The following events occurred in the United States in the year 1924.

Incumbents Federal government President: Calvin Coolidge (R-Massachusetts) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: William Howard Taft (Ohio) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick H. Gillett (R-Massachusetts) Senate Majority Leader: Henry Cabot Lodge (R-Massachusetts) (until November 9) vacant (November 9–28) Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) (starting November 28) Congress: 68th

State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors

Lieutenant governors

Events January–March January 10 – American media company Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation (founded 1918) officially reorganizes as Columbia Pictures Corporation. February 8 – Capital punishment: Gee Jon suffers the first state execution using a gas chamber in the United States, at Nevada State Prison. February 9 – Canada's National Hockey League expands to the United States for the first time with the inclusion of the Boston Bruins. February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City, at Aeolian Hall. February 14 – International Business Machines (IBM) is founded in New York State. February 16–26 – Dock strikes break out in various U.S. harbors. February 22 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. March 8 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah.

April–June April 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California, through the merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. May 3 – The Aleph Zadik Aleph, the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in Omaha, Nebraska. May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks, in a thrill killing. The event will inspire the 1929 play Rope. May 26 – The Asian Exclusion Act is enacted, banning all Asian immigration to the United States. It was a slap in the face to Japan after their participation as a principal ally in WWI, and is seen as the spark that spurred Japan's alliance with Germany and down the path to World War II. June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. June 12 – Rondout Heist: Six men of the Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Rondout, Illinois; the robbery is later found to have been an inside job. June 23 – American airman Russell L. Maughan flies from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit. June 24–July 9 – The 1924 Democratic National Convention takes a record 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as Democratic Party candidate to oppose Calvin Coolidge in the presidential election.

July–September July 12 through September 18 - The * United States occupation of the Dominican Republic, which began in 1916, ends as the Dominican government is reestablish under a Third Republic with Horacio Vásquez as the new president and American armed forces withdrawing from the country. September 9 – The Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii. September 24 – First case report in the Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak

October–December October 9 – Soldier Field, the home of the Chicago Bears opens. October 10 The Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. The Washington Senators defeat the New York Giants (baseball), 4 games to 3. November – The last known sighting of a California grizzly bear is recorded, by Colonel John R. White at Sequoia National Park. November 4 1924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States. November 15 – In Los Angeles, silent film director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. November 27 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (formerly known as the Macy's Christmas Parade) is held. December 1 – George Gershwin's Lady Be, Good, including the song "Fascinating Rhythm", (book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin) premieres in New York City.

Undated Alice Vanderbilt Morris, a wealthy heiress, founds the International Auxiliary Language Association in New York City. U.S. bootleggers begin to use Thompson submachine guns. The earth inductor compass is developed by Morris Titterington at the Pioneer Instrument Company in Brooklyn, New York.

Ongoing Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937) U.S. occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Prohibition (1920–1933) Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)

Births

January

January 1 – Charlie Munger, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2023) January 4 Walter Ris, freestyle swimmer (d. 1989) Charles Thone, politician (d. 2018) January 5 – Glenn Boyer, historian and author (d. 2013) January 6 – Earl Scruggs, musician (d. 2012) January 7 – Gene L. Coon, screenwriter and producer (d. 1973) January 8 – James Clinkscales Hill, jurist (d. 2017) January 9 – Mary Kaye, guitarist and singer (d. 2007) January 10 Earl Bakken, engineer and businessman, inventor of the modern Artificial pacemaker (d. 2018) Max Roach, African-American percussionist, drummer and composer (d. 2007) January 11 Don Cherry, pop singer (d. 2018) Sam B. Hall Jr., politician (d. 1994) Slim Harpo, musician (d. 1970) January 12 – Chris Chase (also known as Irene Kane), model, film actress, writer and journalist (d. 2013) January 13 – Lillian B. Rubin, writer, professor, psychotherapist and sociologist (d. 2014) January 14 Carole Cook, actress and singer (d. 2023) Guy Williams, actor (d. 1989) January 19 – Nicholas Colasanto, actor and television director (d. 1985) January 23 – Frank Lautenberg, politician (d. 2013) January 25 Lou Groza, American football player and coach (d. 2000) Rollie Seltz, basketball player (d. 2022)Ex-Hamline star dies at 98 Speedy West, musician (d. 2003) January 26 – Annette Strauss, philanthropist and politician (d. 1998) January 28 – Betty Tucker, baseball player (d. 2012) January 30 Lloyd Alexander, writer (d. 2007) Dorothy Malone, actress (d. 2018)

