer
- Ed Wood, American filmmaker (Plan 9 From Outer Space) (d. 1978)
- October 11 – Mal Whitfield, American athlete
- October 13 – Moturu Udayam, Indian women's activist (d. 2002)
- October 14 – Robert Webber, American actor (d. 1989)
- October 15 – Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
- October 21 – Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (d. 2003)
- Joyce Randolph, American actress (The Honeymooners)
- October 24 – Christine Glanville, English puppeteer (d. 1999)
November–December
- November 6 – Jeanette Schmid, famous German whistler (d. 2005)
- November 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer
- November 10 – Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan's Island)
- November 11 – Evelyn Wawryshyn, Canadian professional baseball player
- November 13 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese population geneticist (d. 1994)
- November 19 – William Russell, British actor
- November 20 – Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born mathematician
- November 23 – Anita Linda, Filipino actress
- November 24
- Mel Patton, American athlete
- Joanne Winter, American female professional baseball pitcher and LPGA player (d. 1996)
- November 25 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
- November 28 – Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist
- December 2 – Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American politician and former U.S. Secretary of State (d. 2010)
- December 3 – Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
- December 6 – Wally Cox, television and motion picture actor (Mr. Peepers)(d. 1973)
- December 7 – Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer.
- December 12
- Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
- Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
- December 17 - Margaret Wigiser, American female professional baseball player
- December 23 – Bob Kurland, American basketball player
- December 24 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (d. 1980)
- December 25
- December 28 – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
- December 31
- Taylor Mead, American actor
- Frank J. Kelley, 50th Michigan Attorney General
Deaths
January–June
- January 2 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
- January 4 – John Peters, American 19th century baseball player (b. 1850)
- January 13 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834)
- January 14 – Luther Emmett Holt, American pediatrician (b. 1855)
- January 16 – Licerio Gerónimo, Filipino military leader (b. 1855)
- January 21 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and first Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1870)
- January 24 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
- February 3 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1856)
- February 17 – Henry Bacon, American architect (b. 1866)
- March 9
- Panagiotis Danglis, Greek military leader and politician (b. 1853)
- Daniel Ridgway Knight, American artist (b. 1839)
- March 22 – Louis Delluc, French film director (b. 1890)
- March 24 – Prince Kwacho Hirotada of Japan (b. 1902)
- March 29 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, resident in England (b. 1852)
- April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (b. 1856)
- April 21 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
- May 4 – E. Nesbit, English author (b. 1858)
- May 15 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
- May 26 – Victor Herbert, Irish dramatist (b. 1859)
- June 3 – Franz Kafka, Austrian author (The Trial) (b. 1883)
- June 9 – George Mallory, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. 1886)
- June 9 – Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. 1902)
- June 11 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. 1837)
July–December
- July 7 – Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge (b. 1908)
- July 14 – Isabella Ford, English socialist, feminist, trade unionist and writer (b. 1855)
- July 14 – Isabella Stewart Gardner, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1840)
- July 23 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1860)
- July 27 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1866)
- August 3 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born author (b. 1857)
- August 7 – Bruce Grit, ex-slave and African-American historian
- August 15 – Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, British Private Secretary to King Edward VII. (b. 1837)
- August 17 – Pavel Urysohn, Russian mathematician (b. 1898)
- August 23 – Heinrich Berté, Austrian operetta composer (. 1858)
- August 25 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
- August 31 – Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1881)
- September 6 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (b. 1868)
- September 15 – Frank Chance, baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
- October 12 – Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- October 29
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anglo-American writer (b. 1849)
- John Marden, Australian headmaster and pioneer of women's education (b. 1855)
- November 4 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
- November 9 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1850)
- November 10 – Sir Archibald Geikie, Scottish geologist (b. 1835)
- November 19 – Thomas Ince, American film producer (b. 1882)
- November 21 – Florence Kling Harding, First Lady of the U.S. (b. 1860)
- November 29 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
- December 2 – Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist (b. 1879)
- December 6 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
- December 13 – Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (b. 1850)
- December 29 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
- December 31 – Sir Samuel William Knaggs, British civil servant (b. 1856)
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