The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland was inaugurated by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where at Beaumont-Hamel, 86 percent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was wiped out. Date: July 1, 1924 Read more on…
The JohorβSingapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore. Date: June 27, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 27 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years. Date: June 26, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. Date: June 10, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 10 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing. Date: June 8, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 8 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. Date: June 2, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 2 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children. Date: May 31, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 31 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". Date: May 21, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 21 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972. Date: May 10, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 10 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)
The KlaipΔda Convention is signed formally incorporating KlaipΔda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. It would come back to Germany in 1939. Date: May 8, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 8 π Events on this day in 1924 π On This Day (Today)