April 1924 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted
• 06 Apr 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
• 10 Apr 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play.
• 11 Apr 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
• 13 Apr 1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic.
• 15 Apr 1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
• 16 Apr 1924 Child labor laws strengthened in Holland.
• 17 Apr 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
• 18 Apr 1924 First crossword puzzle book published (in USA by Simon and Schuster).
• 19 Apr 1924 National Barn Dance premieres on WLS Chicago
• 22 Apr 1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms, Netherlands.
• 23 Apr 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley.
• 26 Apr 1924 Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his quotdeath rayquot in London but fails to convince the British War Office.
• 27 Apr 1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1
• 28 Apr 1924 119 die in Benwood, West Virginia, USA coal mine disaster.

Famous Birthday

• Marlon Brando

  American actor of great note whose charisma, both off- and on-screen, made him an artistic and social force.

• Yannick Bellon

  French documentary film maker and film editor who is intense and intelligent with a lively perception.

• Zizi Jeanmaire

  French ballerina and actress onscreen from 1952.

• Raymond Barre

  Fomer Prime Minister of France, in office 26 August 1976 – 22 May 1981 under president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

• Henry Mancini

  American musician, conductor, composer, writer and arranger who created memorable, elegant melodies and songs such as "Moon River" from...

• Daniel Emilfork

  French actor (Born 1924).

• Nina Foch

  Dutch-born American actress.

• Roland Dhordain

  St Denis Journalist.

• Rikki Fulton

  Scottish entertainer of stage and pantomime, actor of comedy.

• Leslie Philips
• Jack B Harrington
• Stanley Donen

  South Carolina, United States -- Film director / producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees).

• Neville Marriner

  English violinist and conductor.

• Jack Schwarz

  Dutch-American psychic healer and yoga teacher who performed a stage act to demonstrate control by piercing his arms and cheeks with skewers...

• Brendan Byrne

  American politician born into a family long active in local New Jersey politics; he made a career in public service from 1955.

• Roger Riffard
• Peter Safar

  Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003).

• Gil Hodges

  American baseball player and manager who was the slugging star of the outstanding teams assembled by the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1947-1957.

• James Steel Scott
• Frédéric Back

  German-Canadian animator director and screenwriter (d. 2013).

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Famous Deaths

• Eduardo Caudella

  Composer, dies at 82.

• Josef Labor

  Composer, dies at 82.

• G Stanley Hall

  American psychologist (Born 1844).

• Roland Napoleon Bonaparte

  French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at age 65.

• Louis H Sullivan

  architect (Wainwright building Saint Louis, Missouri, USA), dies at age 67.

• Eleanora Duse

  Italian actress who ruled the stage by the early 20th century.

• Eleonora Duse

  Italian actress (Born 1858).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Wendell Hall - Red-Headed Music Maker
2. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Charleston Crazy
3. California Ramblers - Roamin' To Wyomin'
4. Lew Holtz & His Orchestra - When It's Night Time in Italy
5. Ted Lewis & His Band - Twelve O'Clock at Night