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Events of 1924 -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April -  May . June . July  .  Aug. -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec. -  Undated . Ongoing . Births Deaths Nobel Prizes See also -  Notes -  External links

Events of 1924

January

• January 7 - Great fire in London harbour. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental
• January 10 - British submarine L-34 sinks in the English Channel - forty-three dead. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
• January 12 - Gopinath Saha shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart - he is arrested soon after. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Gopinath Saha was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter who attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart, the then head of the Detective Department of Calcutta
• January 21 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party
• January 22 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
• January 23 - Soviet Union officially declares that Lenin died January 21. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
• January 25 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or more commonly Chamonix (ʃamɔni in French is a Town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years
• January 26 - Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) is renamed Leningrad. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
• January 27 - Lenin is buried in a mausoleum (Lenin's Tomb) in Moscow's Red Square. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. A mausoleum ( plural: mausolea is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Red Square ( Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous City square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most

February

• February 1
  • The United Kingdom recognizes Soviet Union. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
  • Australian Loans Council meets for the first time.
• February 4 - Mohandas Gandhi is released prematurely on medical grounds. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January
• February 5 - GMT: Hourly time signals from Royal Greenwich Observatory are broadcasted for the first time. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London The Royal Observatory Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO) was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the
• February 7 - Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. This page is about the physical properties of gas as a state of matter The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America.
• February 12 - Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. The City of New York Aeolian Hall may refer to Aeolian Hall (New York Aeolian Hall (London England Aeolian Hall (London Ontario
• February 14 - IBM corporation founded. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology
• February 16-February 26 - Dock strike in US harbors. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed
• February 22 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence

March

• Adolf Hitler begins dictating his book, Mein Kampf (or in English, My Struggle), while imprisoned in Bavaria. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12
• March 1 - Diana Vreeland, fashion editor and columnist, marries Thomas Reed Vreeland at St. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Diana Vreeland ( July 29, 1903 in Paris, France &ndash August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of Thomas's church in New York.
• March 3 - The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Abdülmecid II (also with various alternate spellings including Abdul Mejid, Aakhir Khalifatul Muslimeen Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid, Abdul Medjit, and in The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal Atatürk. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman
• March 8 - Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah, United States
• March 9 - Italy annexes Fiume
• March 25 - Greece proclaims it is a republic. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a Coal mine near the town of Castle Gate Utah (now dismantled located approximately The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Rijeka (other Croatian dialects Rika and Reka, Reka Italian and Hungarian: Fiume, Sankt Veit am Pflaumb is Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its
• March 29 - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts in France. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Raymond Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934 was a French conservative Statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five

April

• April 1
  • Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed Coup d'état that occurred between the evening of Thursday November 8 He will serve only nine months.
  • First revenue flight for Belgium's SABENA Airlines. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those SABENA was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001 with its base at Brussels National Airport.
• April 6 - Fascists win elections in Italy with ⅔ majority. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• April 13 - Referendum in Greece favors the formation of Hellenic Republic. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• April 13 - A.E.K, one of the most successful football clubs in Greece, is founded. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Crest and Colours Since the club's foundation AEK have had three main crests though all underwent minor variations Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• April 26 - Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince British War Office
• April 27 - Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria – French troops march against them. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Harry Grindell Matthews ( March 17, 1880 &ndash September 11, 1941) was an English Inventor who claimed to have invented The death ray or death beam was a theoretical Particle beam or Electromagnetic weapon of the 1920s through the 1930s that was claimed to have been invented The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963 when Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated For the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco see Alaouite Dynasty, for the former state now in Yemen see Alawi (sheikhdom The Alawites Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية

May

• May 3 - The Aleph Zadik Aleph, the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, founded. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João The International Order of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA is an international youth-led fraternal organization for Jewish teenagers founded in 1924 and currently existing PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
• May 4 - The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies held in Paris, France. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• May 10 - J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head the Bureau of Investigation. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Postnominal initials
• May 11 - Mercedes-Benz formed by the merging companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler ( March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an Engineer, Industrial designer and Industrialist Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg
• May 21 - University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a thrill killing. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr ( November 19 1904 – August 29 1971) and Richard A Robert Emanuel "Bobby" Franks ( September 19, 1909 &ndash May 21, 1924) was the fourteen-year-old Murder victim of A thrill killing is a term used to describe a premeditated Murder committed by a sane Criminal who is motivated by the sheer excitement of the

