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Events from the year 1924 in the United States .
Incumbents Events January–March April–June April 16 – American media company
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM ) is founded in
Los Angeles, California , through the merger of
Metro Pictures ,
Goldwyn Pictures , and
Louis B. Mayer Pictures .
[3]
May 3 – The
Aleph Zadik Aleph , the oldest
Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in
Omaha, Nebraska .
May 10 –
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation .
May 21 –
University of Chicago students
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old
Bobby Franks , in a
thrill killing . The event will inspire the 1929 play
Rope .
[4]
May 26 – The
Asian Exclusion Act is enacted, banning all Asian immigration to the United States. It is a slap in the face to Japan after their participation as a
principal ally in WWI, and is seen as the spark that spurred Japan's
alliance with Germany and down the path to
World War II .
June 2 – U.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.
June 12 – Rondout Heist: Six men of the
Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in
Rondout, Illinois ; the robbery is later found to have been an
inside job .
June 23 – American airman Russell L. Maughan flies from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit.
June 24–July 9 – The
1924 Democratic National Convention takes a record 103 ballots to nominate
John W. Davis of
West Virginia as
Democratic Party candidate to oppose
Calvin Coolidge in the presidential election. July–September October–December Undated Ongoing Births January
Earl Scruggs
Max Roach
Dorothy Malone
January 1 –
Charlie Munger , businessman and philanthropist (d.
2023 )
January 4
January 5 –
Glenn Boyer , historian and author (d.
2013 )
January 6 –
Earl Scruggs , musician (d.
2012 )
January 7 –
Gene L. Coon , screenwriter and producer (d.
1973 )
January 8 –
James Clinkscales Hill , jurist (d.
2017 )
January 9 –
Mary Kaye , guitarist and singer (d.
2007 )
January 10
January 11
January 12 –
Chris Chase (also known as
Irene Kane ), model, film actress, writer and journalist (d.
2013 )
January 13 –
Lillian B. Rubin , writer, professor, psychotherapist and sociologist (d.
2014 )
January 14
January 19 –
Nicholas Colasanto , actor and television director (d.
1985 )
[11]
January 23 –
Frank Lautenberg , politician (d.
2013 )
January 25
January 26 –
Annette Strauss , philanthropist and politician (d.
1998 )
January 28 –
Betty Tucker , baseball player (d.
2012 )
January 30
February
Lee Marvin
Gloria Vanderbilt
February 1 –
Richard Hooker , writer and surgeon (d.
1997 )
February 4 –
Dorothy Harrell , professional baseball player (d.
2011 )
February 7 –
Catherine Small Long , politician (d.
2019 )
February 8 –
Joe Black , African-American baseball player (d.
2002 )
February 10 –
Randy Van Horne , singer and musician (d.
2007 )
February 11 –
Budge Patty , tennis player (d.
2021 )
February 14 –
Gabe Pressman , journalist (d.
2017 )
February 15 –
Toni Arden , singer (d.
2012 )
February 16 –
Frank Saul , basketball player (d.
2019 )
February 17 –
Margaret Truman , novelist and only child of U.S. President
Harry S. Truman and
Bess Truman (d.
2008 )
February 19 –
Lee Marvin , actor (d.
1987 )
February 20
February 21 –
William Hathaway , politician and lawyer (d.
2013 )
February 28
February 29 –
Al Rosen , baseball player (d.
2015 ) March
Deke Slayton
Philip Abbott
Norman Fell
March 1 –
Deke Slayton , American
astronaut (d.
1993 )
March 3 –
Isadore Singer , American mathematician (d.
2021 )
March 4 –
Kenneth O'Donnell , American political consultant, aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (d.
1977 )
March 6
March 9
March 12 –
Helen Parrish , American actress (d.
1959 )
March 17 –
Edith Savage-Jennings , African-American civil rights leader (d.
2017 )
March 20 –
Philip Abbott , American actor (d.
1998 )
March 22
March 23 –
Bette Nesmith Graham , American typist, commercial artist, and inventor (d.
1980 )
March 24
March 25
March 27 –
Sarah Vaughan , African-American jazz singer (d.
1990 )
March 28 –
Byrd Baylor , American novelist, essayist and author (d.
2021 )
March 29 –
Jimmy Work , American singer-songwriter (d.
2018 )
March 31 –
Kathleen O'Malley , American actress (d.
