1924

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**1924**

1924 was a significant year in world history, marked by various events that shaped the course of politics, culture, and science.

### Events

* January 22: Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* January 26: The name of Saint-Peterburg in the USSR was changed to Leningrad.
* February 12: George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was played for the first time at Aeolian Hall in New York.
* March 3: The removal of the Halife and the law on the removal of Ottoman Dynasty members outside Turkey was accepted, leading to the establishment of the General Directorate of Religious Affairs and Foundations.
* March 25: The Republic declared in Greece.
* April 16: The World Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded in Paris.
* May 4: The VIII. Olympic Games started in Paris.
* August 16: Turkey Business Bank was established in Turkey.

### Births

* January 10: Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, Spanish photographer
* January 21: Peach Ahundova, Azerbaijani composer
* January 27: Rauf Denktaş, Northern Cyprus President
* February 3: Edward Palmer Thompson, English historian
* February 10: Leman Şenalp, Turkish library
* March 7: Kōbō Abe, Japanese writer
* April 3: Marlon Brando, cinema player
* May 1: Judy Stone, American female journalist, writer and film critic
* May 20: Cavid Erginsoy, Turkish physicist and scientist
* May 22: Charles Tyrell, British Auto Racer

### Deaths

* January 13: Alexei Ajubei, a Soviet journalist and politician
* February 19: Henry Mancini, American composer
* March 22: Georgy Popov, Bulgarian actor
* May 3: Ken Tyrell, British Auto Racer
* May 12: Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian Military Actor and Politician
* June 6: Vasil Akyov, Bulgarian writer
* July 7: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States of America

### Recognition

* January 31: The decision was made to include winter sports in the Olympic Games.
* February 1: The United Kingdom officially recognized the USSR.
* February 7: Italy Kingdom officially recognized the USSR.
* October 28: The Republic of France officially recognized the USSR.

**Notable Events**

* The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics, opened in Chamonix, in the French Alps.
* The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), based in the U.S., was established.
* Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
* The Ottoman Caliphate came to an end with the deposition of Abdülmecid II, Caliph of the Osman dynasty.
* The Soviet Union renamed Petrograd to Leningrad.