June

• June 1 - Harry Grindell Matthews returns from Paris to London - he tries to use a Pathe film to demonstrate that his death ray works
• June 2 - U. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Harry Grindell Matthews ( March 17, 1880 &ndash September 11, 1941) was an English Inventor who claimed to have invented Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. The death ray or death beam was a theoretical Particle beam or Electromagnetic weapon of the 1920s through the 1930s that was claimed to have been invented Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 also known as the Snyder Act, was proposed by Representative Homer P Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• June 3 - Franz Kafka dies in Vienna, Austria. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering His death is attributed to starvation, brought on by worsening Tuberculosis
• June 5 - Ernst Alexanderson sends the first facsimile across the Atlantic Ocean (to his father in Sweden). Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson ( Uppsala Sweden, January 25, 1878 &ndash May 14, 1975) was a Swedish-American Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• June 7 - Ed Farhat, "The Original Sheik", is born. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Edward "Ed" George Farhat ( June 9, 1926 - January 18, 2003) was an American Professional wrestler best known
• June 8 - George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen "going strong for the top" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 PM. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable George Herbert Leigh Mallory ( 18 June 1886  &ndash 8 June / 9 June 1924) was an English Mountaineer who took Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine (born 8 April 1902; died 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in Noel Ewart Odell ( 25 December 1890 – 21 February 1987) was an English Geologist and Mountaineer. The two mountaineers were never seen alive again. “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of
• June 10 - Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Giacomo Matteotti ( 22 May 1885 – 10 June 1924) was an Italian socialist politician Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
• June 12 - the Roundout Heist - Six men of Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Roundout, Illinois. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Egan's Rats was an Irish-American street gang that exercised considerable power in St Robbery is later found to have been an inside job
• June 16 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded. Inside Job is the fourth studio Album by Don Henley, released in 2000. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. The Nationalist Party of China Army Officer Academy ( commonly known as the Whampoa Military Academy ( was a Military academy in the Republic of China
• June 23 - American airman Russell L. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Maughan flew from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit

July

• 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. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.
• July 20 - A Soviet sports newspaper Sovetskiy Sport is founded. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Sovetsky Sport ( Russian:Советский спорт English Soviet Sports is a Russian (formerly Soviet) daily sports newspaper

August

• August 18 - France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
• August 28 - Georgia rose against the Soviet Union in the abortive rebellion in which several thousands died. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The August Uprising (აგვისტოს აჯანყება agvistos adjank’eba) was an unsuccessful Insurrection against the Soviet rule

September

• September 9
  • Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii
  • 8-hour work day introduced in Belgium
• September 9 - 11 - 1924 Kohat riots

October

• October 2 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian On September 9, 1924, toward the end of a long-lasting strike of Filipino Sugar workers on Kaua{{okina}}i, Hawai{{okina}}i, local Kauai (in standard Hawaiian kauˈaʔi in Kauai- Ni{{okina}}ihau dialect; usually spelled Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands and ˈkaʊɑɪ or /kaʊˈɑɪ/ The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul The 1924 Kohat riots were major anti- Hindu riots that occurred in Kohat in NWFP, British India in 1924 Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, usually called the Geneva Protocol The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920
• October 10 - Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity ( ΑΔΓ, also known as ADG or Alpha Delt) is a National Catholic Social Fraternity
• October 19 - Abdul Azis declares himself protector of holy places in Mecca. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored
• October 22 - Toastmasters is founded. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Toastmasters International ( TI) is a nonprofit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their
• October 24
  • British Foreign Office publishes Zinoviev Letter. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat The " Zinoviev Letter " is a 1924 letter that was allegedly addressed from Grigori Zinoviev, president of the presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist
  • Dixie Dean scores a hat-trick for Tranmere Rovers to become the youngest ever player to score three goals for The Superwhites
• October 25 - British authorities in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next two and half years
• October 27 - The Uzbek SSR joins the Soviet Union. William Ralph Dean ( 22 January 1907 - 1 March 1980) popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League One and based at Prenton Park, Tranmere Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Subhas Chandra Bose (সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু (born January 23, 1897; presumed to have died August 18, 1945 Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси O`zbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi; Узбекская

November

• November 4
  • Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming elected as the first woman governor in the United States. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Nellie Tayloe Ross ( November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American Politician, the Governor of The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
  • Calvin Coolidge defeats John W. Davis in the U.S. presidential election
• November 19 - In Los Angeles, California, famous silent film director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") dies, reportedly of a heart attack, in his bed (rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst). John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 John William Davis ( April 13 1873 &ndash March 24 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, the Republican candidate Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Thomas Harper Ince ( November 6, 1882 – November 19, 1924) was an American Silent film Actor, director Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply For other people named William Randolph Hearst see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation William Randolph Hearst I (April 29 1863 &ndash
• November 27 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont The City of New York The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual Parade presented by Macy's Department store.

