1924

Year 1924 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January

 * - Great fire in London harbour.
 * - British submarine L-34 sinks in the - forty-three dead.
 * - shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart - he is arrested soon after.
 * - dies and  begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
 * - becomes the first  Prime Minister.
 * - officially declares that  died.
 * - The open in  (in the  ), inaugurating the.
 * - Petrograd is renamed.
 * - is buried in a   in 's.

February

 * The recognizes.
 * meets for the first time.
 * - is released prematurely on medical grounds.
 * - : Hourly time signals from are broadcasted for the first time.
 * - : The first state execution using in the  takes place in.
 * -, by George , first performed in at.
 * - corporation founded.
 * - - Dock strike in US harbors.
 * - becomes the first  to deliver a  broadcast from the.
 * - becomes the first  to deliver a  broadcast from the.

March

 * begins dictating his book, Mein Kampf (or in English, My Struggle), while imprisoned in.
 * -, fashion editor and columnist, marries Thomas Reed Vreeland at St. Thomas's church in New York.
 * - The 1400-year-old Islamic ate is abolished when  of the  is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed  of President.
 * - kills 172 coal miners in ,
 * - annexes
 * - proclaims it is a.
 * - Third Ministry of starts in France.

April

 * is sentenced to five years in for his participation in the . He will serve only nine months.
 * First revenue flight for 's Airlines.
 * - s win elections in with ⅔ majority.
 * - in  favors the formation of.
 * - demonstrates his "" in London but fails to convince British
 * - Group of kill some Christian nuns in  – French troops march against them.
 * - Group of kill some Christian nuns in  – French troops march against them.

May

 * - The, the oldest ish youth fraternity, founded.
 * - The opening ceremonies held in.
 * - is appointed head the.
 * - formed by the merging companies owned by  and.
 * - students  murder 14-year-old  in a.

June

 * - returns from  to  - he tries to use a  film to demonstrate that his  works
 * - U.S. President signs the  into law, granting  to all  born within the  of the.
 * - dies in Vienna, Austria.  His death is attributed to starvation, brought on by worsening
 * - sends the first  across the  (to his father in ).
 * - and  are last seen "going strong for the top" of  by teammate  at 12:50 PM. The two s were never seen alive again.
 * - s kidnap and kill socialist leader  in.
 * - the - Six men of  gang rob a mail train in . Robbery is later found to have been an
 * - is founded.
 * - American airman Russell L. Maughan flew from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit
 * - American airman Russell L. Maughan flew from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit

July

 * - Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in, after a private member's bill proposed by n senator  results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.
 * - A sports newspaper  is founded.

August

 * - France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany.
 * - rose against the  in the  in which several thousands died.

September

 * occurs on ,
 * 8-hour work day introduced in
 * 8-hour work day introduced in

October

 * - The is adopted as a means to strengthen the.
 * - National Fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago.
 * - declares himself protector of holy places in.
 * - is founded.
 * British Foreign Office publishes.
 * scores a hat-trick for to become the youngest ever player to score three goals for The Superwhites
 * - British authorities in arrest  and jail him for the next two and half years
 * - The joins the Soviet Union.
 * - The joins the Soviet Union.

November

 * of elected as the first woman governor in the.
 * defeats in the
 * - In, famous director  ("The Father of the Western") dies, reportedly of a , in his bed (rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon ).
 * - In the first  is held.
 * - In the first  is held.

December

 * - Failed communist in.
 * - sentenced to death for a series of murders.
 * Air crash in - 8 dead.
 * becomes a.
 * becomes a.

Undated

 * , rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging at ,
 * , a wealthy heiress, founds the in
 * defines as "pure psychic " in the first.
 * US bootleggers begin to use s.
 * California Parlor Car Tours is formed in San Francisco.

