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Mar 31, 2021 · This timeline shows you some of the biggest events of the year, taking you chronologically through the history of 1924. 1924 was the year that Adolf Hitler was sentenced to prison for his involvement in the failed coup d’état by the Nazi Party, and J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the FBI.
The Year 1924 Major News Events 100 Years Ago. Ellis Island closes as an immigration entry point to the US; Wrigley Building Finished; U.S. Army planes first round-the-world flight; The first Winter Olympics, held in Chamonix, France; The Indian Citizenship Act passed; Willem Einthoven wins the Nobel Prize for the electrocardiogram
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Mar 5, 2024 · Paris hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics, advancements in aviation were being made on several fronts, automobiles were becoming more prevalent (and dangerous), and prohibition in the U.S. was still...
February 16–26 – Dock strikes break out in various U.S. harbors. February 22 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. March 8 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah.
Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. In 1931, Fall is sentenced to year in prison; Doheny and Sinclair acquitted of bribery.