December

• December 1 - Failed communist coup attempt in Estonia. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican The Attempted coup of 1924 in Estonia conducted by Comintern (1 Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region
• December 19 - Fritz Haarmann sentenced to death for a series of murders. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Friedrich "Fritz" Haarmann (October 25 1879 – April 15 1925 was a notorious Serial killer born in Hanover, Germany.
• December 24
  • Air crash in Croydon air field - 8 dead. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary between what are now the London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton.
  • Albania becomes a republic. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its

Undated

• The powerful opiate, hydromorphone is developed in Germany. Hydromorphone, a more common synonym for dihydromorphinone hydrochloride (trade names Palladone IR, Palladone SR, Dilaudid and numerous others Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging at Stirling, Alberta Canada
• Alice Vanderbilt Morris, a wealthy heiress, founds the International Auxiliary Language Association in New York
• André Breton defines surrealism as "pure psychic automatism" in the first Surrealist Manifesto. Earl W Bascom ( June 19, 1906 - August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor Stirling ( Gaelic: Sruighlea, Scots: Stirlin) is a city and former ancient Burgh in Scotland, and is at Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1874-1950 born Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, was the daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard (1833-1893 and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt (1845-1924 The International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA was founded in 1924 to " promote widespread study discussion and publicity of all questions involved in the establishment New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Automatism has taken on many forms the Automatic writing and drawing initially (and still to this day practiced by surrealists can be compared to similar or perhaps Two Surrealist Manifestos (Le Manifeste du Surréalisme were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929 respectively
• US bootleggers begin to use Thompson SMGs. The Thompson submachine gun is an American Submachine gun that became infamous during the Prohibition era
• Earth Inductor Compass

Births

1924 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1924 MCMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2677
Armenian calendar	1373 ԹՎ ՌՅՀԳ
Bahá'í calendar	80 – 81
Berber calendar	2874
Buddhist calendar	2468
Burmese calendar	1286
Chinese calendar	4560/4620-11-25 (癸亥年十一月廿五日) — to — 4561/4621-12-6 (甲子年十二月初六日)
Coptic calendar	1640 – 1641
Ethiopian calendar	1916 – 1917
Hebrew calendar	5684 – 5685
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1979 – 1980
- Shaka Samvat	1846 – 1847
- Kali Yuga	5025 – 5026
Holocene calendar	11924
Iranian calendar	1302 – 1303
Islamic calendar	1342 – 1343
Japanese calendar	Taishō 13 (大正13年)
Korean calendar	4257
Thai solar calendar	2467
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January-February

• January 1 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
• January 3 - Hank Stram, American football coach and broadcaster (d. The Earth inductor compass is a device for determining direction using the Magnetic field of the Earth. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Taishō era, is a period in the History of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Roberts Blossom (born January 1, 1924) is an American Actor and Poet. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Henry Louis Stram ( January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American Football coach. 2005)
• January 4 - Walter Ris, American freestyle swimmer
• January 6 - Earl Scruggs, American musician
• January 10 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Walter "Wally" Ris (born January 4, 1924) is an American freestyle swimmer. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a 3-finger style (now called Scruggs style) on the 5-string Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Maxwell Lemuel Roach ( January 10, 1924 &ndash August 16, 2007) was an American Jazz Percussionist, Drummer 2007)
• January 11
  • Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Roger Charles Louis Guillemin (born January 11, 1924 in Dijon, Bourgogne France received the National Medal of Science in 1976 and Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Sam Blakeley Hall Jr ( January 11, 1924 &ndash April 10, 1994) American politician was a Congressman representing 1994)
  • Slim Harpo, American musician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Slim Harpo ( 11 January, 1924 – 31 January, 1970) was a Blues musician 1970)
• January 12 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Olivier Gendebien ( 12 January 1924, Brussels, Belgium – 2 October 1998, Les Baux de Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône 1998)
• January 16 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Katy Jurado ( January 16, 1924 &ndash July 5, 2002) was an Academy Award -nominated Mexican Actress. 2002)
• January 19 - Jean-Francois Revel, French author (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Jean-François Revel ( Marseille France, January 19, 1924 &ndash April 30, 2006 in Kremlin-Bicêtre) was a French 2006)
• January 26 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Annette Strauss ( January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. 1998)
• January 27 - Sabu, Indian actor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Sabu Dastagir ( January 27, 1924 &ndash December 2, 1963) was a Film Actor of Indian South Asian origin—although 1963)
• January 29 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Luigi Nono ( January 29, 1924 – May 8, 1990) was an Italian Avant-garde Composer of Classical music 1990)
• January 30 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Lloyd Chudley Alexander ( January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007) was a widely-influential American author of more than forty books 2007)
• February 2 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born producer and musician
• February 7 - Hattie Jacques, English star of the Carry On films (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky ( February 2 1924 – October 2 2007) was an Austrian-American Singer, Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Josephine Edwina Jaques ( 7 February 1922 &ndash 6 October 1980) was a well-known English Comedy actress 1980)
• February 9 - George Guest, Welsh choral conductor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Dr George Howell Guest CBE ( 9 February 1924 - 20 November 2002) was Organist and choirmaster of the Choir of St John's 2002)
• February 17 - Margaret Truman, American novelist and only child of Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
• February 19 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Mary Margaret Truman Daniel, widely known throughout her life as Margaret Truman, ( February 17 1924 — January 29 2008) was an Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13 1885 – October 18 1982 widely known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Lee Marvin ( February 19, 1924 &ndash August 29, 1987) was an American Film actor 1987)
• February 20
  • Gerson Goldhaber, 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. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Gerson Goldhaber (born February 20, 1924) is an American particle physicist and astrophysicist Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924 in New York City New York) is an American artist actress and socialite most Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Allan MacLeod Cormack ( February 23, 1924 &ndash May 7, 1998) was a South African born American Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1998)
• February 29 - Al Rosen, baseball player

