1924

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 - 1924 - 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

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Births

• February 11 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian.
• November 20 - Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician.

Deaths

• January 21 - Vladimir Lenin, first leader of the USSR
• Giacomo Puccini - italian great opera composer

Events

• Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France
• November - Calvin Coolidge defeats John W. Davis in the U.S. presidential election

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - Willem Einthoven
• Literature - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
• Peace - Not awarded.