WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened January to September 1924

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

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

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

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

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)

The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. (25. January 1924)

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

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

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

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

On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic. (25. March 1924)

American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic. (26. June 1924)

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

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

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

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

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