March-April

• March 1 - Deke Slayton, astronaut (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Albert Leonard Rosen (born February 29, 1924, in Spartanburg South Carolina) nicknamed " Al " " Flip " and the Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton (March 1 1924 – June 13 1993 was one of the original " Mercury Seven " NASA astronauts 1993)
• March 2 - Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr. He received the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Wendell Wise Mayes Jr (born March 2, 1924) came from a Texas broadcasting family and was Chairman of the American Diabetes Association for Medal in 1986. The Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers, in his honor.
• March 3 - John Woodnutt, British actor (d. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian John Woodnutt ( 3 March 1924 – 2 January 2006) was a British actor 2006)
• March 3 - Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Lilian Velez ( March 3, 1924 — June 26, 1948) was a Filipino film actress and Singer. 1948)
• March 4 - Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to US President John F. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Kenneth Phillip O'Donnell ( March 4, 1924 &ndash September 9, 1977) was a top aide to U Kennedy (d. 1977)
• March 7 - Kobo Abe, Japanese novelist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus 1993)
• March 15 - Walter Gotell, German actor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Walter Gotell ( March 15, 1924 - May 5, 1997) was a German -British actor known for his role as General Gogol, head 1997)
• March 27 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April 1990)
• March 28 - Freddie Bartholomew, British actor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Freddie Bartholomew ( March 28, 1924 &ndash January 23, 1992) born Frederick Llewellyn March, was a British Child 1992)
• March 30 - Alan Davidson, British author (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Alan Eaton Davidson (30 March 1924 – 2 December 2003 was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and Gastronomy. 2003)
• April 1 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
• April 3
  • Marlon Brando, American actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Brendan Thomas Byrne (b April 1 1924, West Orange New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party Politician from New Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century 2004)
  • Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Errol Brathwaite (1924-2005 was a New Zealand author He was born and grew up in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay. 2005)
  • Doris Day, American actress
• April 4 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1922) is an American Singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Gilbert Raymond Hodges ( April 4 1924 – April 2 1972) was an American First baseman and manager in Major 1972)
• April 6 - Jimmy Roberts, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Jimmy Roberts ( April 6, 1924 &ndash February 6, 1999) was an American singer The Lawrence Welk Show is a musical Variety show hosted by former Big band leader Lawrence Welk. 1999)
• April 7 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
• April 12 - Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Johannes Mario Simmel (born April 7, 1924) is an Austrian writer Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (12 April 1924 25 August 2007 was a French Centre-right Politician and Economist. 2007)
• April 15 - Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist
• April 16 - Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Sir Neville Marriner (born April 15, 1924) is an English conductor and Violinist. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Henry Mancini ( April 16, 1924 &ndash June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American Composer, conductor 1994)
• April 18
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ( April 18 1924 — September 10 2005) was a Louisiana and Texan American 2005)
  • Henry Hyde, Member of the U. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry John Hyde ( April 18, 1924 &ndash November 29, 2007) an American politician was a Republican member of the S. House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 2007)
• April 19 - Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Allan George "Al" Balding ( April 29, 1924 &ndash July 30 2006) was a Canadian Professional golfer best known 2006)
• April 23 - Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Robert Marshall (Bobby Rosengarden ( April 23, 1924 - February 27, 2007) was a Jazz Drummer, percussionist and 2007)
• April 24 - Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician

