WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1924
Find out what all happened February to September 1924

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

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

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

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)

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

On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic. (25. March 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 Whampoa Military Academy is founded. (16. June 1924)

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

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

Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. (8. February 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 Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. (8. March 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)

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

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