WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1924
Find out what all happened April to October 1924

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

First round-the-world flight commences. (6. April 1924)

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. (1. April 1924)

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

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

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

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. (25. October 1924)

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

University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". (21. May 1924)

Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf. (1. April 1924)

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

Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. (10. June 1924)

The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits. (17. September 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)

Toastmasters International is founded. (22. October 1924)

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

The 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. (2. June 1924)

First round-the-world flight completed. (28. September 1924)

Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii. (9. September 1924)