May-June

• May 1 - Art Fleming, American actor, game show host, original host of Jeopardy!. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Sir Clement Raphael Freud (born 24 April 1924) is a British writer broadcaster and former politician Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Art Fleming ( May 1 1924 - April 25 1995) was an American television host most notably the original host of the TV Game show (d. 1995)
• May 11 - Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
• May 12 - Tony Hancock, English comedian (d. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Antony Hewish (born Fowey, Cornwall, May 11, 1924) is a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and 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, ornithologist
• June 1 - Dr. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Priscilla Pointer (born May 18, 1924) is an American stage film and television character actress Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Sandy Wilson (born May 19, 1924) is an English Composer and Lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Charles Aznavour OC ( Armenian: Շառլ Ազնավուր born Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian (Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Vincent Cronin (born May 24, 1924 in Tredegar, Wales) is a British historical cultural and biographical writer whose works have Maria Emilie Anna Koepcke (also spelled Köpcke ( May 15, 1924 - December 24, 1971) born von Mikulicz-Radecki, was a famous Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. Rev William Sloane Coffin Jr ( June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was a liberal Christian clergyman and long-time 2006)
• June 2 - June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks June Rose Callwood, CC, OOnt ( June 2, 1924 &ndash April 14, 2007) was a Canadian journalist author 2007)
• June 3
  • Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Theodore A (Ted Mallie (b June 3, 1924, Brooklyn New York  – d 1999)
  • Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Herk Harvey, American film director (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Torsten Nils Wiesel (b June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Harold Arnold "Herk" Harvey ( June 3 1924 &ndash April 3 1996) was an American Film director, Actor 1996)
• June 4 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. William Dennis Weaver ( June 4[[ 924]] &ndash February 24 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, best known for 2006)
• June 12 - George Herbert Walker Bush, 41th President of the United States
• June 15 - Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history (עזר ויצמן ( June 15, 1924 - April 24, 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, serving a seven-year term from 1993 to For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. 2005)
• June 18 - George Mikan, basketball player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries George Lawrence Mikan Jr (June 18 1924 &ndash June 1 2005 nicknamed Mr 2005)
• June 20
  • Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins ( June 20, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2001) was an influential Guitarist and Record producer 2001)
  • Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Also see Audie Murphy legacy. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20 1926 – May 28 1971)
• June 24 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• June 27 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
• June 29
  • Flo Sandon's, Italian singer
  • 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. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Kurt Furgler ( June 24, 1924 - July 23, 2008) was a Swiss politician and Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972-1986 Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Bob Appleyard ( Robert Appleyard; born June 27 1924, Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) was one of the Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Mammola Sandon, known by the Stage name of Flo Sandon's ( 29 June 1924 &ndash 17 November 2006) was an Italian Singer Ezra Laderman (born June 29, 1924) is an American Composer of classical music. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Sellapan Ramanathan ( Tamil: செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன் born 3 July 1924 is the sixth and current President of the Republic of Singapore The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore 's Head of state. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Niels Windekilde Jannasch OC, (1924 - 2001 was a mariner marine historian and the founding director of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. 2001)
  • Osman Lins, Brazilian novelist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Osman Lins ( July 5, 1924, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco Brazil &ndash July 8, 1978, São Paulo Brazil 1978)
  • János Starker, Hungarian cellist
• July 11
  • Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) János Starker (born July 5, 1924) is a Hungarian -born cellist and one of the most famous cellists of the twentieth century Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Brett Somers ( July 11 1924 &ndash September 15 2007) was a Canadian -born American actress singer and comedienne 2007)
  • Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Charlie Tully (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 11 July 1924 - died 27 July 1971 also in Belfast was a famous 1971)
• July 13
  • Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
  • Johnny Gilbert, American game show announcer
• July 14 - James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• July 15 - Makhmud Esambayev, Chechen dancer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Carlo Bergonzi (born 13 July 1924) is an Italian operatic Tenor. Johnny Gilbert (born July 13, 1924 in Newport News Virginia) is an American Television Game show personality Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Sir James Whyte Black, OM, FRS, FRSE, FRCP (born 14 July 1924) is a Scottish doctor and pharmacologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambayev ( Махмуд Алисултанович Эсамбаев) ( July 15, 1924 - January 7, 2000) 2000)
• July 19 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician
• July 21 - Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Stanley Knapp Hathaway ( July 19, 1924 &ndash October 4, 2005) was a U Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21, 1924 &ndash February 24, 2006) was an American comedic Actor best known 2006)
• July 28 - Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Anne McCarty Braden ( July 28, 1924 – March 6, 2006) was an American advocate of racial equality 2006)
• July 29 - Elizabeth Short, American actress, also known as 'The Black Dahlia' (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short 1947)
• August 1
  • Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
• August 2 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Georges Charpak (born August 1, 1924) is a Polish - French Physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics winner The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Khaled bin Abdullah Mutaib bin Abdullah Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Faisal bin Abdullah Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director 2001)
• August 3 - Leon Uris, American writer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Leon Marcus Uris ( August 3 1924 - June 21 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep 2003)
• August 7 - Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader and presenter
• August 12
  • Derek Shackleton, English cricketer
  • Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Kenneth Kendall (born 7 August 1924, British India) is a retired British broadcaster Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Derek Shackleton ( August 12, 1924 &ndash 28 September, 2007) was a Hampshire and England bowler. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( Arabic: محمد ضياء الحق) (b 1988)
• August 15 - Robert Bolt, English writer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Robert Oxton Bolt, CBE (August 15 1924 – February 21 1995 was an English playwright and a two-time Oscar winning screenwriter 1995)
• August 23 - Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• August 28 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Robert Merton Solow (born August 23 1924 is an American Economist particularly known for his work on the theory of Economic growth. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan ( 28 August 1924, Long Beach California &ndash 30 October 2004, Las Vegas Nevada 2004)
• August 29 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Consuelo Velázquez ( August 21, 1916 &ndash January 22, 2005) was a Mexican songwriter 2005)
• August 30 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Geoffrey Beene ( August 30 1924 – September 28 2004) was an American Fashion designer. 2004)
• August 31 - Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Buddy Hackett ( August 31, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2003) was an American Comedian and Actor. 2003)