January-February

 * -, American football coach and broadcaster (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. )
 * , French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, Belgian race car driver (d. )
 * -, Mexican actress (d. )
 * -, French author (d. )
 * -, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. )
 * -, Indian actor (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, Austrian-born producer and musician
 * -, English star of the Carry On films (d. )
 * -, American novelist and only child of and
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , particle physicist and Astrophysicist
 * , American cosmetics entrepreneur
 * -, first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
 * -, South African physicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, South African physicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, baseball player

March-April

 * -, astronaut (d. )
 * - He received the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal in 1986.  The Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers, in his honor.
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. )
 * -, Japanese novelist (d. )
 * -, German actor (d. )
 * -, American jazz singer (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, Governor of New Jersey
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , New Zealand author (d. )
 * , American actress
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American singer,  (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer
 * -, French politician and Prime Minister (d. )
 * - Sir, English conductor and violinist
 * -, American composer and arranger (d. )
 * -, American blues musician (d. )
 * -, Canadian golfer (d. )
 * -, American jazz drummer (d. )
 * -, British writer, radio personality, and politician
 * -, British writer, radio personality, and politician

May-June

 * -, English radio astronomer, recipient of the
 * -, English comedian (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, British composer
 * -, French singer, actor, and songwriter
 * , British historical writer and biographer
 * , ornithologist
 * - Dr., American clergyman (d. )
 * -, Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. )
 * , American radio and television announcer (d. )
 * , Swedish scientist, recipient of the
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, 41th President of the
 * -, 7th President of (d. )
 * -, basketball player (d. )
 * , American country guitar player (d. )
 * , American World War II hero and actor (d. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council
 * -, English cricketer
 * , Italian singer
 * , American composer
 * -, English cricketer
 * , Italian singer
 * , American composer
 * , American composer

July-August

 * -, 6th
 * -, American actress
 * , Canadian historian and museum curator (d. )
 * , Brazilian novelist (d. )
 * , Hungarian cellist
 * , Canadian-born actress (d. )
 * , Northern Irish footballer (d. )
 * , Italian tenor
 * , American game show announcer
 * -, Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the
 * -, Chechen dancer (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress, also known as 'The Black Dahlia' (d. )
 * , Ukrainian-born physicist, laureate
 * King
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, British newsreader and presenter
 * , English cricketer
 * , leader of Pakistan (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Mexican songwriter (d. )
 * -, American fashion designer (d. )
 * -, American comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Mexican songwriter (d. )
 * -, American fashion designer (d. )
 * -, American comedian and actor (d. )

September-October

 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, College football coach
 * -, Canadian painter (d. )
 * -, Belgian cyclist (d. )
 * , American football player and coach (d. )
 * , escapee from Auscwitz (d. )
 * -, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. )
 * -, American entertainer (d. )
 * -, Canadian entertainer
 * -, Austrian mountaineer (d. )
 * , English illustrator (d. )
 * , English novelist
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American children's author
 * -, American author (d. )
 * ,, recipient of the
 * , (d. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council
 * , Australian Food Writer
 * , American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Cuban singer (d. )
 * , American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Cuban singer (d. )

November-December

 * -, famous whistler (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese population geneticist (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * -, Polish-born mathematician
 * -, American athlete
 * -, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
 * -, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist
 * -, American politician
 * -, and  actor. (d.)
 * -, Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
 * , American television screenwriter (d. )
 * , tenth
 * , first (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , 50th
 * , American actor
 * , 50th

January - June

 * -, English composer and novelist (b. )
 * -, American 19th century baseball player (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, Filipino military leader (b. )
 * -, Russian revolutionary and first of the  (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, 28th , recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Greek military leader and politician (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Italian actress (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, French diplomat, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Irish dramatist (b. )
 * -, Austrian author (b. )
 * -, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. )
 * -, English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. )
 * -, French composer and teacher (b. )

July - December

 * -, art collector and philanthropist
 * -, American classical scholar (b. )
 * -, Italian pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, Polish-born author (b. )
 * -, ex-slave and Negro historian
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * - Sir, Scottish geologist (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Lithuanian linguist (b. )
 * -, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. )
 * -, Swiss writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, British civil servant (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded