1924

Hitler completes Mein Kampf while imprisoned following the "Beer Hall Putsch"
Beginning of Picasso's abstract period
Greece becomes a republic
R.C. Andrews discovers Mesozoic fossils in the Gobi Desert
1st Winter Olympics
Crossword puzzles and flag pole sitting crazes
Million radios in use in the US
1st portable radio
1st spiral-bound notebook
Film - Cecil B. De Mille's "The Ten Commandments"
Jimmy Carter, Shirley Chisholm, Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Marcello Mastroanni, Lauren Bacall, Truman Capote, and "Rocky" Marciano born
V.I. Lenin, Woodrow Wilson, Joseph Conrad, Gabriele Fauré, Franz Kafka, Louis Sullivan, Victor Herbert and Pucinni die