September-October

• September 2 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
• September 4
  • Joan Aiken, English writer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (born September 2, 1924) was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002 List of the heads of state of Kenya Dominion of Kenya (1963 – 1964 Republic of Kenya (1964 – present Latest election "Notes from Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Joan Delano Aiken ( September 4 1924 &ndash January 4 2004) was an English Novelist. 2004)
  • Anita Snellman, Finnish painter (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Anita Snellman ( September 4 1924 – February 24 2006) was a Finnish painter 2006)
• September 5 - Paul Dietzel, College football coach
• September 8 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Paul Dietzel (Born September 5 1924, in Fremont Ohio) is a former College football Head coach at LSU, Army Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Mimi Parent ( September 8, 1924 - June 14, 2005) born Marie Parent in Montreal, was a Canadian Surrealist 2005)
• September 9 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Rik Van Steenbergen ( 9 September, 1924 &ndash May 15, 2003) was a Belgian Racing cyclist, considered to be one of the 2003)
• September 11
  • Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Thomas Wade Landry ( September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach 2000)
  • Rudolf Vrba, escapee from Auscwitz (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Rudolf 'Rudi' Vrba, born Walter Rosenberg (September 11 1924 &ndash March 27 2006 was a professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia. 2006)
• September 14 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Abioseh Davidson Nicol ( 14 September 1924 &ndash 20 September 1994) was a Sierra Leonean academic diplomat physician writer and 1994)
• September 15 - Bobby Short, American entertainer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Robert Waltrip "Bobby" Short ( September 15, 1924 &ndash March 21, 2005) was an American Cabaret singer and 2005)
• September 19 - Don Harron, Canadian entertainer
• September 20 - Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Donald H Harron, OC, OOnt, BA (born September 19, 1924 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian comedian actor Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Hermann Buhl ( September 21, 1924 &ndash June 27, 1957) is considered one of the best post- World War II Austrian climbers 1957)
• September 22
  • Charles Keeping, English illustrator (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Charles William James Keeping ( 22 September 1924 - 16 May 1988) was a British Illustrator, Children's book author and 1988)
  • Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
• September 26 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
• September 27 - Bernard Waber, American children's author
• September 30 - Truman Capote, American author (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rosamunde Pilcher OBE ( Maiden name Scott, born 22 September 1924) is a British Author of Romance novels Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Nina Antonovna Bocharova ( Russian:Нина Антоновна Бочарова (b Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Bernard Waber (born September 27, 1924) is an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962 Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles 1984)
• October 1
  • Jimmy Carter, President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  • William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1 1924 – September 3 2005 was an American lawyer, jurist, and a political figure who served as an Associate Justice The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 2005)
• October 8 - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• October 10
  • Margaret Fulton, Australian Food Writer
  • Ed Wood, American filmmaker (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Alphons Egli (born October 8, 1924) is a Swiss politician and Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983-1986 Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Margaret Isobel Fulton (born 1924 in Nairn, Scotland) is an Australian Food and Cooking ' Guru ' Writer, Ed Wood redirects here For the film see Ed Wood (film, and for the former British Foreign Secretary see E 1978)
• October 11 - Mal Whitfield, American athlete
• October 14 - Robert Webber, American actor (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Malvin ("Mal" Greston Whitfield (born October 11, 1924) is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Robert L Webber ( October 14, 1924 - May 19, 1989) was an American actor who starred as Juror #12 in the 1957 movie 1989)
• October 15 - Mark Lenard, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Mark Lenard ( October 15, 1924 – November 22, 1996) was an American actor primarily in television 1996)
• October 21 - Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Celia Cruz ( October 21 1925 – July 16 2003) was a Cuban salsa singer and was one of the most successful Cuban 2003)
• October 24 - Christine Glanville English puppeteer ( d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Christine Glanville ( 24 October 1924 - 28 February 1999 was a professional puppeteer and spent most of her working life involved to some degree with 1999

