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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. Hitler served in the German army in World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery twice. Adolf Hitler's policies led to World War II in Europe and the Holocaust. -
Treaty of Berlin
US and Germany sign separate peace treaty -
Babe Ruth
Signs a three year contract with the New York Yankees. -
King Tutankhamun
The tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered by Howard Carter in Egypt. -
Warning Shadows
A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house. -
Enemies of Women
A Russian prince has to flee his country after fighting a duel. He falls in love with a duchess, but becomes jealous when he finds out she has a lover. -
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Olympics
Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France -
The Baseball World Series
Won by Washington Nationals. The Washington Senators took Game 7 of the 1924 World Series from the New York Giants to claim the one and only World Series Championship in D.C. baseball history with an extra innings win in front of 31,667 fans in Griffith Stadium. -
Turkmenia
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic was formed. -
Tsia Bun-tat
Obtained Republic of China citizenship -
Britain
British coal miners go on strike -
Louis H Chrispijn
Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72 -
Murder That Became a Media Circus—And a Famous Movie
Ruth Snyder claimed two “giant Italians” had broken into her house in Queens and knocked her unconscious. They tied her up and left her in the hallway, she said. Then, while her 9-year-old daughter was still asleep, they killed her husband and stole her jewelry. -
Bath School Disaster
The north wing of the school was destroyed in the explosion, and 36 children and 2 teachers were killed. The truck blew up, killing Kehoe, the school superintendent, two other adults, and a child who had escaped the school bombing. Rescue workers searching through the rubble of the school later found some 500 lbs (230 kg) of explosives in the south wing that had failed to detonate, suggesting that Kehoe had intended to destroy the entire school. -
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Was the #2 song in 1928 in the Pop charts. The song was performed by Helen Kane -
I Scream-You Scream-We All Scream For Ice Cream
Was the #24 song in 1928 in the Pop charts. The song was performed by Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians -
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The Valentine`s Day Massacre, when gang violence erupted on Chicago's North Side, shook the world. This outbreak of gang violence began when seven of Capone's men, associated with the Irish gangster George "Bugs" Moran, one of his longtime enemies, were killed in the town. -
St. Aubin Street Massacre
after more than 90 years it still remains unsolved. On the night Benny Evangelist, and his wife and four children were found brutally murdered in their Detroit home, on St. Aubin and Mack. The killings were carried out with an axe. Evangelist's wife and children were killed while they slept in their beds. Evangelist was found nearly decapitated at his desk. Over the many decades since, there have been several theories as to why someone would murder this family. -
Auguste Rateau
French mining engineer and inventor (Rateau steam turbine), dies at 66 -
Aubrey Faulkner
South African cricket all-rounder (25 Tests, 4 x 100s, TS 204; Transvaal), dies from self inflicted gas poisoning at 48 -
Malcolm Campbell
Broke the World land speed record by achieving 246.09 miles per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. For this achievement he would be knighted by King George V on his return to Southampton, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Daytona Beach, Florida -
China
The pilot training program at the Republic of China Military Academy in Nanjing, China was separated from the command of the academy in preparation for an independent command. -
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Is opened in Sydney, Australia -
White Zombie
1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi is released in the US -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inaugurated as 32nd US President, pledges to pull US out of the Depression, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" -
Boxing
First televised boxing match — 6-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Lauri Raiteri; aired by BBC-TV -
Kichisaburo Nomura
Was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. -
Leopold III
Became the King of Belgium. -
Quetta Disaster
7.7 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in Balochistan, British India (now Pakistan) killing an estimated 40,000 people -
Erwin Schrödinger
Physicist publishes his famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat", a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics -
British King George V
Passed away at Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. -
General Walther Wever
In Germany, Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe, was killed when the Heinkel He 70 in which he was flying to Berlin crashed shortly after taking off from Dresden. ww2dbase -
The Spanish Civil War
Spanish Nationalist forces captured a seven-mile stretch of the Corunna Road north of Madrid, Spain. For the following 12 days, Spanish Republican forces would attempt to counterattack to regain the road, with high casualties on both sides, ending in a stalemate. -
Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust
Heinrich Himmler disclosed that about 8,000 prisoners were in concentration camps across Germany for protective custody -
Karel Čapek
World's first science fiction TV program - a broadcast of the play R.U.R. -
Superman
1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1 -
World War II
Starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig -
Disaster
Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 earthquake in Erzincam, Turkey -
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben
discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California -
Lascaux Cave Paintings
Four teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux, France discover 17,000 year old drawings -
References
https://www.onthisday.com/
https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blog/1922-events/
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?year=1923&title_type=feature&
https://www.topendsports.com/world/timeline/1924.htm
https://www.federalbaseball.com/2013/10/10/4822722/october-10-1924-washington-senators-win-1924-world-series-over-new
https://ww2db.com/event/timeline/1925/
https://www.history.com/news/double-indemnity-1920s-murder-crime-tabloids
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bath-school-disaster-1927 -