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Born :05/02/1924Aafje Heynis, singer
Born :03/22/1924Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today)
Born :03/02/1924Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist
Born :12/02/1924Alexander Haig Jr, (R) US Sec of State (1981-82)/General
Born :11/30/1924Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah)
Born :10/18/1924Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
Born :09/12/1924Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verde Islands, fought for Guinea Bissau independ
Born :10/08/1924Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
Born :08/11/1924Arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
Born :04/23/1924Arthur Frackenpohl, Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music)
Born :06/20/1924Audie Murphy, Kingston Tx, WW II hero/actor (Destry, Joe Butterfly)
Born :02/08/1924Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
Born :01/08/1924Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
Born :01/21/1924Benny Hill, Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
Born :11/20/1924Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
Born :09/16/1924Bess Myerson, NY, Miss America 1945/shoplifter (or 0716)
Born :07/16/1924Bess Myerson, NYC, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)
Born :07/23/1924Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister
Born :07/05/1924Beverly Tyler, Scranton Pa, actress (Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town)
Born :10/05/1924Bill Dana, Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
Born :03/22/1924Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman)
Born :10/25/1924Billy Barty, Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
Born :02/06/1924Billy Wright, English soccer player
Born :03/26/1924Bob Elliot, Boston Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life)
Born :09/15/1924Bobby Short, singer/pianist (Carlisle Hotel)
Born :05/09/1924Boelat S Okoedzjava, Russian author (Student!)
Born :09/27/1924Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer
Born :08/31/1924Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man)
Born :02/07/1924Cathy Long, (Rep-D-LA, 1985-86)
Born :05/22/1924Charles Aznavour, Paris France, singer (Monsieur Carnavel)
Born :06/20/1924Chet Atkins, Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar)
Born :06/09/1924Christine Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :04/18/1924Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton La, blues singer (Mary is Fine)
Born :10/15/1924Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
Born :04/23/1924Colin Welch, columnist/critic
Born :05/09/1924Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
Born :05/26/1924Cooper Evans, (Rep-R-IA, 1981-87)
Born :02/14/1924Countess Mountbatten, of Burma
Born :09/07/1924Daniel K Inouye, (Sen-D Hawaii, 1963- )
Born :09/11/1924Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii)
Born :07/15/1924David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford)
Born :04/10/1924David Halberstam, NY Times intl correspondant (Pulitzer 1964)
Born :07/24/1924David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander)
Born :05/16/1924Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president (Gambia, 1970- )
Born :04/02/1924Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
Born :06/04/1924Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
Born :05/04/1924Dennis Weaver, actor (McCloud)
Born :05/23/1924Desmond Carrington, British radio host
Born :08/29/1924Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
Born :06/07/1924Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet)
Born :01/11/1924Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
Born :07/21/1924Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company)
Born :03/01/1924Donald "Deke" K Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
Born :04/03/1924Doris Day, Cincinnati Oh, "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk)
Born :02/24/1924Douglass Watson, Jackson Ga, actor (Another World)
Born :01/06/1924Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
Born :12/19/1924Edmund Purdom, England, actor (Asissi Underground, Pieces)
Born :12/12/1924Edward I Koch, NYC, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)
Born :05/28/1924Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
Born :07/25/1924Estelle Getty, NYC, actress (Sophia Petrillo-Golden Girls)
Born :07/04/1924Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront)
Born :06/29/1924Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
Born :12/23/1924Floyd Kalber, Omaha Neb, newscaster (NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973)
Born :07/25/1924Frank Church, (Sen-D-Id, 1957-81)
Born :05/16/1924Frank F Mankiewicz, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
Born :01/28/1924Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ)
Born :01/23/1924Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- )
Born :03/28/1924Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield)
Born :09/21/1924Gail Russell, US, actress (Wake of Red Witch, Unseen)
Born :04/16/1924Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Born :07/03/1924Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
Born :07/13/1924George Handy, horse trainer
Born :06/12/1924George Herbert Walker Bush, (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (1989-93)
Born :06/08/1924George Kirby, Chicago, comedian (ABC Comedy Hour)
Born :11/26/1924George Segal, NY, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver)
Born :08/14/1924Georges Prˆtre, Waziers France, conductor (NY Met)
Born :11/22/1924Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful)
Born :11/12/1924Geraldine Page, US, actress (Interiors, Blue & Gray)
Born :05/09/1924Gerard Wernars, graphic form engraver (bibliotheekwerkpostz's 1991)
Born :04/04/1924Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets)
Born :02/20/1924Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
Born :09/20/1924Gogi Grant, singer
Born :01/14/1924Guy Williams, NYC, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
Born :10/30/1924Hannelore Weygrand, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
Born :07/20/1924Hans Lodeizen, [Johannes A Frederik], poet (Inner Self)
Born :03/27/1924Harold Nicholas, US actor(?)
