What Happened In June 1924 In History

Historical Events for June, 1924

• 2nd » The U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 named Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans in the United States or Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United State
• 10th » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialism called Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• 16th » The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
• 26th » American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1924

• 1st » William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (d. 2006)
• 1st » John Tooley, English director and manager
• 2nd » June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Al Ruscio, American actor (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Karunanidhi, Indian Politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 3rd » Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
• 3rd » Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
• 3rd » Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 3rd » Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate
• 4th » Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
• 4th » Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 5th » Lou Brissie, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 6th » John Ambler, English businessman (d. 2008)
• 8th » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 8th » Iain Glidewell, English lawyer and judge
• 8th » Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author (d. 2006)
• 8th » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
• 9th » Tony Britton, English actor
• 9th » Ed Farhat, American wrestler (d. 2003)
• 12th » George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States
• 12th » Grete Dollitz, German-American guitarist and radio host (d. 2013)
• 14th » James Black (pharmacologist) e.g James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 15th » Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
• 16th » Faith Domergue, American actress (d. 1999)
• 16th » Lucky Thompson, American saxophonist (d. 2005)
• 18th » George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 19th » Cornelius (Jakobs) or Cornelius, Estonian metropolitan
• 19th » Erkki Kataja, Finnish pole vaulter (d. 1969)
• 19th » Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (d. 2000)
• 20th » Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2001)
• 20th » Fritz Koenig, German sculptor, designed The Sphere
• 21st » Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor
• 21st » Wally Fawkes, Canadian-English clarinet player and cartoonist
• 21st » Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector (d. 2006)
• 21st » Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and academic (d. 2012)
• 21st » Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Christopher Booth, English clinician and historian (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Larkin Kerwin, Canadian physicist (d. 2004)
• 22nd » Géza Vermes, Hungarian-English theologian and scholar (d. 2013)
• 24th » Brian Bevan, Australian rugby player (d. 1991)
• 24th » Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation e.g President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
• 24th » Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
• 25th » Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 25th » Madan Mohan (music director) or Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer (d. 1975)
• 26th » Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher (d. 2010)
• 26th » Richard Bull (actor) or Richard Bull, American actor (d. 2014)
• 27th » Rosalie Allen, American singer (d. 2003)
• 27th » Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
• 29th » Ezra Laderman, American composer and educator

Famous Deaths for June 1924

• 3rd » Franz Kafka, Czech author (b. 1883)
• 6th » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 8th » Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) e.g Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer (b. 1902)
• 8th » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 10th » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (b. 1885)
• 11th » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)

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