What Happened In February 1924 In History

Historical Events for February, 1924

• 1st » The United Kingdom recognizes the Soviet Union e.g USSR.
• 5th » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
• 8th » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• 14th » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 22nd » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1924

• 1st » Richard Hooker (author) e.g Richard Hooker, American author (d. 1997)
• 1st » Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)
• 3rd » E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
• 3rd » Martial Asselin, Canadian politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
• 4th » Janet Waldo, American actress
• 5th » Basil Copper, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 5th » Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
• 6th » Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) known as Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
• 6th » Jin Yong, Chinese author
• 8th » Lisel Mueller, American poet
• 10th » Max Ferguson, Canadian radio host (d. 2013)
• 10th » Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 13th » Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (d. 2006)
• 14th » Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
• 15th » Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 17th » Margaret Truman, American author (d. 2008)
• 18th » Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist and academic (d. 1999)
• 18th » Louis Laberge, Canadian union leader (d. 2002)
• 18th » Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mob boss (d. 2010)
• 18th » Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1993)
• 19th » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
• 19th » Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
• 19th » Borghild Niskin, Norwegian skier (d. 2013)
• 19th » Bruce Norris, American businessman (d. 1986)
• 19th » František Vláčil, Czech director and painter (d. 1999)
• 20th » Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress and fashion designer
• 21st » Emil Frei, American physician and oncologist (d. 2013)
• 21st » William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 21st » Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe
• 23rd » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 23rd » Claude Sautet, French director and author (d. 2000)
• 23rd » Lee Hu-rak, South Korean intelligence officer and politician (d. 2009)
• 24th » Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 24th » Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 25th » Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 26th » Mark Bucci, American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
• 26th » Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• 28th » Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2000)
• 28th » Robert A. Roe, American politician (d. 2014)
• 29th » David Beattie, New Zealand politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)
• 29th » Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador
• 29th » Al Rosen, American baseball player

Famous Deaths for February 1924

• 8th » Gee Jon, Chinese-American criminal (b. 1895)
• 15th » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 16th » John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (b. 1853)

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