Born :05/22/1924Helen Wedemeyer, Hilo Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-O)
Born :06/17/1924Henk J Hoekstra, president (CPN)
Born :06/28/1924Henk van Stiprian, radio host
Born :04/18/1924Henry J Hyde, (Rep-R-IL)
Born :04/16/1924Henry Mancini, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
Born :09/12/1924Howard Curtis Nielson, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )
Born :07/18/1924Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
Born :07/18/1924Inge S”rensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936)
Born :04/21/1924Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
Born :01/22/1924J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
Born :05/18/1924Jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
Born :05/11/1924Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
Born :12/27/1924James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
Born :08/02/1924James Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country)
Born :10/10/1924James Clavell, author (Tai Pan, Shogun) (or 1920)
Born :09/20/1924James Galanos, Phila, fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1959)
Born :09/09/1924Jane Greer, Wash DC, actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown)
Born :08/28/1924Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
Born :07/24/1924Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer
Born :07/05/1924Jan¢s Starker, Budapest Hungary, cellist (Chic Symph 1953-58)
Born :05/09/1924Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
Born :02/13/1924Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician
Born :09/24/1924Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge
Born :07/15/1924Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86)
Born :09/14/1924Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees)
Born :10/01/1924Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)
Born :09/04/1924Joan Aiken, Romania, writer of children's songs
Born :11/08/1924Joe Flynn, Youngstown Ohio, actor (McHale's Navy)
Born :12/21/1924Joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986)
Born :11/16/1924Joep J P de Boer, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :12/03/1924John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
Born :04/15/1924John Grigg, British historian
Born :04/16/1924John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)
Born :09/06/1924John Melcher, (Sen-D-MO)
Born :08/13/1924John Milne, CEO (Blue Circles Industries)
Born :12/04/1924John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
Born :02/07/1924Johnny Jordan, [John of Musscher], Amsterdam folk singer
Born :03/25/1924Julia Perry, Lexington Kentucky, composer (Selfish Giant)
Born :01/16/1924Katy Jurado, M‚xico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
Born :11/28/1924Kees [Gerrit C] Otten, flutist
Born :04/28/1924Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964- )
Born :11/14/1924Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
Born :03/07/1924Kobo Abe, Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
Born :12/13/1924Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)
Born :09/16/1924Lauren Bacall, Staten Island, actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
Born :10/15/1924Lee A Iacocca, CEO (Chrysler Corp)
Born :12/24/1924Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mines)
Born :02/19/1924Lee Marvin, NYC, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou)
Born :03/31/1924Leo Buscaglia, LA Calif, "Dr Hug", psycholigist (Love)
Born :06/19/1924Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
Born :08/03/1924Leon Uris, US, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
Born :07/09/1924Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)
Born :09/07/1924Leonard Rosenman, Bkln NY, TV composer (Marcus Welby MD)
Born :11/14/1924Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
Born :05/05/1924Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
Born :06/18/1924Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
Born :07/29/1924Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, (Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2«)
Born :07/20/1924Lola Albright, Akron, Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad)
Born :07/24/1924Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset
Born :04/18/1924Lord Mason of Barnsley, MP (Lab)/British defense secretary
Born :05/28/1924Lord Rippon, British govt minister
Born :05/17/1924Lord Tombs, CEO (Rolls Royce)
Born :01/25/1924Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleve Browns)
Born :07/26/1924Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
Born :08/24/1924Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus)
Born :11/17/1924Luc Lutz, actor
Born :10/10/1924Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer
Born :01/29/1924Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
Born :04/23/1924Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
Born :09/28/1924Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8«, La Dolce Vita)
Born :02/17/1924Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
Born :07/22/1924Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family)
Born :12/11/1924Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)
Born :04/24/1924Marilyn Erskine, Rochester NY, actor (Fran-Tom Ewell Show)
Born :12/14/1924Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)
Born :02/26/1924Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award)
