June 1924 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1924 Harry Grindell Matthews returns from Paris to London he tries to use a ''Pathé'' film to demonstrate that his death ray works.
• 02 Jun 1924 Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians
• 03 Jun 1924 Gila Wilderness Area established by US Forest Service.
• 06 Jun 1924 28th US Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills Country Club - Michigan
• 07 Jun 1924 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
• 08 Jun 1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen quotgoing strong for the topquot of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50ampnbspP.M. The two mountaineers are never seen alive again.
• 09 Jun 1924 Jelly-Roll Blues, is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
• 10 Jun 1924 First political convention broadcast on radio: Republicans at Cleveland, Ohio.
• 11 Jun 1924 Bene Brak Palestine founded
• 12 Jun 1924 Rondout Heist: Six men of the Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Rondout, Illinois the robbery is later found to have been an inside job.
• 13 Jun 1924 Bene Berak Palestine founded
• 14 Jun 1924 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany, New York
• 15 Jun 1924 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
• 16 Jun 1924 South Africa all out 30 vs. England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7
• 19 Jun 1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m
• 21 Jun 1924 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
• 23 Jun 1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends
• 24 Jun 1924 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake
• 26 Jun 1924 Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway
• 28 Jun 1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain in Ohio, USA, killing 93.

Famous Birthday

• Karunanidhi

  Indian screenwriter and politician 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

• George H W Bush

  41st President of the United States.

• Audie Murphy

  American actor and soldier who was the most decorated soldier of WW II with 23 awards, including the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• Audie Murphy

  American actor and soldier who was the most decorated soldier of WW II with 23 awards, including the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• Sidney Lumet

  American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2011).

• Elisabeth Cons-Boutboul
• Chet Atkins

  American country-western guitarist and songwriter who rose from poverty to international fame.

• Léon Hurez
• Guilda (transvestite)
• George Mikan

  American basketball player, a center originally with the Chicago Bears of the NBL, but most notably with the Minnesota Lakers.

• Dennis Weaver

  American actor who played the low-key role of Chester in the TV series, "Gunsmoke," from 1955-1964.

• Pierre Cardinal

  French director of a television series.

• John Grieve

  Scottish actor of comedy and drama.

• Rainer Barzel

  German leader (CDU-CSU) / minister.

• Christian Barbier

  French film and television actor.

• Jean Kerchbron

  French television director.

• Tom Park (swimmer)
• Stanislas Pasek

  France sport Champion.

• Harold Town

  Canadian artist, an abstract painter.

• Guy Mairesse (actor)
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Famous Deaths

• Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr

  Dutch Minister (CHU), dies at 87.

• Cecil [James] Sharp

  English folk musician, dies at 64.

• Jacob Israel de Haan

  Dutch Poet / writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42.

• Theodore Dubois

  French musician; a composer and organist, the director of the Paris Conservatoire 1896-1905.

• Franz Kafka

  Austrian novelist whose fame reached its height after WW II.

• Giacomo Matteotti

  Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sophie Tucker - The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
2. Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra - Steppin' Out
3. Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Nobody's Sweetheart
4. Elliott Shaw - Days of Yesterday
5. Georgie Price - California, Here I Come