WORLD HISTORY · 1924 日本語
Events of 1924Taisho 13 (Japan) · Year of the Rat
What happened in 1924?
In 1924, Crown Prince Hirohito married, and a cabinet led by Kato Takaaki and backed by three pro-constitution parties took office. Koshien Stadium, Japan's famous baseball park, was completed, and the United States passed an immigration act that barred Japanese immigrants.
- First United Front formed in ChinaAsia
- Britain gets its first Labour prime ministerEurope
- Crown Prince Hirohito marries Princess NagakoAsia
- Paris Olympics openEurope
- U.S. passes act barring Japanese immigrationAsia
- Kato Takaaki coalition cabinet takes officeAsia
- Koshien Stadium completedAsia
- Dawes Plan adoptedEurope
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1924 at a glance
| Japanese era | Taisho 13 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Rat |
| Age of people born in 1924 | Turn 102 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1923 (Taisho 12) ／ 1925 (Taisho 14) |
| Events | 51 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1924
Our birthday pages list 570 people born in 1924. Here are some of them.
- Marlon BrandoBorn April 3 · turns 102 this year · American actor whose intense method style transformed screen acting, famous for…
- Henry ManciniBorn April 16 · turns 102 this year · American composer behind "Moon River" and the Pink Panther theme, celebrated fo…
- George H. W. BushBorn June 12 · turns 102 this year · 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993, after eight yea…
- James BaldwinBorn August 2 · turns 102 this year · American novelist and essayist whose books, including The Fire Next Time, explo…
- Tom LandryBorn September 11 · turns 102 this year · American football coach who led the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons and won two S…
- Lauren BacallBorn September 16 · turns 102 this year · American actress famous for her sultry films with Humphrey Bogart and her Tony-…
- Truman CapoteBorn September 30 · turns 102 this year · American novelist and short-story writer best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's…
- Jimmy CarterBorn October 1 · turns 102 this year · American statesman who served as the 39th U.S. president and later won the Nobe…
- Lee IacoccaBorn October 15 · turns 102 this year · American auto executive who helped launch the Ford Mustang and later led Chrysl…
- Tomiichi MurayamaBorn March 3 · turns 102 this year
- Francisco Macías NguemaBorn January 1 · turns 102 this year
- André FranquinBorn January 3 · turns 102 this year
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- Enzo CozzoliniBorn January 3 · turns 102 this year
- Nell RankinBorn January 3 · turns 102 this year
- Otto BeisheimBorn January 3 · turns 102 this year
- Marianne WernerBorn January 4 · turns 102 this year
- Earl ScruggsBorn January 6 · turns 102 this year
- Kim Dae-jungBorn January 6 · turns 102 this year
- Geoffrey BayldonBorn January 7 · turns 102 this year
- Benjamin LeesBorn January 8 · turns 102 this year
- Ron MoodyBorn January 8 · turns 102 this year
- Sergei ParajanovBorn January 9 · turns 102 this year
- Earl BakkenBorn January 10 · turns 102 this year
- Ludmilla ChiriaeffBorn January 10 · turns 102 this year
- Roger GuilleminBorn January 11 · turns 102 this year
- Sam B. Hall, Jr.Born January 11 · turns 102 this year
- Slim HarpoBorn January 11 · turns 102 this year
- Olivier GendebienBorn January 12 · turns 102 this year
- Paul FeyerabendBorn January 13 · turns 102 this year
- Roland PetitBorn January 13 · turns 102 this year
- Carole CookBorn January 14 · turns 102 this year
- Guy WilliamsBorn January 14 · turns 102 this year
- George LoweBorn January 15 · turns 102 this year
- Allen SwiftBorn January 16 · turns 102 this year
- Katy JuradoBorn January 16 · turns 102 this year
- Jewel Plummer CobbBorn January 17 · turns 102 this year
- Rik De SaedeleerBorn January 17 · turns 102 this year
- Jean-François RevelBorn January 19 · turns 102 this year
- Nicholas ColasantoBorn January 19 · turns 102 this year
- Yvonne LoriodBorn January 20 · turns 102 this year
Events of 1924 (timeline · 51)
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Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
Six days after his death, Vladimir Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
The Victorian Football League created the Brownlow Medal to honour deceased administrator Charles Brownlow, now awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League.
The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. It would come back to Germany in 1939.
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing.
The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland is inaugurated by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where at Beaumont-Hamel, 86 percent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was wiped out.
Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races.
Eric Liddell wins the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on a Sunday.
The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
The U.S. ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic, after invading in May 1916 to force the Dominican government to pay its debts to European creditors.
Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
Second Zhili–Fengtian War: Warlord Feng Yuxiang, with the covert support of the Empire of Japan, stages a coup in Beijing against his erstwhile superiors in the Zhili clique, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the Fengtian clique and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.
The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established after a new constitution, passed by the first State Great Khural, abolishes the monarchy.
The National Hockey League's first United States–based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
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FAQ
What year was 1924 in the Japanese calendar?
1924 was Taisho 13 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1924?
1924 is the Year of the Rat.
How old is someone born in 1924?
They turn 102 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1924?
In 1924, Crown Prince Hirohito married, and a cabinet led by Kato Takaaki and backed by three pro-constitution parties took office. Koshien Stadium, Japan's famous baseball park, was completed, and the United States passed an immigration act that barred Japanese immigrants.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.