List of events
Events from the year 1924 in the United States .
Incumbents [ edit ] January–March [ edit ] April–June [ edit ] April 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM ) is founded in Los Angeles, California , through the merger of Metro Pictures , Goldwyn Pictures , and Louis B. Mayer Pictures .[3] May 3 – The Aleph Zadik Aleph , the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in Omaha, Nebraska . May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks , in a thrill killing . The event will inspire the 1929 play Rope .[4] May 26 – The Asian Exclusion Act is enacted, banning all Asian immigration to the United States. It is a slap in the face to Japan after their participation as a principal ally in WWI, and is seen as the spark that spurred Japan's alliance with Germany and down the path to World War II . June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. June 12 – 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 . June 23 – American airman Russell L. Maughan flies from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit. June 24–July 9 – The 1924 Democratic National Convention takes a record 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as Democratic Party candidate to oppose Calvin Coolidge in the presidential election. July–September [ edit ] October–December [ edit ] Undated [ edit ] Ongoing [ edit ] January [ edit ] Earl Scruggs Max Roach Dorothy Malone January 1 – Charlie Munger , businessman and philanthropist (d. 2023 ) January 4 January 5 – Glenn Boyer , historian and author (d. 2013 ) January 6 – Earl Scruggs , musician (d. 2012 ) January 7 – Gene L. Coon , screenwriter and producer (d. 1973 ) January 8 – James Clinkscales Hill , jurist (d. 2017 ) January 9 – Mary Kaye , guitarist and singer (d. 2007 ) January 10 January 11 January 12 – Chris Chase (also known as Irene Kane ), model, film actress, writer and journalist (d. 2013 ) January 13 – Lillian B. Rubin , writer, professor, psychotherapist and sociologist (d. 2014 ) January 14 January 19 – Nicholas Colasanto , actor and television director (d. 1985 )[11] January 23 – Frank Lautenberg , politician (d. 2013 ) January 25 January 26 – Annette Strauss , philanthropist and politician (d. 1998 ) January 28 – Betty Tucker , baseball player (d. 2012 ) January 30 February [ edit ] Lee Marvin Gloria Vanderbilt February 1 – Richard Hooker , writer and surgeon (d. 1997 ) February 4 – Dorothy Harrell , professional baseball player (d. 2011 ) February 7 – Catherine Small Long , politician (d. 2019 ) February 8 – Joe Black , African-American baseball player (d. 2002 ) February 10 – Randy Van Horne , singer and musician (d. 2007 ) February 11 – Budge Patty , tennis player (d. 2021 ) February 14 – Gabe Pressman , journalist (d. 2017 ) February 15 – Toni Arden , singer (d. 2012 ) February 16 – Frank Saul , basketball player (d. 2019 ) February 17 – Margaret Truman , novelist and only child of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman (d. 2008 ) February 19 – Lee Marvin , actor (d. 1987 ) February 20 February 21 – William Hathaway , politician and lawyer (d. 2013 ) February 28 February 29 – Al Rosen , baseball player (d. 2015 ) Deke Slayton Philip Abbott Norman Fell March 1 – Deke Slayton , American astronaut (d. 1993 ) March 3 – Isadore Singer , American mathematician (d. 2021 ) March 4 – Kenneth O'Donnell , American political consultant, aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977 ) March 6 March 9 March 12 – Helen Parrish , American actress (d. 1959 ) March 17 – Edith Savage-Jennings , African-American civil rights leader (d. 2017 ) March 20 – Philip Abbott , American actor (d. 1998 ) March 22 March 23 – Bette Nesmith Graham , American typist, commercial artist, and inventor (d. 1980 ) March 24 March 25 March 27 – Sarah Vaughan , African-American jazz singer (d. 1990 ) March 28 – Byrd Baylor , American novelist, essayist and author (d. 2021 ) March 29 – Jimmy Work , American singer-songwriter (d. 2018 ) March 31 – Kathleen O'Malley , American actress (d. 2019 ) Stanley Donen April 1 – Brendan Byrne , American politician, statesman, and prosecutor (d. 2018 ) April 2 – Delwin Jones , American politician (d. 2018 ) April 3 – Marlon Brando , American actor (d. 2004 ) April 4 April 6 – Jimmy Roberts , American singer (d. 1999 ) April 8 – Bob Mann , American football player (d. 2006 ) April 9 – Milburn G. Apt , American test pilot (d. 1956 ) April 13 April 14 – Shorty Rogers , American jazz trumpeter (d. 1994 ) April 16 April 18 April 23 April 28 – Emily W. Sunstein , American campaigner, political activist and biographer (d. 2007 ) April 30 – Sheldon Harnick , American lyricist (d. 2023 ) Patricia Kennedy Lawford May 1 May 2 – Ladislava Bakanic , American gymnast (d. 2021 ) May 3 – Isadore Singer , American mathematician (d. 2021 ) May 6 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford , American socialite (d. 2006 ) May 11 – Ninfa Laurenzo , American businessman, founder