December 1924 in History

Events in History

Historic Publication

Dec 1 "La Révolution surréaliste" publishes its first issue in Paris, edited by André Breton

Writer and Surrealist André Breton — Writer and Surrealist
André Breton

Dec 2 British-German trade agreement signed
Dec 7 German election (Social Democrats win, Nazis & Communists lose)
Dec 9 Netherlands & Hungary trade treaty signed
Dec 9 Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
Dec 12 Spanish troops leave Morocco
Dec 13 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions

Event of Interest

Dec 14 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou

Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek — Chinese Military and Political Leader
Chiang Kai-shek

Dec 16 Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London

Election of Interest

Dec 16 Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor

Archaeologist and Explorer Hiram Bingham — Archaeologist and Explorer
Hiram Bingham

Dec 17 1st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY
Dec 19 The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Coup d'état

Dec 20 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early, having served only nine months of five-year sentence for "Beer Hall Putsch"

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler — Dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler

Dec 22 Philip Barry's "Youngest" premieres in NYC
Dec 24 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
Dec 24 Albania becomes a republic (ex-premier Ahmed Zogoe's coup)
Dec 24 Richard Rodgers Theater (46th St Chanin's) opens at 226 W 46th NYC
Dec 24 School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma, catches fire, 36 die
Dec 27 Albania is declared a dictatorship under Ahmed Beg Zofu
Dec 27 The US signs a treaty with the Dominican Republic, which supersedes that of 1907: in July, the Us had withdrawn its Marines and ended its occupation

Event of Interest

Dec 30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Event of Interest

Dec 31 Italian Fascist Mussolini orders the suppression of opposition newspapers

Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini — Italian Dictator
Benito Mussolini

Birthdays in History

Dec 2 Alexander Haig Jr, American General and 59th Secretary of State (1981-82), born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
Dec 3 John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
Dec 3 Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
Dec 4 John C. Portman Jr., American architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964), born in Walhalla, South Carolina (d. 2017)
Dec 6 Sergey Yablonsky, Soviet and Russian mathematician and one of the founders of the Soviet school of mathematical cybernetics and discrete mathematics (d. 1998), born in Moscow, Russia

Mário Soares

Dec 7 Mário Soares, 17th President of Portugal (1986-96) and Prime Minister (1976-78 and 1983-85), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2017)

Dec 12 Ed Koch, lawyer and politician (NY Mayor (D) 1977-89), Judge (People's Court), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
Dec 19 Peter Prowtiny, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
Dec 19 Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
Dec 19 Gary Morton, second husband of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
Dec 19 Michel Tournier, French writer ( Friday, or, The Other Island), born in Paris (d. 2016)
Dec 21 Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93)
Dec 24 Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician (DS'70)
Dec 25 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (1996, 1998-2004), born in Gwalior, India
Dec 25 Rod Serling, writer and host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1975)
Dec 25 Henry Sy Sr., Chinese Malay businessman 'Philippines Retail King', born in Amoy, China
Dec 27 James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
Dec 27 Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
Dec 27 Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
Dec 28 Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)

Weddings in History

Wedding of Interest

Dec 11 Photographer Alfred Stieglitz (60) marries artist Georgia O'Keeffe (37) in Cliffside Park, New Jersey

Painter and Sculptor Georgia O’Keeffe — Painter and Sculptor
Georgia O’Keeffe

Deaths in History

Dec 2 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)

Samuel Gompers

Dec 13 Samuel Gompers, American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74

Dec 15 T. Frank Appleby, American Republican Party politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), dies at 60
Dec 27 William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
Dec 28 Léon Bakst, Russian painter and scene and costume designer, dis at 58
Dec 29 Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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