What happened in 1924

World2

• Aug 16The Dawes Plan is signed in Paris, temporarily resolving German reparations dispute.
• Aug 28August Uprising: Georgia rises against rule by the Soviet Union in an abortive rebellion, in which several thousands die.

North America3

• May 26The United States Immigration Act of 1924, commonly known as the Johnson-Reed Act, becomes effective. The act modifies the National Origins Quotas introduced in the Immigration Act of 1921.
• Sep 9The Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• Nov 41924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Wisconsin Senator, Robert M. La Follette Sr.

Europe18

• Jan 25The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics, open in Chamonix, in the French Alps.
• Feb 22Treaty of Rome: The Kingdom of Italy annexes the Free State of Fiume, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes absorbs Sušak.
• Mar 25The Second Hellenic Republic is proclaimed in Greece.
• Apr 1Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months).
• Apr 13The Greek republic referendum favors formation of the Second Hellenic Republic.
• May 4The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies are held in Paris, France.
• May 30Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti speaks out against fascism. A few days later he is kidnapped and murdered in Rome.
• Jun 8British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen "going strong for the top" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 P.M. They are never seen alive again.
• Jun 20The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is founded.
• Jul 10Paavo Nurmi of Finland wins the 1,500 and 5,000 m runs within two hours at the Paris Olympics.
• Oct 61-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services in Italy.
• Oct 12Zeppelin LZ-126 makes a transatlantic delivery flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
• Oct 15The first Surrealist Manifesto is published, in which André Breton defines the movement as "pure psychic automatism".
• Dec 1A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.
• Dec 20In Germany, Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison after serving nine months for his crucial role in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.

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USSR / Russia1

• Oct 25The British press publishes the Zinoviev letter, released the previous day by the Foreign Office. This purports to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Asia3

• Jan 20Kuomintang in China holds its first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party.
• Oct 27The Uzbek SSR joins the Soviet Union.
• Nov 26The Mongolian People's Republic is proclaimed.

Middle East2

• Mar 3The Ottoman Caliphate, a remnant of the Ottoman Empire abolished on November 1, 1922, and one of the historical claims of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, comes to an end with the deposition of Abdülmecid II, Caliph of the Ottoman dynasty. This marks the end of an era, giving way to the drastic political transformations of Turkey under President Atatürk's reforms.
• Nov 21Ali Fethi Okyar forms a new government in Turkey (3rd government).

Latin America3

• Mar 15Horacio Vásquez wins the Dominican Republic general election, becoming president, coinciding with the end of United States military occupation.
• Jul 12United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24) comes to an end. The constitutional government headed by General Horacio Vázquez, elected in the elections held in March, is established.
• Jul 19Napalpí massacre: Around 400 indigenous people of Toba ethnicity are massacred in Argentina.