of Ninfa's (d. 2001 ) May 16 – Frank Mankiewicz , American journalist, presidential campaign press secretary (d. 2014 ) May 18 May 21 – Peggy Cass , American actress and comedian (d. 1999 )[14] May 24 – Philip Pearlstein , American soldier, painter (d. 2022 ) May 29 – Pepper Paire , American female baseball player (d. 2013 ) May 31 – Patricia Roberts Harris , American administrator (d. 1985 ) Dennis Weaver George H. W. Bush Chet Atkins Sidney Lumet Eva Marie Saint Pat Hingle Lola Albright Don Knotts C. T. Vivian July 1 July 2 – Charley Winner , American football player July 4 – Eva Marie Saint , American actress July 6 July 7 – Sam Cathcart , American football halfback, defensive back (d. 2015 ) July 8 – Charles C. Droz , American politician July 10 – Gloria Stroock , American actress July 11 July 12 – Shirley Neil Pettis , American politician (d. 2016 ) July 14 July 15 – Jeremiah Denton , American politician (d. 2014 ) July 16 July 18 – Will D. Campbell , American minister, author and activist (d. 2013) July 19 July 20 – Lola Albright , American singer, actress (d. 2017 ) July 21 – Don Knotts , American comedic actor (d. 2006 ) July 22 – Margaret Whiting , American singer (d. 2011 ) July 23 – Avern Cohn , American judge (d. 2022 ) July 24 – Paul Meier , American statistician (d. 2011 ) July 25 – Frank Church , American politician (d. 1984 ) July 28 July 29 July 30 – William H. Gass , American novelist (d. 2017 ) James Baldwin Carroll O'Connor Dinah Washington August 1 August 2 August 3 – Leon Uris , American writer (d. 2003 ) August 6 – Ella Jenkins , American folk singer of children's music August 8 – Gene Deitch , American illustrator, animator and film director (d. 2020 ) August 9 – Marta Becket , American dancer (d. 2017 ) August 10 – Martha Hyer , American actress (d. 2014) August 15 – Phyllis Schlafly , American activist (d. 2016 ) August 16 August 17 August 18 – Frank Logue , 25th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010 ) August 20 – Frank Joseph Guarini , American politician August 23 August 24 – Louis Teicher , American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher ) (d. 2008 ) August 26 – Barbara Staff , American political activist (d. 2019 ) August 28 – Peggy Ryan , American dancer (d. 2004 )[17] August 29 August 31 September [ edit ] Daniel Inouye Jane Greer Jerry Coleman Lauren Bacall September 1 – Diana Decker , American-English actress and singer (d. 2019 ) September 2 – Sidney Phillips , American physician, WW2 Marine documentary consultant (d. 2015 ) September 3 – Mary Grace Canfield , American actress (d. 2014 ) September 5 September 6 September 7 – Daniel Inouye , American politician (d. 2012 ) September 8 – Wendell H. Ford , American politician (d. 2015 ) September 9 September 11 September 12 – Howard C. Nielson , politician (d. 2021 ) September 13 – Scott Brady , actor (d. 1985 ) September 14 – Jerry Coleman , baseball player, manager, broadcaster, and Marine aviator (d. 2014 ) September 15 – Bobby Short , entertainer (d. 2005 ) September 16 – Lauren Bacall , actress (d. 2014 ) September 20 September 22 September 27 September 28 – Merwin Coad , politician September 30 October [ edit ] Jimmy Carter William Rehnquist Lee Iacocca October 1 October 2 – Ruby Stephens , American female baseball player (d. 1996 ) October 3 – Harvey Kurtzman , American editor, cartoonist and creator of Mad (d. 1993 ) October 5 – Bill Dana , American comedian, actor, screenwriter (d. 2017 ) October 7 – Joyce Reynolds , American actress (d. 2019 ) October 9 – Arnie Risen , American basketball player (d. 2012) October 10 October 11 – Mal Whitfield , American Olympic athlete (d. 2015 ) October 13 – Terry Gibbs , American vibraphone player and bandleader October 14 – Robert Webber , American actor (d. 1989 ) October 15 October 17 – Fredd Wayne , American actor (d. 2018 ) October 18 October 21 – Joyce Randolph , American actress (d. 2024 ) October 25 October 27 – Bonnie Lou , American singer (d. 2015 ) November [ edit ] Geraldine Page Shirley Chisholm November 6 November 10 – Russell Johnson , American actor (d. 2014 ) November 11 – Leonard D. Wexler , American judge (d. 2018 ) November 13 – Edward F. Welch, Jr. , American admiral (d. 2008 ) November 16 – Sam Farber , American businessman, co-founder of OXO (d. 2013) November 19 – J. D. Sumner , American gospel singer (d. 1998 ) November 20 – Mark Miller , American actor (d. 2022 ) November 21 – Joseph Campanella , American actor (d. 2018 ) November 22 November 24 November 25 – Paul Desmond , American jazz alto saxophonist and composer (d. 1977 ) November 26 – Ruth Bradley Holmes , linguist (d. 2021 )[19] November 28 – Calvin J. Spann , African-American Tuskegee Airman, fighter pilot (d. 2015 ) November 29 – Irv Noren , American baseball and basketball player (d. 2019 ) November 30 December [ edit ] Alexander Haig Cicely Tyson December 2 – Alexander Haig , American politician, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 