What Happened In December 1924 In History

Historical Events for December, 1924

• 19th » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
• 20th » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison
• 24th » Albania becomes a republic.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1924

• 2nd » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
• 2nd » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 3rd » Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 3rd » F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist and author
• 3rd » Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2012)
• 3rd » John Winter (athlete) called John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
• 4th » John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
• 6th » Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
• 7th » Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (d. 2013)
• 7th » John Love (racing driver) known as John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
• 7th » Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal
• 8th » Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic
• 10th » Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
• 11th » Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (d. 2009)
• 12th » Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio and television host
• 12th » Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
• 13th » Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
• 13th » George Shuba, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 14th » Raj Kapoor, Pakistani-Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
• 15th » Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and educator (d. 2013)
• 16th » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
• 17th » Gopalan Kasturi, Indian journalist (d. 2012)
• 19th » Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)
• 19th » Doug Harvey (ice hockey) named Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
• 19th » Gary Morton, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 1999)
• 19th » Edmund Purdom, English-Italian actor (d. 2009)
• 20th » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
• 21st » Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director
• 23rd » Bob Kurland, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 24th » Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 24th » Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
• 24th » Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 24th » Norman Rossington, English actor (d. 1999)
• 25th » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created 'The Twilight Zone' (d. 1975)
• 25th » Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India
• 26th » Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 27th » James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011)
• 27th » Hung Sin-nui, Chinese actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 28th » Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
• 29th » Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)
• 31st » Taylor Mead, American actor and poet (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for December 1924

• 2nd » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 6th » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 9th » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 12th » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 13th » Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 28th » Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
• 29th » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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