2019 ) April
Stanley Donen
April 1 –
Brendan Byrne , American politician, statesman, and prosecutor (d.
2018 )
April 2 –
Delwin Jones , American politician (d.
2018 )
April 3 –
Marlon Brando , American actor (d.
2004 )
April 4
April 6 –
Jimmy Roberts , American singer (d.
1999 )
April 8 –
Bob Mann , American football player (d.
2006 )
April 9 –
Milburn G. Apt , American test pilot (d.
1956 )
April 13
April 14 –
Shorty Rogers , American jazz trumpeter (d.
1994 )
April 16
April 18
April 23
April 28 –
Emily W. Sunstein , American campaigner, political activist and biographer (d.
2007 )
April 30 –
Sheldon Harnick , American lyricist (d.
2023 ) May
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
May 1
May 2 –
Ladislava Bakanic , American gymnast (d.
2021 )
May 3 –
Isadore Singer , American mathematician (d.
2021 )
May 6 –
Patricia Kennedy Lawford , American socialite (d.
2006 )
May 11 –
Ninfa Laurenzo , American businessman, founder of
Ninfa's (d.
2001 )
May 16 –
Frank Mankiewicz , American journalist, presidential campaign press secretary (d.
2014 )
May 18
May 21 –
Peggy Cass , American actress and comedian (d.
1999 )
[14]
May 24 –
Philip Pearlstein , American soldier, painter (d.
2022 )
May 29 –
Pepper Paire , American female baseball player (d.
2013 )
May 31 –
Patricia Roberts Harris , American administrator (d.
1985 ) June
Dennis Weaver
George H. W. Bush
Chet Atkins
Sidney Lumet
July
Eva Marie Saint
Pat Hingle
Lola Albright
Don Knotts
C. T. Vivian
July 1
July 2 –
Charley Winner , American football player
July 4 –
Eva Marie Saint , American actress
July 6
July 7 –
Sam Cathcart , American football halfback, defensive back (d.
2015 )
July 8 –
Charles C. Droz , American politician
July 10 –
Gloria Stroock , American actress
July 11
July 12 –
Shirley Neil Pettis , American politician (d.
2016 )
July 14
July 15 –
Jeremiah Denton , American politician (d.
2014 )
July 16
July 18 –
Will D. Campbell , American minister, author and activist (d. 2013)
July 19
July 20 –
Lola Albright , American singer, actress (d.
2017 )
July 21 –
Don Knotts , American comedic actor (d.
2006 )
July 22 –
Margaret Whiting , American singer (d.
2011 )
July 23 –
Avern Cohn , American judge (d.
2022 )
July 24 –
Paul Meier , American statistician (d.
2011 )
July 25 –
Frank Church , American politician (d.
1984 )
July 28
July 29
July 30 –
William H. Gass , American novelist (d.
2017 ) August
James Baldwin
Carroll O'Connor
Dinah Washington
August 1
August 2
August 3 –
Leon Uris , American writer (d.
2003 )
August 6 –
Ella Jenkins , American folk singer of children's music
August 8 –
Gene Deitch , American illustrator, animator and film director (d.
2020 )
August 9 –
Marta Becket , American dancer (d.
2017 )
August 10 –
Martha Hyer , American actress (d. 2014)
August 15 –
Phyllis Schlafly , American activist (d.
2016 )
August 16
August 17
August 18 –
Frank Logue , 25th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut (d.
2010 )
August 20 –
Frank Joseph Guarini , American politician
August 23
August 24 –
Louis Teicher , American pianist (
Ferrante & Teicher ) (d.
2008 )
August 26 –
Barbara Staff , American political activist (d.
2019 )
August 28 –
Peggy Ryan , American dancer (d.
2004 )
[17]
August 29
August 31
September
Daniel Inouye
Jane Greer
Jerry Coleman
Lauren Bacall
September 1 –
Diana Decker , American-English actress and singer (d.
2019 )
September 2 –
Sidney Phillips , American physician, WW2 Marine documentary consultant (d.
2015 )
September 3 –
Mary Grace Canfield , American actress (d.
2014 )
September 5
September 6
September 7 –
Daniel Inouye , American politician (d.
2012 )
September 8 –
Wendell H. Ford , American politician (d.
