January 1924 calendar

Events

• 03 Jan 1924 British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun
• 10 Jan 1924 The British submarine ''L-24'' sinks in the English Channel 43 are killed.
• 12 Jan 1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• 13 Jan 1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections.
• 14 Jan 1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy.
• 16 Jan 1924 Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
• 22 Jan 1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
• 23 Jan 1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms first Labour government in Britain.
• 24 Jan 1924 Russian city of Saint Petersburg is renamed Leningrad.
• 25 Jan 1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
• 26 Jan 1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes first Winter Olympics gold medal.
• 27 Jan 1924 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
• 29 Jan 1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio.

Famous Birthday

• Guy Williams

  Actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65.

• Benny Hill

  British comedian who was very popular with his zany comic style and voted the Funniest Man of TV in Britain.

• Jean-François Revel

  French philosopher and political commentator.

• Jacques Le Goff

  French historian and prolific author, specializing in the Middle Ages.

• André Franquin

  Belgian comic strip author.

• José Ferran
• Roland Petit

  French dancer and choreographer, the director of Ballets de Paris.

• Luigi Nono

  Italian composer (Born 1924).

• Annick Tellenne
• Katy Jurado

  Mexican actress (d. 2002).

• Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
• Jean Danet

  French actor, activist, and gay theorist.

• Henri Pichette

  French writer.

• Georg Ratzinger
• Lou Groza

  American football placekicker and offensive tackle who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football...

• Max Roach

  American bandleader and composer of music for TV and film, a jazz percussionist and the music director of Reprise Records, 1963.

• Olivier Gendebien

  Belgian race car driver and businessman (d. 1998).

• Sabu (actor)
• Arthur Newman

  American brother of actor Paul Newman, as well as his business manager.

• Roger Guillemin

  French-American physiologist, a Professor of Medicine and a researcher in experimental medicine and surgery.

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Famous Deaths

• Arne Garborg

  Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72.

• Geza Zichy

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Thephilo Braga

  Portuguese Poet / politician, dies at 80.

• Joseph Ludwig

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Georg H Quincke

  German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at age 89.

• Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

  Russian leader, dies of a stroke at age 54.

• Simon Abramsz

  Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at age 56.

• Alfred Grunfeld

  Austrian pianist and composer (Born 1852).

• Georg Hermann Quincke

  German physicist (Born 1834).

• Winifred Cochrane

  Countess of Dundonald, Scottish philanthropist (Born 1859).

• Marie-Adelaide

  Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (Born 1894).

• Sabine Baring-Gould

  English composer and novelist (Born 1834).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. John McCormack - Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses
2. Arthur Gibbs & His Gang - Charleston
3. Benson Orchestra of Chicago - In a Covered Wagon with You
4. Frank Crumit - Old-Fashioned Love
5. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - I Love You