Born :04/03/1924Marlon Brando, Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather)
Born :08/10/1924Martha Hyer, actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly)
Born :01/24/1924Marvin Kaplan, NYC, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice)
Born :05/03/1924Mary Carver, LA Calif, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
Born :07/07/1924Mary Ford, vocalist
Born :09/13/1924Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer (Dr Zhivago-Acad Award 1966)
Born :08/03/1924Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
Born :06/03/1924Michael Gow, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
Born :05/23/1924Michael McCrum, master of Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Born :05/06/1924Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport Ct, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto)
Born :08/18/1924Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88)
Born :12/27/1924Mokta O Daddah, president Mauritania
Born :12/07/1924M rio Soares, (Socialist), premier of Portugal (1976-78, 1983- )
Born :04/15/1924Neville Marriner, Lincoln England, conductor (Minn Orch 1978)
Born :01/19/1924Nicholas Colasanto, Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers)
Born :04/07/1924Nick Perito, Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
Born :04/20/1924Nina Foch, Leiden Netherlands, actress (American in Paris)
Born :09/09/1924Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :02/26/1924Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
Born :05/30/1924Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :09/13/1924Norman Alden, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Pilaski-Hennesey, Al-Fay)
Born :09/25/1924Norman Ayrton, opera director
Born :03/24/1924Norman Fell, Phila, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate)
Born :09/22/1924Norvel la Follette Ray Lee, lt-HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :12/12/1924Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer
Born :09/16/1924Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer (Piccadilly Palace)
Born :02/06/1924Paolo Volponi, Italian poet
Born :05/21/1924Peggy Cass, TV panelist, actress (To Tell the Truth)
Born :08/28/1924Peggy Ryan, Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0)
Born :06/13/1924Percy Rodrigues, Canada, actor (Brainwaves)
Born :08/22/1924Peter Allsop, publisher
Born :06/26/1924Peter Miles, British keeper of privy purse
Born :05/20/1924Peter Shore, MP/labour minister
Born :04/04/1924Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
Born :11/14/1924Phyllis Avery, NYC, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak)
Born :08/15/1924Phyllis Schlafly, St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president
Born :11/11/1924Piet JA van der Sanden, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :06/20/1924Rainer Barzel, German CDU-CSU-fractieleader/minister
Born :06/24/1924Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka (1989-93)
Born :02/10/1924Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, singer (Nat King Cole Show)
Born :01/27/1924Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician
Born :05/28/1924Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
Born :04/29/1924Ren‚e Jeanmaire, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
Born :12/21/1924Rita Reys, [Maria Re˜s], jazz singer
Born :02/28/1924Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- )
Born :08/15/1924Robert Bolt, playwright (Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago)
Born :07/29/1924Robert Horton, LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)
Born :07/06/1924Robert M White, pilot (X-15)
Born :05/21/1924Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
Born :10/09/1924Robert Rushworth, pilot (X-15)
Born :01/08/1924Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
Born :01/24/1924Robert W Kastenmeier, (Rep-D-WI, 1959- )
Born :10/14/1924Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
Born :12/28/1924Rod Serling, Syracuse NY, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery)
Born :01/07/1924Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
Born :01/08/1924Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
Born :04/26/1924Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
Born :10/02/1924Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman (British Post Office)
Born :03/06/1924Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
Born :03/27/1924Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody)
Born :09/13/1924Scott Brady, Bkln NY, actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar)
Born :03/08/1924Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur)
Born :10/30/1924Serge Golovine, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Mort the Narcisse)
Born :09/24/1924Sheila MacRae, London England, actress (Jackie Gleason Show)
Born :06/08/1924Sheldon Allman, Chicago, actor (Norm-Harris Against the World)
Born :04/30/1924Sheldon Harnick, Broadway songwriter (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
Born :11/30/1924Shirley Chisholm, (D-Rep-NY), 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate
Born :01/30/1924Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY)
Born :06/25/1924Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe)
Born :02/20/1924Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
Born :09/22/1924Sieto Hoving, actor
