What is 1924?
{{Year nav|1924}} {{Year in various calendars|1924}} '''1924''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXIV]]) was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1924th year in the [[Anno Domini]] (AD) and [[Common Era|common era]] (CE) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1924}}. == Events == * [[January 22]] – [[Ramsay MacDonald]] becomes the first [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Prime Minister. * [[February 8]] – The first execution with [[gas]] was in [[Carson City, Nevada]]. * [[February 14]] – [[IBM]] founded. * [[March 25]] – [[Greece]] proclaims it is a [[republic]]. * [[May 4]] – The [[1924 Summer Olympics]] begins. * [[May 10]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]] appointed head of [[FBI]] * [[December 24]] – [[Albania]] becomes a [[republic]]. == Births == === January === [[File:Kim Dae-jung presidential portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Kim Dae-jung]]]] [[File:Ron Moody.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ron Moody]]]] [[File:Max Roach.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Max Roach]]]] [[File:Eduardo Txillida.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Eduardo Chillida]]]] [[File:KatyJurado.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Katy Jurado]]]] [[File:Rauf Denktash.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Rauf Denktaş]]]] [[File:Dorothy Malone (1963).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Dorothy Malone]]]] [[File:Luigi Nono (1979).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Luigi Nono]]]] * [[January 6]] – [[Kim Dae-jung]], 8th [[President of South Korea]] (d. [[2009]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Ron Moody]], British actor (d. [[2015]]) * [[January 10]] – [[Max Roach]], American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. [[2007]]) * [[January 10]] – [[Eduardo Chillida]], Spanish Basque sculptor (d. [[2002]]) * [[January 14]] – [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (d. [[2002]]) * [[January 27]] – [[Rauf Denktaş]], 1st [[President of Northern Cyprus]] (d. [[2012]]) * [[January 29]] – [[Dorothy Malone]], American actress (d. [[2018]]) * [[January 29]] - [[Luigi Nono]], Italian composer (d. [[1990]]) * [[January 30]] – [[Lloyd Alexander]], American writer (d. [[2007]]) === February === [[File:Billy Wright (1961).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Billy Wright]]]] [[File:Lee marvin 19