What Happened In July 1924 In History

Historical Events for July, 1924

• 11th » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday
• 24th » Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1924

• 1st » Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1st » Florence Stanley, American actress and director (d. 2003)
• 3rd » S. R. Nathan, Singaporean politician, 6th president of Singapore
• 4th » Eva Marie Saint, American actress and producer
• 5th » Niels Jannasch, German-Canadian historian (d. 2001)
• 5th » János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (d. 2013)
• 6th » Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
• 7th » Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 7th » Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 8th » Johnnie Johnson (musician) called Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
• 8th » Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., American sergeant and judge (d. 2013)
• 9th » Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (d. 1984)
• 9th » Jill Knight, English politician
• 10th » Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach
• 10th » Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
• 11th » César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2005)
• 11th » Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 11th » Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (d. 1971)
• 12th » Fedon Matheou, Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
• 13th » Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2014)
• 13th » Michel Constantin, French actor (d. 2003)
• 13th » Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer
• 14th » David Evans (RAF officer) e.g David Evans, Canadian-English air marshal
• 14th » Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (d. 2013)
• 15th » Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
• 16th » Bess Myerson, American model and actress, Miss America named Miss America 1945
• 17th » Olive Ann Burns, American author (d. 1990)
• 17th » Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
• 18th » Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (d. 2013)
• 18th » Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)
• 19th » Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2005)
• 19th » Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
• 19th » Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 20th » Thomas Berger (novelist) named Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 20th » Mort Garson, Canadian-American songwriter and composer (d. 2008)
• 21st » Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Margaret Whiting, American singer (d. 2011)
• 23rd » Gavin Lambert, English-American screenwriter and author (d. 2005)
• 24th » Wilfred Josephs, English composer (d. 1997)
• 24th » Aris Poulianos, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist
• 25th » Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
• 25th » Scotch Taylor, South African cricketer and hockey player (d. 2004)
• 27th » Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (d. 2000)
• 27th » Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)
• 28th » C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist
• 29th » Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 29th » Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947)
• 29th » Robert Horton (actor) or Robert Horton, American actor and singer
• 30th » George Savitsky, American football player (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for July 1924

• 14th » Isabella Ford, English activist (b. 1855)
• 23rd » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
• 27th » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 29th » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)

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