February

February 1 – Richard Hooker, writer and surgeon (d. 1997) February 4 – Dorothy Harrell, professional baseball player (d. 2011) February 7 – Catherine Small Long, politician (d. 2019) February 8 – Joe Black, African-American baseball player (d. 2002) February 10 – Randy Van Horne, singer and musician (d. 2007) February 11 – Budge Patty, tennis player (d. 2021) February 14 – Gabe Pressman, journalist (d. 2017) February 15 – Toni Arden, singer (d. 2012) February 16 – Frank Saul, basketball player (d. 2019) February 17 – Margaret Truman, novelist and only child of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman (d. 2008) February 19 – Lee Marvin, actor (d. 1987) February 20 Donald M. Fraser, politician (d. 2019) Gerson Goldhaber, German-American physicist and astrophysicist (d. 2010) Gloria Vanderbilt, socialite, artist and fashion designer (d. 2019) February 21 – William Hathaway, politician and lawyer (d. 2013) February 28 Bettye Ackerman, actress (d. 2006) Christopher C. Kraft Jr., aerospace engineer (d. 2019) February 29 – Al Rosen, baseball player (d. 2015)

March

March 1 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993) March 3 – Isadore Singer, American mathematician (d. 2021) March 4 – Kenneth O'Donnell, American political consultant, aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977) March 6 Ed Mierkowicz, American baseball player (d. 2017) William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2025) March 9 Herbert Gold, American novelist (d. 2023) George Haines, American swimmer and coach (d. 2006) William Hamilton, American theologian (d. 2012) Ben Schadler, American basketball player (d. 2015) March 17 – Edith Savage-Jennings, African-American civil rights leader (d. 2017) March 20 – Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998) March 22 Al Neuharth, American businessman and journalist (d. 2013) Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (d. 1999) Lionel Wilson, American voice actor (d. 2003) March 23 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American typist, commercial artist, and inventor (d. 1980) March 24 Lois Andrews, American actress (d. 1968) Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998) March 25 Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (d. 2011)Grimes, William (July 12, 2011) Julia Perry, African-American composer (d. 1979) March 27 – Sarah Vaughan, African-American jazz singer (d. 1990) March 28 – Byrd Baylor, American novelist, essayist and author (d. 2021) March 29 – Jimmy Work, American singer-songwriter (d. 2018) March 31 – Kathleen O'Malley, American actress (d. 2019)

April

April 1 – Brendan Byrne, American politician, statesman, and prosecutor (d. 2018) April 2 – Delwin Jones, American politician (d. 2018) April 3 – Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004) April 4 Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. 1972) Joye Hummel, American comic book author (d. 2021) Noreen Nash, American actress (d. 2023) April 5 – John Fraser Hart, American geographer (d. 2024) April 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (d. 1999) April 8 – Bob Mann, American football player (d. 2006) April 9 – Milburn G. Apt, American test pilot (d. 1956) April 13 Jack Chick, American fundamentalist Christian illustrator and publisher (d. 2016) Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (d. 2019) April 14 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1994) April 16 Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. 1994) Rudy Pompilli, American musician (d. 1976) April 18 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005) Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007) Jim Zapp, American baseball player (d. 2016) April 23 Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019) Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007) April 25 – Art Schallock, American baseball player (d. 2025) April 28 Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist. (d. 2009) Emily W. Sunstein, American campaigner, political activist and biographer (d. 2007) April 30 – Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (d. 2023)

May

May 1 Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (d. 1995) Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist and academic (d. 2023) Big Maybelle, American R&B singer (d. 1972) May 2 – Ladislava Bakanic, American gymnast (d. 2021) May 3 – Isadore Singer, American mathematician (d. 2021) May 6 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006) May 11 – Ninfa Laurenzo, American businessman, founder of Ninfa's (d. 2001) May 16 – Frank Mankiewicz, American journalist, presidential campaign press secretary (d. 2014) May 18 Jack Barlow, American country music singer (d. 2011) Priscilla Pointer, American actress Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (d. 2019) May 21 – Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (d. 1999) May 24 – Philip Pearlstein, American soldier, painter (d. 2022) May 29 – Pepper Paire, American female baseball player (d. 2013) May 31 – Patricia Roberts Harris, American administrator (d. 1985)

June

June 1 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006) June 3 Bernard Glasser, American film producer, director (d. 2014) Herk Harvey, American film director (d. 1996) Jimmy Rogers, American musician (d. 1997) June 4 – Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006) June 5