WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened January to December 1924

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

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

The thirteen-century-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. (3. March 1924)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time. (16. January 1924)

Toastmasters International is founded. (22. October 1924)

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

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

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

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