WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened February to November 1924

Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms. (8. April 1924)

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). (31. October 1924)

The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union. (27. October 1924)

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States. (4. November 1924)

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established. (4. August 1924)

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. (22. February 1924)

Edwin Hubble's scientific discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula within our galaxy, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe, was first published in a newspaper. (23. November 1924)

The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. (8. March 1924)

Toastmasters International is founded. (22. October 1924)

Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. (18. April 1924)

Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas. (15. April 1924)

The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Beijing government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect. (31. May 1924)

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". (5. February 1924)

Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece. (24. July 1924)

J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972. (10. May 1924)

The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. (28. August 1924)

Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time. (7. October 1924)

The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. (8. May 1924)

The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy. (3. March 1924)

The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian is formed. (17. September 1924)

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