January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage October 24, 1924
The temperature on October 24, 1924 was between -0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
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