Born :12/14/1924Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
Born :01/11/1924Slim Harpo, musician
Born :04/13/1924Stanley Donen, SC, film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees)
Born :09/29/1924Steve Forrest, Huntsville Tx, actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT)
Born :06/26/1924Syd Lawrence, bandleader
Born :01/21/1924Telly Savalas, Garden City NJ, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)
Born :10/13/1924Terry Gibbs, Bkln NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
Born :05/02/1924Theodore Bikel, folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
Born :05/17/1924Thomas Baird, vice-admiral
Born :07/20/1924Thomas Berger, US, novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man)
Born :10/26/1924Tom F Lewis, (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- )
Born :09/11/1924Tom Landry, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)
Born :06/09/1924Tony Britton, Birmingham Eng, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
Born :09/30/1924Truman Capote, US writer (In Cold Blood)
Born :05/15/1924Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
Born :05/26/1924Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark)
Born :12/31/1924Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :11/01/1924Victoria de los Angeles, Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boh‚me)
Born :07/27/1924Vincent Canby, critic (NY Times)
Born :12/06/1924Wally Cox, Detroit, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares)
Born :06/21/1924Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist
Born :09/24/1924Walter Fufido, Bronx NY, Iwo Jima casualty (WW II)
Born :09/08/1924Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )
Born :12/24/1924Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician (DS'70)
Born :07/30/1924William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher (Omensetter's Luck)
Born :03/06/1924William H Webster, US, judge/head FBI/CIA
Born :08/19/1924William Marshall, Gary Ind, actor (Blacula, Something of Value)
Born :10/01/1924William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice (1987- )
Born :12/27/1924Wouter E˜kelemboom, architect (Holy-hospital Flanders)
Born :01/20/1924Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
Born :09/18/1924Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2)




Died :06/11/1924Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87
Died :10/13/1924Anatole France, [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies
Died :12/09/1924Bernard Zweers, composer (music rights of Aemstel), dies
Died :05/21/1924Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
Died :05/06/1924Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
Died :10/07/1924Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies
Died :02/24/1924Edmond Picard, Fren/Belg writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87
Died :04/21/1924Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies
Died :07/27/1924Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
Died :07/27/1924Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 58
Died :09/18/1924Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies
Died :06/03/1924Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies
Died :02/08/1924Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber (Nevada), dies
Died :06/10/1924Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
Died :11/29/1924Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (Madame Butterfly), dies in Brussels
Died :11/22/1924Herman He˜ermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies
Died :03/12/1924Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
Died :06/30/1924Jacob Isra‰l de Han, poet/writer (P˜pel˜ntjes), dies
Died :07/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen of Dutch East Indies, dies at 73
Died :08/03/1924Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies
Died :11/19/1924Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
Died :04/14/1924Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at 67
Died :01/22/1924Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le feu sacr‚), dies at 59
Died :05/15/1924Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
Died :05/29/1924Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies
Died :03/22/1924R G Nivelle, French military man, dies
Died :04/14/1924Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer, dies at 65
Died :12/13/1924Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 44
Died :01/28/1924Simon Abramsz, writer (Artist book), dies
Died :01/24/1924Thephilo Braga, Portugeese poet, dies
Died :05/26/1924Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
Died :01/21/1924Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54
Died :12/27/1924William Archer, Scottish critic/screenwriter (Green Goddess), dies
Died :02/03/1924Woodrow Wilson, 28th pres (1913-21), dies at his home in Wash at 68




Special :10/29/1924"Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
Special :04/19/1924"National Barn Dance" premiers on WLS Chicago
Special :05/16/1924108øF in Blitzen Oregon
Special :04/28/1924119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
Special :10/07/1924160 consecutive days of 100ø at Marble Bar, Australia begins
Special :11/01/19241st US NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded
Special :12/17/19241st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY
