What Happened in June 1924

Historical Events

Indian Citizenship Act

Jun 2 President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act (also known as Snyder Act), declaring all Native Americans to be American citizens [1]

Jun 3 Gila Wilderness Area established by US Forest Service

28th US Open

Jun 6 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Unknown Englishman Cyril Walker wins his only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Bobby Jones

56th Belmont

Jun 7 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8

Mallory Disappears from Everest

Jun 7 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit

Jun 9 "Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by American jazz pioneer pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton
Jun 10 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
Jun 11 Bene Brak Palestine founded
Jun 11 Koos Vorrink elected President of Arbeiders Jeugd Organisatie (AJC) Socialist Youth Movement
Jun 13 Bene Berak, Palestine, founded
Jun 13 Gaston Doumergue elected as the 1st protestant French President
Jun 13 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win
Jun 14 Test Cricket debuts of English players Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate in 1st Test England v South Africa at Edgbaston
Jun 14 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany, NY
Jun 15 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal

10 Million Fords

Jun 15 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover

Jun 15 J. Edgar Hoover assumes leadership of the FBI

First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover

Jun 16 South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7

Nurmi Runs Three World Records

Jun 19 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m of 3:52.6; 50 minutes later sets 5,000m WR 14:28.2; also runs WR 3-mile time 14:02.00 within that event in Finnish Olympic trials in Helsinki

Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi

Jun 21 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
Jun 23 8 month Twenste textile strike ends
Jun 26 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave Dominican Republic
Jun 26 Theatrical revue "Ziegfeld Follies of 1924", featuring Billie Burke and W.C. Fields, opens at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC

59th British Men's Open

Jun 27 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: American Walter Hagen wins his 2nd Open Championships, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ernest Whitcombe

Jun 28 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
Jun 28 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
Jun 30 England score 2-503 in day's play v South Africa at Lord's

Hertzog Prime Minister

Jun 30 J. B. M. Hertzog becomes Primes Minister, head of a coalition government between the National and Labour Parties in South Africa

Prime Minister of South Africa J. B. M. Hertzog

Events in 1924

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
Jun 1 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1996)
Jun 1 William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
Jun 2 June Callwood, Canadian journalist and activist, born in Chatham, Ontario (d. 2007)
Jun 3 Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Blue and the Grey - "Maggie"; Anne of Green Gables), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1991)
Jun 3 David Holloway, British literary editor (The Daily Telegraph) (d. 1995)
Jun 3 Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), born in Ruleville, Mississippi (d. 1997)
Jun 3 Michael Gow, British army officer (head of British Army of the Rhine), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2013)
Jun 3 Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
Jun 4 Dennis Weaver, American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 2006)
Jun 5 Kenneth Burslam Gardner, British librarian and orientalist (d. 1995)
Jun 6 Serge Nigg, French composer (Timor; Jérôme Bosch Symphony), and administrator (French Ministry of Culture, 1967-82), born in Paris, France (d. 2008)
Jun 7 Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American Tony Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (Designing Woman; Kismet; Destry Rides Again), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
Jun 8 George Kirby, American comedian (ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
Jun 8 Iain Glidewell, Lord Justice of Appeal and Judge of Appeal of the High Court of the Isle of Man (d. 2016)
Jun 8 Ian Colquhoun, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 4 dismissals), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2005)

Jun 8 Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2006)
Jun 8 Sheldon Allman, American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter (Nevada Smith, Harris Against the World), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
Jun 9 Peter Heatly, Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 2015)
Jun 9 Tony Britton, British actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2019)
Jun 10 Hans Bangerter, Swiss football administrator (General Secretary UEFA 1960-89), born in Studen, Switzerland (d. 2022)
Jun 11 Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler, born in Detroit (d. 2003)

George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)

Jun 12 41st US President (R, 1989-93) and 43rd US Vice President (R, 1981-89), born in Milton, Massachusetts

