WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened April to November 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)

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

Toastmasters International is founded. (22. October 1924)

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

The Whampoa Military Academy is founded. (16. June 1924)

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies. (11. May 1924)

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

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

In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. (27. November 1924)

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

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)

In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top. (9. June 1924)

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

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

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

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

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

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