November-December

• November 6 - Jeanette Schmid, famous whistler (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Jeanette Schmid ( 6 November 1924 - 9 March 2005) was a professional Transsexual whistler 2005)
• November 10 - Russell Johnson, American actor
• November 13 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese population geneticist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw For other people with this or similar names see Russell Johnson (disambiguation. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Motoo Kimura (木村資生 Kimura Motoo) ( November 13, 1924 - November 13, 1994) was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing 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
• November 25 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land William Russell (born William Russell Enoch on November 19, 1924 in Sunderland, England) is a British Actor, Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Benoît B Mandelbrot (born 20 November 1924 is a French mathematician, best known as the father of fractal geometry. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Anita Linda (born Alice Lake; November 23, 1924) is a two-time FAMAS award-winning and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Melvin Emery "Mel" Patton (born November 16, 1924) is an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, is a Japanese poet literary critic and philosopher from Tokyo.
• November 28 - Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist
• December 2 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American politician
• December 3 - Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
• December 6 - Wally Cox, television and motion picture actor. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Dennis Vincent Brutus (born November 28, 1924, Salisbury Rhodesia) is a South African Poet. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Alexander Meigs Haig Jr (born December 2 1924 is a retired four-star General in the United States Army who served as the U Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French F Sionil José or in full Francisco Sionil José (born December 3, 1924) is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Wallace Maynard Cox ( December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor particularly associated with the early Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic (d. 1973)
• December 12 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
• December 25
  • Rod Serling, American television screenwriter (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924;) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling ( December 25, 1924 &ndash June 28, 1975) was an American Screenwriter, best known 1975)
  • Atal Behari Vajpayee, tenth Prime Minister of India
  • Moktar Ould Daddah, first President of Mauritania (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी əʈəl bɪhaːɾiː ʋaːdʒpeiː (born December 25 1924 The eleventh Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive Moktar Ould Daddah ( Arabic: مختار ولد داده December 25, 1924 - October 14, 2003) was the President of Heads of state (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office Affiliations See also Mauritania 2003)
• December 28 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (December 28 1925 October 10 2005 Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from The President of Uganda is the Head of state in Uganda. The role began as a largely ceremonial position with the Prime Minister holding the true power 2005)
• December 31
  • Taylor Mead, American actor
  • Frank J. Kelley, 50^th Michigan Attorney General