Jun 13 Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)

James Black (1924-2010)

Jun 14 Scottish pharmacologist, developer of treatments for heart disease (propranolol) and stomach ulcers (cimetidine) (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1988), born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jun 14 Vladimir Solouchin, Russian writer, born in Alepino (d. 1997)
Jun 15 Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
Jun 15 Mohammed Ghazali, Pakistani cricketer (off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2003)
Jun 16 (Eli) "Lucky" Thompson, American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (Stan Kenton - Cuban Fire!; Milt Jackson; Miles Davis - Walkin'), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2005)
Jun 16 Idries Shah, Indian author and Sufi teacher, born in Simla, British India (d. 1996)
Jun 17 Gotthold Gloger, German writer and painter, born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany (d. 2001)
Jun 17 Henk Hoekstra, Dutch politician (Dutch Communist Party), born in Amsterdam (d. 2009)

George Mikan (1924-2005)

Jun 18 American Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA All-Star 1951-54; NBL MVP 1948; Minneapolis Lakers), born in Joliet, Illinois

Jun 18 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, Dutch feminist and wife of Prime Minister Joop den Uyl, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1990)
Jun 19 David Scott, British priest, Chaplain to the Queen (d. 1996)
Jun 19 Leo Nomellini, American College/Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Uni of Minnesota; 6×First-team All-Pro; 10×Pro Bowl; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; SF 49ers), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 2000)
Jun 19 Sybren Polet [Sijbe Minnema], Dutch writer and poet (Mannekino), born in Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands (d. 2015)
Jun 19 Wassil Bykau, Belarusian writer, born in Bytschki, Vitebsk Region (d. 2003)
Jun 20 Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me & My Guitar), born in Luttrell, Tennessee (d. 2001)
Jun 20 Fritz Koenig, German sculptor (Sphere at World Trade Center), born in Wurzburg (d. 2017)
Jun 20 Rainer Barzel, German politician (CDU-CSU) and minister, born in Braunsberg, East Prussia, Free State of Prussia (d. 2006)
Jun 21 Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker, born in Paris (d. 2012)
Jun 21 Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey executive (GM Washington Capitals 1975-83; New Jersey Devils 1983-87), born in Watson, Saskatchewan (d. 2007)
Jun 21 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2023)
Jun 22 Dorothy Bohm, German-born British pioneering street photographer, born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 2923) [1]
Jun 24 Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
Jun 24 Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
Jun 24 Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka (1989-93), born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 1993)

Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

Jun 25 American film director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jun 26 Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher, born in Athens, Greece (d. 2010)
Jun 26 Peter Miles, British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II, born in Long Ashton, Somerset (d. 2013)
Jun 26 Syd Lawrence, British bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orchestra), born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England (d. 1998)
Jun 27 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2015)
Jun 27 Efua Sutherland, Ghanaian writer (Nyamekye), born in Cape Coast, Ghana (d. 1996)
Jun 27 Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 2010)
Jun 28 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch journalist and VARA radio host, born in Hamburg (d. 1989)
Jun 29 Ezra Laderman, American composer (Jacob & the Indians), born in New York City (d. 2015)
Jun 29 Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (won Sanremo Music Festival-Viale d'autunno), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 2006)

Born in 1924

Famous Deaths

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Jun 3 Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40

Jun 8 Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)

George Mallory (1886-1924)

Jun 8 English mountain climber ("because it is there"), dies in a climbing accident at 37

Jun 10 Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist Party leader, assassinated by fascists at 39
Jun 11 Alexander de Savornin Lohman, Dutch minister and party leader (CHU), dies at 87
Jun 11 Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86
Jun 23 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, dies at 64
Jun 24 Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), dies at 69
Jun 28 Jack Darragh, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1911, 20-21, 23; Ottawa Senators), dies of peritonitis at 33
Jun 30 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42

What Happened in 1924

1st Winter Olympics
January 25, 1924

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