WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened February to December 1924

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

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

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

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

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

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)

The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian is formed. (17. September 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 completed. (28. September 1924)

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

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

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

Toastmasters International is founded. (22. October 1924)

In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy. (16. March 1924)

The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. (8. March 1924)

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

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