Special :01/25/19241st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
Special :10/25/19241st appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
Special :11/24/19241st flight of Dutch Fokker F-7
Special :03/21/19241st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
Special :04/11/19241st men's college swimming championships begin
Special :11/30/19241st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio
Special :07/06/19241st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
Special :06/10/19241st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
Special :02/22/19241st presidential radio address Calvin Coolidge)
Special :12/24/19241st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
Special :04/16/19241st radio-transmission of wireless: Matth„us Passion
Special :06/15/19241st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
Special :02/04/19241st winter Olympics close at Charmonix France
Special :09/28/19242 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
Special :03/11/19243rd term of Belgium Theunis cabinet begins
Special :04/06/19244 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
Special :11/27/192457,000 watch a High School football game in LA
Special :06/23/19248 month Twenste textile strike ends
Special :07/27/19248th Olympic games closes in Paris
Special :05/04/19248th modern Olympic games opens in Paris
Special :05/01/1924Admiral Paul Koundouri¢tis becomes president of Greece
Special :12/20/1924Adolf Hitler freed from jail early
Special :06/26/1924After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave Domincan Republic
Special :12/24/1924Albania becomes a republic (ex-premier Ahmed Zogoe's coup)
Special :09/08/1924Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador
Special :02/03/1924Alexei Ryko elected as Pres of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
Special :01/14/1924Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
Special :09/30/1924Allies stop checking on German navy
Special :02/01/1924Amsterdam's Netherland Press Museum opens
Special :04/27/1924Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
Special :09/06/1924Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails
Special :06/21/1924Assembly NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Vereeniging, forms
Special :11/08/1924Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt
Special :01/17/1924B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1013 Tombecka
Special :02/04/1924B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1017 Jacqueline
Special :10/29/1924B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1037 Davidweilla
Special :12/22/1924Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2
Special :01/22/1924Baldwin cabinet resigns in England
Special :03/29/1924Bayern & Vatican reach accord
Special :04/06/1924Bayern: V”lkische Block (nazi's) recieves 17.8% of vote
Special :02/27/1924Belgian's Theunis cabinet falls
Special :04/23/1924British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
Special :11/04/1924British Labour cabinet of MacDonald, resigns
Special :03/06/1924British Labour govt cuts military budget
Special :10/08/1924British Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists
Special :11/21/1924British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR
Special :12/02/1924British-German trade agreement signed
Special :08/08/1924British-Russian trade agreement drawn
Special :11/04/1924Calif legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914)
Special :12/01/1924Calles becomes president of M‚xico
Special :03/27/1924Canada recognizes USSR
Special :09/16/1924Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
Special :05/11/1924Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
Special :12/14/1924Chang Kai Shek occupies Hankou
Special :01/26/1924Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
Special :04/16/1924Child labor laws stregthened in Holland
Special :10/24/1924Christian Gen Feng Joe Siang conquers Peking
Special :09/03/1924Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
Special :03/08/1924Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah
Special :08/05/1924Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
Special :03/05/1924Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
Special :08/16/1924Conference about German recovery payments opens in London
Special :07/16/1924Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
Special :04/01/1924Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
Special :09/20/1924Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
Special :08/03/1924Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
Special :06/06/1924Cyril Walker wins US Open golf tournament
Special :07/10/1924Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
Special :12/09/1924Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed
Special :01/22/1924Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
Special :08/16/1924Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed
Special :07/07/1924E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari
Special :12/30/1924Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
Special :01/27/1924Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
Special :11/22/1924England orders Egyptians out of Sudan
Special :04/15/1924Flemish-Waalse revolt in Leuven, 1 dead
Special :10/01/1924Fokker F-7 1st flight (Batavia)
Special :06/15/1924Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile
