July 1924 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1924 Light Brigade forms
• 05 Jul 1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
• 06 Jul 1924 First photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, USA to England.
• 10 Jul 1924 Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
• 11 Jul 1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi
• 13 Jul 1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon
• 16 Jul 1924 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
• 17 Jul 1924 Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in Australia, after a private member's bill proposed by Tasmanian Nationalist senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.
• 20 Jul 1924 Teheran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice-consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people.
• 27 Jul 1924 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
• 29 Jul 1924 Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.

Famous Birthday

• Flagstaff (Arizona)
• Aspen (Colorado)
• Eva Marie Saint
• Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short)
• Lola Albright

  American actress, stylish, tough-talking leading lady known for roles of a Barbara-Stanwyck type.

• Georges Rivière
• Michel Constantin

  French film actor (Born 1924).

• Don Knotts

  TV Actor.

• Carlo Bergonzi

  Italian singer who made his opera debut as a baritone in Lecce in 1948 and as a tenor in Bari in 1951.

• Robert Horton

  American actor who is best known for his role in the popular TV series "Wagon Train," 1957-1961.

• Alain Plantey
• Hubert Noël
• Wally Albertson

  American educator, politician and activist.

• Serge Leclaire

  French neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

• Sellapan Ramanathan

  Statesman.

• Janine Charrat

  French ballet dancer, choreographer and director.

• Thomas Berger

  United States -- Novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man).

• Nora Ricci

  Italian actress on film and stage.

• Bernd Arnulf Mertz
• Pat Hingle

  American actor and producer (d. 2009).

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Famous Deaths

• Johannes B van Heutsz

  Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73.

• Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni

  Composer, dies at 58.

• Frank Frost Abbott

  American classical scholar (Born 1850).

• Isabella Ford

  English socialist, feminist, trade unionist and writer (Born 1855).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - What'll I Do?
2. Benny Krueger & His Orchestra - I Wonder Who's Dancing with You Tonight?
3. Billy Jones & Ernest Hare - Does the Spearment Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight?
4. Henry Burr & Marcia Freer - What'll I Do?
5. Wendell Hall & Shannon Quartet - Oh Susanna