Deaths

January - June

• January 2 - Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Taylor Mead (born December 31 1924 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is a writer and performer who starred as Tarzan in Andy Warhol 's Frank J Kelley (born 1924 was the 50th Attorney General of the U The Attorney General of Michigan is an elected official in the U Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould ( 28 January 1834 &ndash 2 January 1924) was an English Hagiographer, Antiquarian, novelist 1834)
• January 4 - John Peters, American 19th century baseball player (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. John Paul Peters ( April 8, 1850 - January 4, 1924) was a Shortstop who played in Major League Baseball with four different 1850)
• January 13 - Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Georg Hermann Quincke ( November 19, 1834 – January 13, 1924) was a German Physicist. 1834)
• January 16 - Licerio Gerónimo, Filipino military leader (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Licerio Gerónimo ( August 27, 1855 &ndash January 16, 1924) was a General of the Philippine Revolutionary Forces under Emilio 1855)
• January 21 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and first Premier of the Soviet Union (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 1870)
• January 24 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled 1894)
• February 3 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1856)
• March 9 - Panagiotis Danglis, Greek military leader and politician (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Panagiotis Danglis (Παναγιώτης Δαγκλής was a Greek general of the Hellenic Army and a politician 1853)
• March 24 - Prince Kwacho Hirotada of Japan (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland 1902)
• April 21 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Eleonora Duse ( October 3, 1858 &ndash April 21, 1924) was an Italian actress often known simply as Duse. 1858)
• May 4 - E. Nesbit, English author (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet whose children's 1858)
• May 15 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Paul-Henri-Benjamin Baluet d'Estournelles baron de Constant de Rébecque ( 22 November 1852 &ndash 15 May 1924) was a French The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1852)
• May 24 - Victor Herbert, Irish dramatist (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known 1859)
• June 3 - Franz Kafka, Austrian author (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 1883)
• June 9 - George Mallory, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits George Herbert Leigh Mallory ( 18 June 1886  &ndash 8 June / 9 June 1924) was an English Mountaineer who took 1886)
• June 9 - Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine (born 8 April 1902; died 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took 1902)
• June 11 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. François-Clément Théodore Dubois (August 24 1837 &ndash June 11 1924 was a French Composer, Organist and Music teacher 1837)

July - December

• July 14 - Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and philanthropist
• July 23 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Isabella Stewart Gardner ( April 14, 1840 – July 17, 1924) was an influential American art collector Philanthropist, and patron Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Frank Frost Abbott ( March 27, 1860 &ndash July 23, 1924) was an American Classical scholar. 1860)
• July 27 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (April 1 1866 &ndash July 27 1924 was an Italian Composer, Pianist, musical educator and conductor. 1866)
• August 3 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born author (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist 1857)
• August 7 - Bruce Grit, ex-slave and Negro historian
• August 17 - Pavel Urysohn, Russian mathematician (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit ( February 22, 1856 - August 7, 1924) was born a slave in Maryland Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn Pavel Uryson (ru Па́вел Самуи́лович Урысо́н ( February 3, 1898, Odessa – August 17, 1898)
• August 25 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Mariano Álvarez ( March 15, 1818 &ndash August 25, 1924) was Filipino general and politician 1818)
• August 31 - Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov also transliterated as Todor Alexandrov ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Тодор Александров) was a 19th 1881)
• September 6 - Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Marie Valerie Archduchess of Austria ( April 22, 1868 - September 6, 1924) was the fourth and last child of Franz Josef, Emperor 1868)
• September 15 - Frank Chance, baseball player and manager (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Frank Leroy Chance ( September 9, 1877 &ndash September 15, 1924) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th 1877)
• October 12 - Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Anatole France (16 April 1844—12 October 1924 born François-Anatole Thibault, Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and after graduation The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1844)
• October 29 - John Marden, Australian Headmaster and pioneer of women's education (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Dr John Marden BA LLD ( 9 April 1855 &ndash 29 October 1924) was an Australian Headmaster, pioneer of women's 1855)
• November 4 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( 12 May 1845 &ndash 4 November 1924) was a French Composer, Organist, Pianist 1845)
• November 10 - Sir Archibald Geikie, Scottish geologist (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Sir Archibald Geikie, OM, PRS ( December 28, 1835 - November 10, 1924) Scottish Geologist, was born 1835)
• November 29 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 1858)
• December 2 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Kazimieras Būga ( November 6 1879 &ndash December 2 1924) was a Lithuanian linguist and Philologist. 1879)
• December 6 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Gene Stratton-Porter ( August 17, 1863 &ndash December 6, 1924) was an American author amateur naturalist wildlife photographer and one of 1863)
• December 29 - Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler ( April 24, 1845 — December 29, 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1845)
• December 31 - Sir Samuel William Knaggs, British civil servant (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Sir Samuel William Knaggs, KCMG ( 25 December 1856 – 31 December 1924) was a British colonial administrator 1856)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Manne Siegbahn
• Chemistry - Not awarded
• Physiology or Medicine - Willem Einthoven
• Literature - Władysław Stanisław Reymont
• Peace - Not awarded

Notes

External links

Table of Contents

Contents 1 Events of 1924 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January-February 2.2 March-April 2.3 May-June 2.4 July-August 2.5 September-October 2.6 November-December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December 4 Nobel prizes 5 Notes 6 External links 7 Table of Contents

Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn ( December 3, 1886 - September 26, 1978) was a Swedish Physicist, and Nobel laureate The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Willem Einthoven ( Semarang, May 21, 1860 &ndash Leiden, September 29, 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Władysław Stanisław Reymont (May 7 1868 &ndash December 5 1925 was a Polish author and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor

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