Special :11/01/1924Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals
Special :08/18/1924France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied
Special :03/05/1924Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
Special :09/28/1924French govt names Gen Serrail gov-gen. of Syria
Special :08/17/1924French-German trade agreement signed
Special :10/28/1924French-Russian trade agreement signed
Special :07/20/1924F‚deration Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris
Special :09/04/1924G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1033 Simona
Special :11/19/1924G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1045 Michela
Special :12/01/1924G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1046 Edwin
Special :06/13/1924Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier
Special :09/28/1924Gen Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico
Special :10/19/1924General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium
Special :06/07/1924George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
Special :03/03/1924German & Turkish friendships treaty signed
Special :03/13/1924German Republic day
Special :08/29/1924German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
Special :05/04/1924German Republic election fascists & communists win
Special :05/26/1924German cabinet of Marx resigns
Special :12/07/1924German election (SPD wins)
Special :03/01/1924Germany: prohibits KPD party
Special :02/12/1924Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premiers at Carnegie Hall (NYC)
Special :06/03/1924Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
Special :09/18/1924Govt routes 7 Provinces to Peking
Special :03/24/1924Greece becomes a republic
Special :10/07/1924Greek cabinet of Dikalekopoulis, forms
Special :02/24/1924Greek parliament proclaims republic
Special :03/25/1924Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouri¢tis as premier
Special :04/13/1924Greek plesbicite for a republic
Special :01/01/1924Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V”lkische Block replaces NSDAP
Special :05/30/1924H E Wood discovers asteroid #1032 Pafuri
Special :04/22/1924Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
Special :10/18/1924Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
Special :01/12/1924History of Science Society organized at Boston
Special :04/01/1924Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
Special :12/31/1924Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies
Special :10/10/1924Ibn Saoed of Nedzjed captures Mecca
Special :01/29/1924Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
Special :04/01/1924Imperial Airways forms in Britain
Special :05/22/1924In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
Special :02/02/1924International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
Special :08/25/1924International maritime treaty drawn
Special :03/09/1924Italy annexes Fiume
Special :04/06/1924Italy fascists recieves 65% of vote of parliament
Special :09/17/1924Italy signs treaty of Rapallo
Special :05/10/1924J Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI
Special :04/28/1924J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1029 La Plata
Special :01/05/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1011 Laodamia
Special :01/29/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1014 Semphyra
Special :06/25/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana
Special :09/29/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1035 Amata
Special :05/10/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1044 Teutonia
Special :11/17/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1047 Geisha
Special :11/29/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1048 Feodosia
Special :09/28/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1302 Werra
Special :04/05/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore
Special :01/12/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1012 Sarema & #1092 Lilium
Special :03/03/1924K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1018 Arnolda & #1019 Strackea
Special :01/22/1924KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
Special :12/13/1924KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
Special :07/18/1924KPD points out Rote Frontk„mpferbund against Nazi
Special :10/03/1924King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts the throne
Special :06/11/1924Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC
Special :10/29/1924Labour loses British parliamentary election
Special :11/30/1924Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
Special :10/02/1924League of Nations approves protocols of Genva
Special :01/27/1924Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
Special :09/10/1924Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
Special :05/21/1924Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
Special :03/31/1924London transport strike
Special :04/23/1924London: king George V opens British Empire Exposition
Special :03/11/1924M Wolf discovers asteroid #1021 Flammario
Special :11/24/1924M Wolf discovers asteroid #1038 Tuckia & #1039 Sonneberga
Special :02/24/1924Mahatma Gandhi let out of jail
Special :09/25/1924Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
Special :02/25/1924Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
Special :08/23/1924Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century
Special :05/08/1924Memel territories given to Lithuania