2015 )
September 9
September 11
September 12 –
Howard C. Nielson , politician (d.
2021 )
September 13 –
Scott Brady , actor (d.
1985 )
September 14 –
Jerry Coleman , baseball player, manager, broadcaster, and Marine aviator (d.
2014 )
September 15 –
Bobby Short , entertainer (d.
2005 )
September 16 –
Lauren Bacall , actress (d.
2014 )
September 20
September 22
September 27
September 28 –
Merwin Coad , politician
September 30
October
Jimmy Carter
William Rehnquist
Lee Iacocca
October 1
October 2 –
Ruby Stephens , American female baseball player (d.
1996 )
October 3 –
Harvey Kurtzman , American editor, cartoonist and creator of
Mad (d.
1993 )
October 5 –
Bill Dana , American comedian, actor, screenwriter (d.
2017 )
October 7 –
Joyce Reynolds , American actress (d.
2019 )
October 9 –
Arnie Risen , American basketball player (d. 2012)
October 10
October 11 –
Mal Whitfield , American Olympic athlete (d.
2015 )
October 13 –
Terry Gibbs , American vibraphone player and bandleader
October 14 –
Robert Webber , American actor (d.
1989 )
October 15
October 17 –
Fredd Wayne , American actor (d.
2018 )
October 18
October 21 –
Joyce Randolph , American actress (d.
2024 )
October 25
October 27 –
Bonnie Lou , American singer (d.
2015 ) November
Geraldine Page
Shirley Chisholm
November 6
November 10 –
Russell Johnson , American actor (d.
2014 )
November 11 –
Leonard D. Wexler , American judge (d.
2018 )
November 13 –
Edward F. Welch, Jr. , American admiral (d.
2008 )
November 16 –
Sam Farber , American businessman, co-founder of
OXO (d. 2013)
November 19 –
J. D. Sumner , American gospel singer (d.
1998 )
November 20 –
Mark Miller , American actor (d.
2022 )
November 21 –
Joseph Campanella , American actor (d.
2018 )
November 22
November 24
November 25 –
Paul Desmond , American jazz alto saxophonist and composer (d.
1977 )
November 26 –
Ruth Bradley Holmes , linguist (d.
2021 )
[19]
November 28 –
Calvin J. Spann , African-American Tuskegee Airman, fighter pilot (d.
2015 )
November 29 –
Irv Noren , American baseball and basketball player (d.
2019 )
November 30
December
Alexander Haig
Cicely Tyson
December 2 –
Alexander Haig , American politician, U.S. Secretary of State (d.
2010 )
December 4 –
John C. Portman Jr. , American architect (d.
2017 )
December 6 –
Wally Cox , American
television ,
motion picture actor (d.
1973 )
December 9 –
Frank Sturgis , one of the five Watergate burglars whose capture led to the end of the American Presidency of Richard Nixon (d.
1993 )
December 12 –
Ed Koch , American politician (d.
2013 )
December 13
December 17 –
Margaret Wigiser , American female professional baseball player (d.
2019 )
December 19 –
Cicely Tyson , American actress (d.
2021 )
December 23 –
Bob Kurland , American basketball player (d.
2013 )
December 25 –
Rod Serling , American television screenwriter (The Twilight Zone ) (d.
1975 )
December 26 –
Frank Broyles , American college football coach, athletic director (d.