2010 ) December 4 – John C. Portman Jr. , American architect (d. 2017 ) December 6 – Wally Cox , American television , motion picture actor (d. 1973 ) December 9 – Frank Sturgis , one of the five Watergate burglars whose capture led to the end of the American Presidency of Richard Nixon (d. 1993 ) December 12 – Ed Koch , American politician (d. 2013 ) December 13 December 17 – Margaret Wigiser , American female professional baseball player (d. 2019 ) December 19 – Cicely Tyson , American actress (d. 2021 ) December 23 – Bob Kurland , American basketball player (d. 2013 ) December 25 – Rod Serling , American television screenwriter (The Twilight Zone ) (d. 1975 ) December 26 – Frank Broyles , American college football coach, athletic director (d. 2017 ) December 27 December 31 January 4 – John Peters , baseball shortstop (born 1850 ) January 12 – William V. Allen , U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1893 to 1899. (born 1847 ) January 13 – Albert Abrams , quack doctor (born 1863 ) January 14 – Luther Emmett Holt , pediatrician (born 1855 ) February 1 – Maurice Prendergast , painter (born 1858 ) February 3 – Woodrow Wilson , 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and historian (born 1856 ) February 8 – Henry B. Quinby , governor of New Hampshire (born 1846 ) February 16 March 9 – Daniel Ridgway Knight , painter (born 1839 ) March 13 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin , African American civil rights campaigner and publisher (born 1842 ) April 1 – Frank Capone , gangster, shot by police (born 1895 ) April 7 – Marcus A. Smith , U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1912 to 1921 (born 1851 ) April 17 – Jane Kelley Adams , educator (born 1852 ) April 19 – Paul Boyton , extreme water sports pioneer (born 1848 in Ireland ) April 14 – Louis Sullivan , architect, "father of skyscrapers" (born 1856) April 18 – Frank Xavier Leyendecker , illustrator (born 1877 ) April 20 – Caroline Ingalls (b. Caroline Lake Quiner), pioneer, mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (born 1839 ) April 21 – Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (born 1858 in Italy)[20] April 23 – Bertram Goodhue , neo-gothic architect (born 1869 ) April 24 – G. Stanley Hall , psychologist (born 1844 ) April 27 – Maecenas Eason Benton , U.S. Representative from Missouri (born 1848 ) May 5 – Kate Claxton , stage actress (born 1848 )[21] May 10 – George Kennan , explorer (born 1845 ) May 11 – Moses Fleetwood Walker , baseball pitcher and Black nationalist (born 1856) May 13 – Alva Smith , Nebraska politician (born 1850)[22] May 31 – Charles Stockton , admiral (born 1845) July 6 – Black Benny (Williams), bass drummer (born. c.1890) July 14 – Isabella Stewart Gardner , art collector and philanthropist (born 1840 ) July 23 – Frank Frost Abbott , classical scholar (born 1860 ) August 7 – John Edward Bruce ("Bruce Grit"), African American slave and historian (born 1856) August 25 – Velma Caldwell Melville , editor and writer (born 1858 ) September 1 – Samuel Baldwin Marks Young , general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Army (born 1840) September 15 – Frank Chance , baseball player (born 1877) September 17 – John Martin Schaeberle , German-born astronomer (born 1853 in Germany ) September 25 – Lotta Crabtree , stage actress (born 1847 ) October 25 – Laura Jean Libbey , novelist (born 1862 ) October 27 – Percy Haughton , baseball player and coach (born 1876 ) October 29 – Frances Hodgson Burnett , children's novelist (born 1849 in the United Kingdom ) November 3 – Cornelius Cole , U.S. Senator from California from 1867 to 1873 (born 1822 ) November 9 – Henry Cabot Lodge , U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1893 to 1924 (born 1850) November 10 – Dean O'Banion , gangster, killed (born 1892 ) November 19 – Thomas H. Ince , silent film producer, "father of the Western" (born 1882 ) November 21 – Florence Harding , née Kling, First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 as wife of Warren G. Harding , 29th president (born 1860) December 6 – Gene Stratton-Porter , novelist and naturalist (born 1863) December 13 – Samuel Gompers , labor leader (born 1850) December 15 December 19 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill , U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (born 1873 ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Stan Fischler (June 2001). Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players . Sports Publishing LLC. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-58261-374-1 . ^ Corey Field (1997). The Musician's Guide to Symphonic Music: Essays from the Eulenburg Scores . Schott. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-930448-56-1 . ^ Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 30 July 1994. p. 55. ^ Lesley L. Coffin (11 September 2014). Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 70. 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