Special :12/09/1924Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
Special :07/05/1924Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
Special :11/09/1924Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas)
Special :11/26/1924Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed
Special :03/25/1924Mont Canadiens sweep Calgary Tigers in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1924)
Special :03/20/1924Montreal Canadiens sweep Vancouver in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
Special :07/11/1924Moslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi
Special :01/24/1924Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
Special :02/07/1924Mussolini govt exchanges diplomats with USSR
Special :11/29/1924NHL's Montr‚al Forum opens
Special :10/04/1924NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series
Special :02/09/1924Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
Special :01/13/1924Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament
Special :06/15/1924Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
Special :11/04/1924Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st US female gov (Wyoming)
Special :03/17/1924Netherlands & USSR begin talks over USSR recognizition
Special :05/02/1924Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
Special :11/15/1924Netherlandse Christelected Radiovereniging (NCRV) forms
Special :02/01/1924New British MacDonald govt recognizes USSR
Special :03/27/1924New French cabinet-Poincar‚ term begins
Special :10/18/1924Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, NY Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen)
Special :11/11/1924Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
Special :07/29/1924Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
Special :05/07/1924Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
Special :11/28/1924Pieter Jelle Troelstra leaves 2nd Chamber
Special :06/18/1924Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
Special :05/26/1924Pres Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration
Special :05/11/1924Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
Special :07/10/1924Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam
Special :01/23/1924Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour govt in Britain
Special :01/31/1924Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1015 Christa, #1016 Anitra & #1056 Azalea
Special :07/07/1924Robert LeGendre of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5«"
Special :09/02/1924Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC
Special :06/06/1924S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
Special :09/05/1924S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1153 Wallenbergia & #1874 Kacivelia
Special :09/29/1924Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
Special :12/24/1924School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die
Special :05/30/1924Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists
Special :04/11/1924Socialist win in Denmark
Special :10/12/1924Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
Special :03/09/1924South slavia votes with Italy to annex Fiume (Rijeka)
Special :07/17/1924St Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
Special :11/06/1924Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England
Special :07/10/1924Strike of Werkspoor in Amsterdam ends
Special :03/17/1924Sweden & USSR exchange diplomats
Special :07/01/1924Through regular transcontinental airmail service established, NYC-SF
Special :06/28/1924Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio & Lorain Ohio, killing 93
Special :02/26/1924Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
Special :02/28/1924US begins intervention in Honduras
Special :06/02/1924US citizenship granted to all American Indians
Special :11/04/1924US president Calvin Coolidge re-elected
Special :08/11/1924US presidential candidates make 1st film for bio-scoop news
Special :02/18/1924US, min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal
Special :05/05/1924Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
Special :10/27/1924Uzbek SSR forms
Special :06/23/1924V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1022 Olympiada
Special :05/25/1924V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1030 Vitja
Special :09/07/1924V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1034 Mozartia
Special :03/03/1924V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1071 Brita
Special :10/23/1924W Baade discovers asteroid #1036 Ganymed
Special :03/28/1924WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
Special :04/15/1924WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
Special :04/11/1924WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
Special :06/14/1924WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
Special :10/13/1924Wahhabieten under Ibn Saudi take Mecca
Special :08/25/1924Wash Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
Special :10/10/1924Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7
Special :10/28/1924White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
Special :12/10/1924Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel for medicine
Special :05/08/1924Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
Special :06/13/1924Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win

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