2017 )
December 27
December 31
Deaths
January 4 –
John Peters , baseball shortstop (born
1850 )
January 12 –
William V. Allen , U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1893 to 1899. (born
1847 )
January 13 –
Albert Abrams , quack doctor (born
1863 )
January 14 –
Luther Emmett Holt , pediatrician (born
1855 )
February 1 –
Maurice Prendergast , painter (born
1858 )
February 3 –
Woodrow Wilson , 28th
president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and historian (born
1856 )
February 8 –
Henry B. Quinby , governor of New Hampshire (born
1846 )
February 16
March 9 –
Daniel Ridgway Knight , painter (born
1839 )
March 13 –
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin , African American civil rights campaigner and publisher (born
1842 )
April 1 –
Frank Capone , gangster, shot by police (born
1895 )
April 7 –
Marcus A. Smith , U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1912 to 1921 (born
1851 )
April 17 –
Jane Kelley Adams , educator (born
1852 )
April 19 –
Paul Boyton , extreme water sports pioneer (born
1848 in Ireland )
April 14 –
Louis Sullivan , architect, "father of skyscrapers" (born 1856)
April 18 –
Frank Xavier Leyendecker , illustrator (born
1877 )
April 20 –
Caroline Ingalls (b. Caroline Lake Quiner), pioneer, mother of author
Laura Ingalls Wilder (born
1839 )
April 21 –
Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (born 1858 in Italy)
[20]
April 23 –
Bertram Goodhue , neo-gothic architect (born
1869 )
April 24 –
G. Stanley Hall , psychologist (born
1844 )
April 27 –
Maecenas Eason Benton , U.S. Representative from Missouri (born
1848 )
May 5 –
Kate Claxton , stage actress (born
1848 )
[21]
May 10 –
George Kennan , explorer (born
1845 )
May 11 –
Moses Fleetwood Walker , baseball pitcher and Black nationalist (born 1856)
May 13 –
Alva Smith , Nebraska politician (born 1850)
[22]
May 31 –
Charles Stockton , admiral (born 1845)
July 6 –
Black Benny (Williams), bass drummer (born. c.1890)
July 14 –
Isabella Stewart Gardner , art collector and philanthropist (born
1840 )
July 23 –
Frank Frost Abbott , classical scholar (born
1860 )
August 7 –
John Edward Bruce ("Bruce Grit"), African American slave and historian (born 1856)
August 25 –
Velma Caldwell Melville , editor and writer (born
1858 )
September 1 –
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young , general, first
Chief of Staff of the United States Army (born 1840)
September 15 –
Frank Chance , baseball player (born 1877)
September 17 –
John Martin Schaeberle , German-born astronomer (born
1853 in Germany )
September 25 –
Lotta Crabtree , stage actress (born
1847 )
October 25 –
Laura Jean Libbey , novelist (born
1862 )
October 27 –
Percy Haughton , baseball player and coach (born
1876 )
October 29 –
Frances Hodgson Burnett , children's novelist (born
1849 in the United Kingdom )
November 3 –
Cornelius Cole , U.S. Senator from California from 1867 to 1873 (born
1822 )
November 9 –
Henry Cabot Lodge , U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1893 to 1924 (born 1850)
November 10 –
Dean O'Banion , gangster, killed (born
1892 )
November 19 –
Thomas H. Ince , silent film producer, "father of the Western" (born
1882 )
November 21 –
Florence Harding , née Kling,
First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 as wife of
Warren G. Harding , 29th president (born 1860)
December 6 –
Gene Stratton-Porter , novelist and naturalist (born 1863)
December 13 –
Samuel Gompers , labor leader (born 1850)
December 15
December 19 –
Stephen Warfield Gambrill , U.S. Congressman for Maryland's
5th District (born
1873 )
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Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players ISBN
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^ Corey Field (1997).
The Musician's Guide to Symphonic Music: Essays from the Eulenburg Scores ISBN
978-0-930448-56-1
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Billboard
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Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System ISBN
978-1-4422-3078-1
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^ H. Jacob (1947).
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"The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti" . Washington Post . Retrieved 19 August 2022 .
^
"Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 15 August 2022 .
^ Goldstein, Richard (August 21, 2018).
"Don Cherry, Singer by Night and Golfer by Day, Is Dead at 94" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
^ Dennis A. Bjorklund (1997).
Toasting Cheers: An Episode Guide to the 1982-1993 Comedy Series with Cast Biographies and Character Profiles ISBN
978-0-89950-962-4
^
Ex-Hamline star dies at 98
^ Grimes, William (July 12, 2011)Grimes, William (12 July 2011).
"Roberts Blossom, Quirky Character Actor, Dies at 87" . The New York Times . Retrieved 13 September 2011 .
^
"Obituary: Peggy Cass" . The Independent . 13 March 1999.
Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 17 February 2020 .
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"George H.W. Bush | Biography, Presidency, Accomplishments, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 30 November 2020 .
^ Emmis Communications (November 1986).
Texas Monthly
^
Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America ISBN
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^ Schwartz, John (11 April 2020).
"S. Fred Singer, a Leading Climate Change Contrarian, Dies at 95" . The New York Times . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
^
Ruth Bradley Holmes 1924 - 2021
^ Fisher, James (2000).
"Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924), actress" . American National Biography .
doi :
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^ James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul S.
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