WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1924
Find out what all happened January to 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 Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". (5. February 1924)

Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. (8. February 1924)

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

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

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music," in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano. (12. February 1924)

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

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

Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (22. January 1924)

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

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

Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad. (26. January 1924)

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). (14. February 1924)

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

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

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

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

The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR. (1. February 1924)